Porsche: “no, our Macan is NOT unsafe”
Posted on 16-10-2014 at 11:44 by sir_smokalot – 42 Comments”
Last week published a Swedish magazine an elk on video in which a Porsche Macan ‘strange behavior’ shows. A new Jeep Cherokee-gate in the making? No, according to Porsche itself.
The Swedish Teknikens Värld (TV) made in 2012 for turmoil by barely a Jeep Grand Cherokee to keep afloat in a uitwijkproef. It resulted in one of the longest games ‘right and wrong‘ ever, between the Swedes and Jeeps PR device.
The same TELEVISION published last week a video of the Porsche Macan S Diesel what strange behaviour during a uitwijkproef. This was by far not as violently as with the Jeep, but of course controversial. The magazine called prompt, the BMW X4 and Range Rover Evoque as much safer. “Most competitors in the SUV class excel, with significantly better handling, control and level of security”:
TV pleurde above video, with the offending blocking wheel online immediately without first Porsche to be a response to questions. Maybe not very fancy, but soit. Now is this reaction or the inside, Porsche describes the incident as “a deliberately applied intervention to prevent the car from rolling over”.
Responsible for this is the Active Rollover Prevention (ARP) system, which are always active, “irrespective of whether Porsche Stability Management (PSM) is on or off.” When PSM is enabled the ARP is on a lower priority, because the first system is already sufficient safety net.
Due to the demanding nature of the test center and the ARP system in it, with the above images as a result.
“As the video shows, lane changing can be completed steadily and safely. What is more critical in this situation is if the vehicle were to roll over or the rear were to break away. The vehicle demonstrated none of these instable states (rollover, oversteer, wheel lift) at any time”
Sounds plausible, but on the other hand: the above mentioned competitors remained standing without blocking wheels. The question that now lingers is the following: all the electronic nanny’s on new cars not too far in terms of intervention, or is it just ideal that they sit on it, given the large number of potential brokkenpiloten behind the wheel?