Macan

Between San Teodoro, Budoni and Palau, the days follow a pattern: breakfast in the piazzetta, three beaches before lunch, aperitivo in a hilltop village. What you need is a footprint that fits summer car parks, real punch for overtaking on the main road, and silence when you glide through a still-sleeping town at eight in the morning. The electric Macan does exactly this job: the pocket Porsche — so to speak — made for coastal hopping across the north-east.

The journey starts before you ever touch the wheel: you land, and the car is there. Our guide to delivery at Olbia airport walks through the service step by step. And if your base lies further down the coast, the dedicated page on luxury car rental in San Teodoro covers one of the destinations most loved by those who choose this model.

Press, and it happens: no turbo to wait for, no downshift to request. The 360 hp from the single rear-axle motor arrives the instant you ask for it, and the 5.7-second sprint to 100 km/h tells only half the story — it is the 60-to-100 pull, the stuff of real overtakes on the Olbia–Palau road, that proves addictive. The single-speed transmission removes every interruption: one continuous, clean stream of acceleration, accompanied by little more than the rush of air.

Rear-wheel drive does the rest. Powering out of hairpins you feel the back axle load up and push, with a balance that recalls Zuffenhausen's sports cars more than any conventional SUV. The floor-mounted battery drops the centre of gravity, the steering is quick and honest, and through roundabouts the Macan rotates as one compact piece, free of the pitch and sway typical of taller cars.

This Macan is no adaptation: it was born electric, on an 800-volt platform, with rapid charging that shrinks stops to little more than a coffee at the beach kiosk. The cabin is the most digital ever seen in a Porsche of this size, yet the essential controls remain physical, exactly where your fingers expect them. Outside, the Gentian Blue of our hero car plays off the Gallura sea as if the two were designed together.

Five seats, two luggage compartments with a front frunk for smaller bags, and total silence on board: it is the right format for anyone who wants a Porsche to use all day, every day of the holiday. Within the LSM fleet — more than 100 models and 150+ versions — it is the ideal gateway into the brand's electric world. Requirements and conditions are provided at the quotation stage.