Cupra Born is completely identical to the concept car in terms of design, even the copper accents in the exterior and interior are carefully copied. On the one hand, this is strange, because in the time that has passed since the debut of el-Born, Cupra has changed its chief designer (the place of the departed Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos was taken by Jorge Diez, on the other hand - The electric car looks much more inspiring than its technical Volkswagen ID.3 clone, with which they are assembled together at the new plant in Zwickau, so it's a bit of a stretch to call the Born Spaniard. Born was the first to receive the optional e-Boost package. It allows you to increase the peak power of the electric motor on the rear axle from 150 to 170 kilowatts, that is, from 204 to 231 hp. with., having received a 6.6-second acceleration to 100 km / h. The numbers are not record-breaking, but today it is the most powerful single-engine electric vehicle based on the Volkswagen MEB platform: models with two electric motors are naturally more powerful.
manufactured in | Spain |
new from ($) | 45900 |
range (km) | 655 |
max. speed | 160 |
sales start | 2022 |
0 to100 km/h | 7 |
power (h.p.) | 231 |
battery (kWh) | 82 |
car type | hatchback / 5 doors |
drive type | RWD |
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