All the car magazines and websites are shouting about Porsche revealing that a version of the Macan will be powered by a 4-cylinder engine. They've all assumed it will be a VW inline-4.
But they could all be wrong. Back in August I said:
"The base models will feature a flat-4, 2 litre petrol engine or an inline 4, 2-litre diesel. The flat-4 should also appear in the Boxster and Cayman in the next year or so."
And in October:
"...one of the more interesting is a brand new flat-4 which is being developed by Porsche, with a helping hand from Subaru."
Prior to this week no motoring publication was talking about a 4-cylinder Macan, and now they all are. And why is that. because I suggested they should ask!
@TheAndrewBrady Ask about a future 4-cylinder boxer co-developed with Subaru and see if they flinch
— Speedmonkey | Matt (@speedmonkeycouk) December 9, 2013
.@speedmonkeycouk Engineer Antoon Janssen: "There will be 4-cylinder engines in the #Macan. We will reveal more shortly."
— Andrew Brady (@TheAndrewBrady) December 10, 2013
There you have it. Speedmonkey, ahead of the game.
Let's see if I'm right. Will it be inline-4 or boxer-4?
By Matt Hubbard