Electric Macan

Macananon · Post by **Macananon** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 10:30 am

See current issue of Autocar.

johnd · Post by **johnd** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 10:47 am

Macananon wrote: ↑Wed Oct 24, 2018 10:30 am See current issue of Autocar.

Haven't got access to that right now, but I did spot an alternative electric Macan:

https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/out ... o/p/166809

Macananon · Post by **Macananon** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:08 am

Col M · Post by **Col M** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:39 pm

Crap bonnet

SRDL · Post by **SRDL** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:03 am

Col M wrote: ↑Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:39 pmCrap bonnet

It does say “Autocar Image” on the picture which means their in house designer has created what he thinks it may look like - nothing more than that!

Deleted User 1874 · Post by **Deleted User 1874** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:36 am

What actually are the plans then? Anything new or the same 2021/22 timeline previously discussed? I presume it's going to be an all new dedicated EV platform?

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:14 pm

Why would it be anything other than the Audi E tron thingy.....?
The Q5 spawned the Macan, logic says (to me anyway) that the same thing will happen..

Deleted User 1874 · Post by **Deleted User 1874** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:30 pm

Paul wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:14 pm Why would it be anything other than the Audi E tron thingy.....?
The Q5 spawned the Macan, logic says (to me anyway) that the same thing will happen..

Maybe because the E-tron is not really a dedicated EV platform and more like a modified ICE platform. I would expect the Macan and subsequent EV Audis to be on a newer dedicated platform.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:31 pm

Ah, I had assumed the E-tron was a ground-up effort, not a re-hashed platform.

Deleted User 1874 · Post by **Deleted User 1874** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:48 pm

Paul wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:31 pm Ah, I had assumed the E-tron was a ground-up effort, not a re-hashed platform.

Actually I'm not 100% sure it is a re-hash. But it does have clues like a transmission tunnel in the rear rather than a flat floor. I could be wrong though.

A quick check reveals that it's a development of the existing MLB platform used by the Q7 etc. Their next generation EVs from 2022 will use a new bespoke EV platform and that would be the obvious choice for a future Macan EV in that timescale.

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