► The ID.3’s sportier Spanish sibling► Gets a range of tweaks to differentiate it► But is it different enough? The Leon and Formentor may look the part, but the Cupra story really begins with this – the all-new Cupra ...
Spanish performance brand Cupra is readying its crown jewel for Aussie roads as we take a quick preview drive with the Formentor VZx on track Cupra is about to hit the scene in Australia. Backed by the mammoth Volkswagen Group, ...
Seat-owned performance brand aims to create a more exciting version of the Volkswagen ID 3 electric hatchback What is it? Having brought us a handful of interesting, leftfield petrol and plug-in hybrid performance models since its launch as a brand in its ...
The Born EV promises to inject some Cupra passion into the EV space The Cupra Born will inject a sense of excitement into an EV segment sometimes lacking in driver fun and engagement, says the brand’s Head of Product ...
After a sleek, stylish SUV? We've compared the sporty Cupra Formentor and the sumptuous Audi Q3 to see which is best The Spanish car maker Cupra has come quite a long way in a relatively short space of time. It ...
Cupra’s fast and feisty small SUV is set to go on sale in Australia in a matter of weeks, loaded with equipment and priced to match Inbound Spanish performance brand Cupra has confirmed its high-performance Ateca small SUV will be ...
It wasn’t too long ago that car enthusiasts the world over pleaded with manufacturers to make more hot hatches and performance cars. Fast forward to 2022 and it seems like we are inundated with endless options for a hot hatch, ...
The Leon is here, but will it be king of the hot hatches? The Leon comes across as compact and aggressive. The Leon comes across as compact and aggressive. The Leon comes across as compact and aggressive. The Leon ...
The Cupra Ateca is equal parts potent and practical. What we like Prodigious power Grip and handling impressive Performance doesn't cost practicality What we don’t Interior less impressive than modern Volkswagens Hard to tell if sportiness will be uncomfortable ...
This is our first Australian preview of the 2022 Cupra Ateca VZx. Stay tuned for a full on-road drive in the near future. Australians will soon be able to add a new model to their small SUV shortlist, with Spanish ...
This is our first preview of the 2022 Cupra Formentor VZx. Stay tuned for a full on-road drive in the near future. Australian buyers love two things. Performance cars, and SUVs. Handy then, that to lead its charge into Australia ...
This is our first preview of the 2022 Cupra Leon VZx. Stay tuned for a full on-road drive in the near future. Australians have been spoilt for choice in the hot hatch market for some time, but now there is ...
Of the more than 7000 expressions of interest registered from Australian buyers for incoming Spanish brand Cupra, the Formentor is the most popular. It’s not hard to see why. It’s a sleek-looking small SUV… that’s really a nicely raised hatchback, ...
The first PHEV from Cupra is tested Cupra is quickly establishing itself as Seat’s performance brand, and a key part of that is electrification. With a range of core models across the VW Group receiving the plug-in hybrid treatment, ...
CUPRA’s Leon SportsTourer would quite literally change the way you look at station wagons. This isn’t merely a large, practical estate that solely exists to excite the hypothalamus of the aged family man. It is much more than that. ...
The new Cupra Born has a lot going for it, being closely related to the five-star Volkswagen ID.3. But which is the better electric car?… The contenders New Cupra Born 58kWh V2 List price £34,190*Target price £34,190* A slightly sportier ...
Cupra, the sporting arm of Seat – a VW Group company – has detailed some of the safety systems that will feature in its new Born electric hatchback. A sister model to the VW ID 3, the Born will ...
Upcoming Spanish performance brand Cupra has announced its partners for its imminent Australian launch. The Volkswagen Group brand, which recently celebrated its fourth birthday after being spun off Seat, will be launched with both Cupra Garages and partnerships with traditional ...
Update: ‘Updated MEB platform’ section added. With the Cupra Born successfully sent into production in Zwickau, Germany, preparations have started to push the next Cupra EV into the marketplace. The second model from the Spanish brand will be the production ...
Snapshot Leon and Formentor gain Brembo front brakes at a discount Ateca receives an Akrapovič exhaust system and unique 19-inch alloy wheels Limited-run variants to go on sale in May Cupra has announced Launch Edition variants across the Ateca, Formentor ...
Spanish brand’s first fully electric model to join Ateca, Formentor and Leon VOLKSWAGEN Group Australia has confirmed its battery-electric Cupra Born will enter production at the end of this year and arrive in local showrooms early next year (2023). Cupra ...
