Recently read the comparison on Pistonheads between the Macan and the SQ5 and was a little surprised by the power output of the Macan. It stated that the power output was 258 hp which I assume is a "Porsche" tuned version of the Audi diesel used in the current Q5 / A5 etc.
Playing around on various car configurators from Porsche and Audi I saw that the latest Audi A6 has what appears to be a new 3.0 diesel engine and has 272 PS or 320 PS in BiTdi guise. Even allowing for the small difference between PS and BHP the new Audi engines seem more powerful.
Therefore is the Macan diesel based on the older Audi engine which if it is seems a little strange to me for a brand new premium product?
I'm no engineer but this just seemed a little odd.
Playing around on various car configurators from Porsche and Audi I saw that the latest Audi A6 has what appears to be a new 3.0 diesel engine and has 272 PS or 320 PS in BiTdi guise. Even allowing for the small difference between PS and BHP the new Audi engines seem more powerful.
Therefore is the Macan diesel based on the older Audi engine which if it is seems a little strange to me for a brand new premium product?
I'm no engineer but this just seemed a little odd.