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So I can buy a VW that is identical to a Porsche with the same handling, build quality, interior quality, performance, charging etc for a fraction of the price.

Please tell us which model it is as this could shake up the industry.

[_yb2s]

Touareg- which VW pulled from the US market because it also cost as much, or sometimes even more than the very similar Cayenne, and people wouldn't pay Porsche money for a VW badge. In 2004 you could buy a new VW twin turbo V10 Touareg for 60-70k, or about 100-120k adjusted for inflation. VW went through a weird time when ran by Ferdinand Piëch, the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche who was involved with a lot of really high end and unusual performance cars that were cool but didn't really end up having a market.

The Macan does share a similar design to the Audi Q5, but is also heavily modified for performance over the Q5, and it isn't similar to any of VWs models. That also seems like hardly an insult as the Q5 is also a high end SUV with great performance and handling.

[threeseed]

We are talking about EVs.

[_yb2s]

The history is important because Porsche and VW have been collaborating on cars since they were founded by the same person- and the “that’s not a real Porsche, just a VW” snobbery has been applied to almost every Porsche model since, even the now iconic 912. VW also occasionally makes cars that are at least as high end as anything Porsche makes.

Both of the Porsche SUVs I mentioned are sold with all 3 drivetrains BTW: electric, plug in hybrid, and pure EV.