The 2026 Porsche Macan GTS electric is the sporty middle child of Porsche's electric SUV range, and in his review Doug DeMuro spends most of it making one case: Porsche has built the rare EV that is genuinely fun to drive. The GTS carries a sticker of roughly $125,000, and the car DeMuro tested optioned out to about $126,000. It slots below the Macan Electric Turbo on paper, with up to 565 horsepower and a claimed zero to sixty of about three and a half seconds, but Porsche tuned it as the driver's choice rather than the outright quickest. Range lands near 290 miles. The complication, as DeMuro frames it, is timing. A genuinely good electric performance SUV is arriving just as North American EV demand slides and Porsche has quietly walked back its earlier plan to phase out the gas Macan.
What separates the GTS from the rest of the electric Macan line is chassis tuning rather than raw speed. DeMuro reports it sits about half an inch lower than other Macan EVs, wears 21 inch wheels as standard with 22s optional, and adds a small fin along the rocker panel that Porsche says smooths airflow to claw back range lost to the bigger wheels. Underneath, the Macan Electric uses the Premium Platform Electric that Porsche developed with Audi, the same 800 volt architecture beneath the Audi Q6 e-tron, which is a useful reference point for where its closest corporate cousin sits on price and range. For buyers, though, the sharper comparison is in-house. DeMuro argues the Macan Electric Turbo costs only a little more while delivering up to 630 horsepower and a zero to sixty closer to three seconds flat, and that Porsche has not discounted the GTS enough to make it the obviously smarter pick. His view is that the GTS earns its place on feel rather than on the spreadsheet, which is an unusual thing to say about a car in this bracket.
On the road, DeMuro is unusually enthusiastic. He says the GTS feels tight and athletic, closer to a hot hatchback than a heavy electric SUV, with quick and precise steering and a planted stance he did not expect at this size and weight. He notes a quirk in the power delivery: the full 565 horsepower only appears with launch control engaged, and normal driving draws on a lower figure closer to 510 horsepower, which he says makes the true output hard to pin down from behind the wheel. Inside, he praises the configurable digital gauge cluster and the retention of physical climate switches, while singling out the dash-mounted Sport Chrono analog clock as a slightly silly flourish and flagging a few cost-cut trim pieces that feel below the price. He rates the electric Macan the best vehicle in its class on his own scale, hands the GTS a 65 out of 100, and still places the Turbo marginally ahead on value. The thread running through the whole review is that the driving experience, not the spec sheet or the badge, is the reason to want this particular Macan.
Bottom line: If you want an electric SUV that actually drives like a Porsche and you can absorb a six figure price, the Macan GTS is an easy car to love and a hard one to sell in 2026. DeMuro clearly enjoys it, yet even he expects it to struggle as buyers cool on EVs. The sensible move for most shoppers is to cross-shop the Macan Electric Turbo before signing, and to think of the GTS as a lease or a future used bargain rather than a status purchase. It is a great car that has arrived at an awkward moment.
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