Here’s Why The Electric Porsche Macan Is So Much More Expensive Than The Gas-Powered One

I just drove the all-new and all-electric 2025 Porsche Macan, and the second-generation Macan represents a huge change between model years for Porsche’s best-selling vehicle. Its price sort of reflects that. Right now, there are two electric Macans you can choose from: the Macan 4 and the Macan Turbo, and, folks, they’re not cheap, but the steep price increase sort of makes sense when you look behind the numbers.

Base for base, the new Macan is a lot more expensive than the old car. A Macan 4 will set you back $80,450 including destination. That is a massive price jump over the still-offered internal combustion-powered Macan’s $64,895 base price. $15,555 is a lot of money for sure, but you also get a ton of equipment as standard on the electric base car.

If you spec a base Macan (which has to make do with a Volkswagen-derived turbocharged four-popper) to include everything that comes standard on the base Macan 4, it comes out to $78,515 including destination. That means the new car is only really a few grand more expensive than the one it replaces. When you add the bonus of what an electric vehicle gets you in terms of cost savings, it’s sort of a wash.

Here are some of the things the new base Macan 4 gets over a base internal combustion Macan, according to Porsche:

That’s a whole lot of stuff, and it doesn’t take into account that the Macan 4 is a hell of a lot more powerful than the base four-cylinder Macan. The internal combustion car gets by with just 261 horsepower and 295 lb-ft of torque. Meanwhile, the new Macan 4 pumps out 392 horsepower (or 402 hp if you’re using launch control) and 479 lb-ft of torque. It’s enough power to scoot the crossover from 0-to-60 in just 4.9 seconds. That’s a really solid number, and even more impressive when you compare it to the base ICE car’s 6-second sprint. To get similar numbers to the electric Macan, you’d have to go all the way up to the $76,495 Macan S, and that’ll still be missing a lot of the amenities that come standard on the electric car.

A quick note on the Macan Turbo: that fella starts at $106,950 (giving you up to 630 horsepower and 833 lb-ft of torque). You get everything from the Macan 4, plus, LED Matrix headlights, a 360 camera, different trim pieces and exterior styling elements, a standard Bose audio system, 18-way sports seats, bigger front brakes, an extended leather package and a slightly different — and smaller — steering wheel. There’s nothing in the internal combustion Macan’s lineup that really comes close to it.

So, the new Macan isn’t exactly cheap, and its pricing could shock some folks, but when you look at what that extra money gets you, it all starts to come together.

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