2018 Porsche Macan

Car and Driver (opens in a new tab) says the Macan enters 2018 with only minor enhancements, including new interior and exterior color choices, improved infotainment capabilities and a new Sport Edition, available only with the base four-cylinder engine, whose extra standard equipment would cost nearly $5,000 more if individually specified. It adds that Porsche optimized the cabin air filter and added a new air-circulation display to the gauge cluster, and criticizes the standard interior fittings as disappointing for the price.

A MotorTrend report on the later refresh (opens in a new tab) covers the updated Macan with new tech and taillights. KBB lists fuel economy from 17/23 to 20/25 mpg city and highway, and EPA rates the 2018 Macan at 19 to 22 mpg combined and $3,500 to $4,100 a year in fuel, all with all-wheel drive.

NHTSA lists six recall campaigns for the 2018 Macan. 18V318000 covers a control unit that may fail and prevent safety-related functions such as driver display alerts and possibly impair drivability and post-crash functions, 21V131000 a front passenger seat occupancy sensor mat that may degrade and fail to detect a passenger, 20V077000 a fuel pump service cover that may contact the flow nozzle and crack, causing a fuel leak, and 23V443000 a lower seat-belt anchor screw on the outboard rear seats that may not be tightened properly. The others are 18V844000, a ski bag strap sewn with the wrong thread that could tear in a crash, and 22V656000, missing caps over the low-beam headlight adjustment screws.

Owners have filed 35 complaints with NHTSA: air bags with 10, steering with 6, fuel and propulsion system and electrical system with 5 each, and fuel system and gasoline with 3 each.

Kelley Blue Book (opens in a new tab) lists used 2018 Macan prices from $18,150 for the base to $27,400 for the Turbo with the Performance Package at a dealership, with trade-in values of about $12,000 to $23,300 and private-party values of about $16,750 to $25,200.

EPA rates the 2018 Macan at 19 to 22 mpg combined and $3,500 to $4,100 a year in fuel. The 2018 BMW X3 rates 23 to 25 at $3,100 to $3,350, the Audi Q5 25 at $3,100, the Mercedes-Benz GLC 18 to 25 at $3,100 to $4,300 and the Jaguar F-Pace 20 to 29 at $3,100 to $3,900. On EPA figures the Macan is the least efficient of the five, costing about $400 to $1,000 more a year to fuel than the X3 and Q5.