New 2021 Cupra Born teased in official spy shots

Cupra has discovered a sequence of official spy images of its 1st fully-electrical motor vehicle: the Cupra Born, which will be discovered in closing generation sort in the coming weeks. 

These new images of the closing vehicle showcase the generation design enterprise some closing winter screening, just before it would make its full debut. 

Cupra states its engineers have racked up additional than 19,000 miles in the course of the Born’s chilly weather enhancement programme, at temperatures as very low as -30°C, with most of the assessments built to stress the boundaries of the car’s adaptive dampers and chassis management techniques.

Conserve for a set of generation-welcoming alloy wheels and a new badge, the Cupra Born seems around similar to the SEAT El-Born idea from the 2019 Geneva Motor Exhibit. It shares the very same quick bonnet, fared-in radiator grille, substantial quarter light windows and tailgate spoiler.

It should really also line-up with the anticipations set out late past 12 months, when the El-Born was previewed carrying Cupra badges. The generation-completely ready Born EV will also feature a variety of sporty styling cues, these types of a lowered experience-peak, twenty-inch alloy wheels, intense front and rear bumpers, finned side skirts and a pair figure-hugging bucket seats.

Chassis and powertrain

The Cupra Born is primarily based on the very same MEB underpinnings as the Volkswagen ID.3, with an electrical motor powering the rear axles. 

Cupra states the Born will go from 0–31mph in two.nine seconds, but the rest of the car’s efficiency specs are nevertheless to be verified. Again when SEAT was handling the job, even though, the Born was due to acquire a 201bhp electrical motor, which would give the EV a 0–62mph time of 7.five seconds.

A battery pack with a nominal ability of 82kWh means that a variety of up to 310 miles below WLTP should really be feasible. The ID.3’s smaller 62kWh nominal battery pack will be offered on decrease variety versions of the Born, furnishing around 260 miles on a full cost. 

With the MEB system comes 100kW DC charging, that means the hatchback can recover an 80 percent cost in around 47 minutes or take on 161 miles of variety in just thirty minutes.

Interior and machines

Like all of the Volkswagen Group’s MEB autos, the Cupra Born has a lengthy wheelbase relative to its all round length, which should really make it possible for it to deliver the inside room of a vehicle from the class over. As these types of, boot room should really be on par with the SEAT Leon, but there should really be additional legroom for rear seat passengers.

The Cupra Born’s cabin is related to the ID.3’s with a electronic instrument binnacle, a floating ten-inch infotainment display and touch-sensitive controls for the car’s heating and air flow procedure. It will also feature a pair of racy bucket seats and a sporty Alcantara-trimmed steering wheel.

Cupra has also verified the Born will feature the ID.3’s new augmented fact head-up display, plus smartphone connectivity by way of the car’s infotainment procedure and an built-in heat-pump procedure that does not attract power from the car’s battery pack to heat the cabin. 

Pricing and positioning

Supplied the Cupra Born’s upmarket branding, we anticipate it will stray from the Volkswagen ID.3’s pricing strategy. 

Instead than costing “the equal of a properly-specced diesel Golf” – the line usually touted by VW executives just before the rollout of the now expansive ID.3 line-up, price ranges will possible be comparable to the recent-generation Cupra Leon or Mk8 Volkswagen Golf GTI with a smaller variety of larger-spec styles to choose from, commencing from around £34,000.

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