The first all-electric Cupra, the Born, is now available to order, with prices starting from £33,735.
First deliveries of the sporty five-door electric hatchback are expected in spring 2022.
A more focused sister car to the Volkswagen ID.3, the Cupra Born will initially be offered in 204hp guise, with a 58kWh battery.
This will quickly be followed by a more affordable 150hp version with a 45kWh battery – a car that’s likely to qualify for the newly-reduced Plug-in Car Grant.
Cupra says a more powerful 231hp version, with either 58kWh or 77kWh batteries, will arrive later in 2022.
Rapid-charge ready
The launch Born’s 58kWh battery gives a driving range of 263 miles, plus a 0-62mph time of 7.3 seconds.
It’s ready to use DC rapid chargers up to 120kW, which will top the battery up from five percent to 80 percent in 35 minutes.
Keeping it simple
The firm’s simple model-grade structure continues with the Born: choose it in V1, V2 or V3 guises.
Even the smallest alloy wheel size is 18 inches, and all models get full LED headlights, a 12-inch touchscreen, front bucket seats in sustainable Seaqual yarn, plus 11kW AC capability for speedier home charging via a wallbox.
V2, which costs £34,190, adds 19-inch alloys, dark-tinted rear windows, heated front seats and an augmented reality head-up display – a first for Cupra.
V3 stretches the wheels further, to 20-inches, and switches the seats to heated, massaging, electrically-operated granite grey Dinamica buckets. It costs £37,375.
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