Motoring
Natural born thriller: How Cupra’s new EV outshines its Volkswagen cousin in the style stakes
With its stylish looks and electric hot hatch aspirations, the Cupra Born is a lively car that should compete well with its Volkswagen equivalent
The Cupra Born is a five-door electric hatchback that shares its underpinnings with the Volkswagen ID.3. It outshines the latter in the style stakes, however, especially when finished in one of the brand’s more exciting paint colours and fitted with a set of its eye-catching alloy wheels.
Underneath, there’s a rear-mounted 150kW electric motor that’s fed energy by a large 58kWh battery pack situated under the five-seat cabin. It produces 204hp and there’s a 231hp ...
