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2024 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class vs 2023 Porsche Macan

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Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class
Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class

$91,479 - $185,795

2024 price

Porsche Macan
Porsche Macan

$93,990 - $162,990

2023 price

Summary

2024 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class
2023 Porsche Macan
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 2.0L

Turbo 4, 2.0L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
9.7L/100km (combined)

9.5L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Expensive compared to rivals
  • Back seat isn't as well equipped as it should be
  • Hard ride for a daily driver

  • No standard AEB
  • Three-year warranty
  • Uninspiring engine noise
2024 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class Summary

If you’re looking for a performance SUV, I want to introduce you to the recently launched Mercedes-AMG GLC43. The GLC43 has a new engine, new outputs and sees some major changes to its underpinnings and tech.

It competes against the BMW X3 M40i, Audi SQ5 and Porsche Macan S; all exceptional sports performance SUVs with cult followings.

Fans will be enthralled by the GLC43's new engine but I'm testing this new variant to see if it has what it takes to woo families, as well.

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2023 Porsche Macan Summary

For Porsche, T is much more than the 20th letter of the alphabet. In Weissach-world it stands for Touring, and has been applied to special 911 variants for over half a century.

More recently it’s been attached to the 718 Boxster and Cayman, and now the mid-size Macan SUV.

Porsche says T means “precise tuning, exclusive equipment and efficient engines”, and this most recent example adds another option in the Macan line-up, one rung above the entry-level model.

We spent a week with this recently introduced 2.0-litre, four-cylinder, AWD machine to see how far it expands the Porsche Macan performance and practicality envelope.  

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