Rebuttal ? :
As the Canadian boys point out the Porsche Macan S is the closest competitor to the Edge ST and the ST is just as fast. The base Macan S costs $13,045 USD more than the base Edge ST. If you were to put $10,000 USD into the Edge ST in aftermarket upgrades it would walk all over the Macan GTS $68,900 USD and you would still have $3,045 USD in the bank from the S or $16,545 USD from the GTS. But you don't need to put 10K into the ST to have a Macan GTS killer . A $700 tune is all you need. A tune will not only give you more HP and TQ it also addresses how the transmission shifts. The Edge is bigger, can haul more stuff, it is less expensive to maintain and it can park itself.