Grab a quick Macan

YOU can always tell if a married man has a wandering eye, simply by checking if he has one earlobe significantly longer than the other.

Yet, clinging pathetically to the tendencies of bachelorhood can bring far more serious consequences than facial asymmetry: If you're a Lothario who somehow had the good fortune to find someone willing to marry you, try convincing your better half to let you buy a sportscar. You might as well try to talk the ocean out of lapping at the shore.

For that you can thank men who covet sportscars more for the status they convey than the speed they muster.

So what's a bona fide driving enthusiast to do? Porsche, helpfully, has a solution. The latest variant of the Macan, a compact Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), seems to have it all: five seats, a boot that can hold 500 litres of stuff (or three times as much if you fo…