One recently sold for close to $6 million<\/a>).<\/p>\n\nWith the Macan’s small form factor, it was destined to be an off-road star if given enough attention and re-design (who am I kidding, It’s a commuter SUV). Porsche’s designers did exactly that, and took the pre-existing all-wheel-drive system, dual-clutch transmission, and packaged it into a little off-road SUV devil.<\/p>\n
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