The Cupra Born. Source: Volkswagen The all-electric Cupra Born will hit local roads in early 2023, after the Volkswagen-owned brand gears up to start making cars destined for the Australian market in late 2022. The Spain-based marque, which is ...
Volkswagen Group Australia’s first full-electric car will come from its fledgling Spanish brand Spanish performance brand Cupra will officially herald the Volkswagen Group’s introduction to the EV space in Australia, the company has confirmed. The 2023 Cupra Born small electric ...
Leon Launch Edition to drop months ahead of regular hot hatch models for early adopters, priced at $67,990 driveaway The first Australian examples of the Cupra Leon hot hatch will land locally in May 2022 in a surprise drop ahead ...
Early adopters of the Cupra Formentor to be rewarded with surprise arrival of first 50 customer deliveries in Launch Edition spec Originally slated for Australian release in July 2022, a small number of Cupra Formentor midsize SUVs will arrive in ...
Snapshot Cupra confirms local Born production to begin in November First examples to go on sale early next year 1800 expressions of interest have been made for the electric vehicle Spanish brand Cupra has set a local launch date for ...
Cupra Born pricing and launch confrmed! Australia is set to welcome a new all-electric halo vehicle, with the Cupra Born EV set to hit dealership in early 2023. Cupra’s answer to vehicles like the Tesla Model 3 Performance – ...
Cupra’s first electric car, the Born, will be in Australia during the first quarter of 2023. The compact electric hatch, which shares its MEB underpinnings with the Volkswagen ID.3 that remains off the table for our market, is currently undergoing ...
The Born will come to Australia in early 2023, likely in high-specification form – as local evaluation and testing wraps up The Cupra Born is officially coming for Australia, months after Chasing Cars confirmed the arrival of a prototype in the ...
Seat’s high-performance Cupra brand wants to reimagine to future of hot hatchbacks. In September 2021, the Cupra Urban Rebel Concept was revealed at the IAA 2021. The concept wasn’t any typical EV but a proper electric ‘racecar’ with active aerodynamics, ...
Spanish performance brand Cupra is gearing up to launch in Australia this year, but how and where can you experience Cupra’s model range? Ahead of the official launch of the Cupra brand in Australia in the middle of this year, ...
Cupra’s new Born shows electric entertainment doesn’t have to be shockingly expensive. This speedy and sporty EV from the young Barcelona-based brand costs less than some ICE-powered hot hatches, while delivering a similarly decent dose of driver delight. In Europe ...
Cupra Australia has announced its Australian pricing ahead of first local deliveries in July 2022. Priced from $43,990 plus on-road costs for the entry-level Leon hatchback, $50,690 for the Formentor coupe SUV and $60,990 for the Ateca SUV, the ...
The shapely Cupra Formentor crossover has been priced ahead of its local launch in July. A sleeker counterpart to the more upright Cupra Ateca and expected to be the brand’s best seller locally, the Formentor will offer a choice of ...
The Ateca is one of two SUVs Cupra Australia is launching with. Cupra Australia has detailed the standard equipment and pricing of one of its three performance-focused launch models, the Ateca small SUV, which is due mid-year. With the ...
Spanish newcomer Cupra will offer four versions of its sporty Leon hatchback, priced from $43,990 before on-road costs. The most affordable variant, the V, won’t arrive until 2023, though orders will open in the third quarter of 2022. The rest ...
Cupra has priced the trio of vehicles it’s launching with in July, including the Ateca crossover. The Spanish brand expects the sleeker Formentor to be its best seller, and is offering it with a wider range of variants. The more ...
The Formentor is the only one of Cupra Australia’s three launch models that’s not based on a Seat product. Cupra Australia has detailed the standard specification and pricing of its most important launch model, the performance-focused Formentor small SUV, ...
Cupra Australia is launching with three models, including the Leon small hatchback. Sporty new Spanish brand Cupra has detailed the pricing and specifications for the Leon small car ahead of an Australian launch in July, with its four-pronged line-up ...
Snapshot Order books open in June VZe PHEV offers 400Nm and 1.9 L/100km Hero VZx: 228kW, 4.9 seconds to 100km/h Australian pricing for the new 2022 Cupra Formentor has been announced ahead of order books opening in June. Cupra, ...