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      04-21-2013, 07:20 PM   #45
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One aspect you can count on with the Porsche Macan is the driving dynamics/handling of the car. You can be assured that Porsche will have that as one of its main priority as with most of it's lineup. There's a lot of spy shots and videos of the Macan, but it's so heavily disguised that you can't really tell how the exterior of the car looks. The interior will pretty much be influence by the Porsche Panamera and the rest of today's Porsche, to me it looks great, some will not like that numerous buttons.

Now for the X4, to me the exterior of the concept so far looks great. The interior will probably mimic the X3 with an updated Idrive. I hope I'm wrong and they change the interior with a floating like screen with recent BMW interior design to differentiate, probably not. As for driving dynamics, a good sample is to drive an X3. It has great reviews all around and having driven it. I like it but was looking something that is the X4 in exterior design, Range Rover Evoque-like

Primarily, I'm attracted to the design of this SAC. I'll give up a little practically for looks, coming from a Z4 owner that's really telling, lol.

I think the X4 will stack up pretty well with the Porsche Macan. The looks will be one of the main factor for those buyers in this segment. Pricing too, of course, with Porsche when option decently will probably will be higher than the same options as the BMW. Can't wait to see both next year. I'm very much leaning of the X4 and there' some biased in this. I think both will be quality cars.
The Macan will be a compelling offer with its great dynamics, size and performance. The price will be bearable too. It's amazing how Porsche cars are cheaper than their rivals! Like the Cayenne is cheaper than the X5 and ML and the Boxter is cheaper than the equivalent Z4 and SLK.

Did you see the images SCOTT26 revealed of what the production car will look like? It still looks good http://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=830287

According to SCOTT26, the X4 will feature the floating screen
http://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=724583
Show me a Cayenne that costs less than a comparably equipped X5.
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