You certainly had right of way Thomas , What was that Van driver thinking ! I agree with your saying Awesome car , i really Love the Interior design .. I love the name Cupra Born 👍 Lee Avison
@@alfrredd I think they just joined the marked, that's why they are seeing better prices over there, they have to be aggresive now. But in EU it will be guaranteed to be a good chunk more expensive than the VW counterpart.
@@0farmerjohn0 Well, similar sized vehicles like the Nissan qashqai, Kia Seltos, hyundai Kona, Volkswagen Taos(AKA Seat Ateca), and subaru crosstrek have been doing pretty well here. It seems Americans will only buy hatchbacks if you trick them into thinking they are SUVs.
@@joelbielecki3501 I've almost only seen them in California. Out in the Midwest. The average owner would barely fit into the driver's seat of a full size truck.
@@fachadolid3030 have you driven an ID3? I live and breathe tech but the touch controls are horrible, truly horrible. It took me a few days to even realize you could do a short click and long click of some buttons but the best I managed was a 30% accuracy. Overall they're very bad
*I like the style of it and I'm sure it will appeal to a younger generation. Hopefully the manufacturers will get it through their thick heads that touch sensitive controls are not wanted & distractingly dangerous!*
Thomas You are the best. Your thorough videos are very impressive. Actually I think your observation regarding the single set of window switches is correct. On balance this is a good idea. Too often while driving I open rear windows when meaning to open the front. This on BMW and VAG products.
Another great vehicle review. Really liking you injecting your humor more and more! Your jokes are sometimes very subtle, but that's why they are funny. Keep up the great work. (Lucky to avoid that Sprinter!!)
I actually like the the dashboard with the moving screen. The capacitive buttons... not so much. Especially strange that the temperature sliders are not lit up. Car design looks cool too. I would choose Vapor Grey color. Similar colors are becoming more popular, but look interesting. And yeah, the lorry driver made a mistake when he started moving. He had the STOP sign- he stopped. He had the mirror on the road to check for cars. He probably checked and started moving, but you just appeared when he thought that the road was clear. Stay safe! =)
Weight limits preventing you having the panoramic roof and the large battery basically rules out this as a compact fun family car for holiday trips. EV's seem to be trending to larger cars for family's and small cars for young people which is questionable given the amount of power a base EV will have in future compared to the first car of a young person currently. Impressive car considering how boring the ID.3 is but the AC/ volume controls EV infotainment letting it down along with the capacitive buttons on the wheel.
This seems to be the kind of car I'm looking for, a well specced compact car with decent performance, I don't really need it to be very sporty. Looks nice too. A lot of the features on the Cupra you only get if you go for a much larger car right now, most of the compact EVs available are comparatively "feature-poor", on some of them even a reverse camera is a pricy extra. The Born is even a good bit cheaper than a similarly specced ID.3 here in Norway. I was a bit unsure about the colors but the vapor grey looks a lot better in this video than in the promo pictures, so that will probably be the color I go for.
I very much like this over the ID.3 it’s based on. Bummer neither is available in the U.S. Shall I hope the few grey imports eventually lead to official availability? I agree with all your comments on the UI.
Hardly a hot hatch to suit the Cupra brand. Shame it doesn’t have twin motor with a Seat branded version with this single motor. Great review as always but I’m interested in the twin motor when available.
Agreed, from what I've read the platform can support dual motors but you have to wonder if the cupra has been hobbled to prevent it stepping on the toes of VW or Audi
Incredible, saving 2 buttons and putting a capacitive button for window opening is sad. At least put a physical switch to control back/forward. What is next, removing window buttons and include them in the infotainment menu? :'(
it’s actually a law, not a „safety feature“. lights are not allowed to be on a movable bodypanel, like the trunk, otherwise they need a secondary pair of taillights like they did on the bumper of the Audi Q7 and Q5, or on the inside of the trunk like the Opel Insignia Sports Tourer and BMW iX
Everything about the car is lovely and I'd be interested in seeing them in the US, but I'm most distracted by how good that paint quality looks. Holy crap.
I have ordered a Cupra Born here in Sydney, Australia. I am looking forwards to it arriving whenever that happens. I am a little disappointed that we won’t get the same spec Cupra cars as our British and European friends. Missing in our Version 3 equivalent model is the heads up displays, GPS module, glass roof and more. I’ve ordered the performance and interior package/upgrades so feel a little short changed with the above missing. With Tesla’s price cuts it’s tempting to just get a Tesla model three which are a dime a dozen here now. So I’m going for style, an engaging driving experience and Spanish tuning and flair.
The temp/vol touch controls annoyed me a lot when I test drove the Enyaq.. why are they suddenly so averse to real buttons? Just because Tesla does it, doesn't mean they all should do it.
I timed that 0-100 part and even if you're being super generous with the timing, you got over 7 seconds with it which is quite terrible. A stock id3 gets 7.2 sec 0-100
Greetings from Australia! We love the performance versions of any cars in Australia, including hot hatches. This will sell well here if priced correctly.
Great review again, right on the spot!! I happen to be seriously considering of ordering one, I drove it and cannot agree more on the pluses and minuses, actually and strangely enough there were only two minuses as also mentioned on this review. First and most importantly the feel of the brakes which sometimes give you the impression that they don't work well, feels like you are pushing the pedal but you cannot get the braking you expect and you are about to crash!!! I dont know why but luckily it doesn't happen all the time, I guess its a matter of familiarisation and adjustment, or a least I hope so. Secondly that loud sound of the turn signals, I cant see a reason of them being so loud, but I guess its only a matter of getting used to it! Seriously now, I think I will order it tomorrow! Good work Autogefuhl!
Will you be reviewing the new Cupra Born VZ version? I've driven it and it's an amazing car. I much prefer it above the normal Born, it really adds a bit of the missing hot hatch back in.
On some markets , like US, you need to have the stop light, and turn signals visible even if the trunk is open. That is why they left the lights on the body, not on the trunk door. All the haptic buttons are crap. Just a big pile of cost saving. The two window buttons too, the hard plastics... it's all money. We are not customers to them any more, we are just piggy banks. They are giving more money for the stupid marketing department than the cars themselves. I refuse to pay the marketing pencil pushers and on the other hand the hard working people that really produce are left to deal with VW quality issues. Fire some 100 people from the marketing, give us back the real buttons and knobs, put in some quality and leave the product to sell by itself. Like the good old days.
If I hadn't just bought a GR Yaris, I'd be very keen indeed to try this. This is the sort of thing I'd been hoping Peugeot would make, given their hot hatch pedigree and their promotion of electric vehicles. I loved the dark gray colour (the one that matched colours at the rear).
car manufacturers invest so much money in finding the "right" sound for their turning indicators, while I feel most drivers just want that sound to be as silent as possible (especially in EV's it can be really disturbing). Why don't most manufacturers offer the option of controlling the volume (some do), or even get rid of it completely? You have arrows on your screen, so you don't have to hear the sound to know the indicators are on.
If only the repressed the cupra Ibiza, would of bought it in a heartbeat!! I have the FR and it’s perfect, I only wish it didn’t have the 1L TSI and the 2L one, 220BHP it would of had!! Be such an amazing car
I don't get why VW has gone with this bland gray as their free default color. It looks so much like they forgot to actually put the paint on and shipped it with just the primer.
I personally think it is sad that MEB vehicles does not have higher HP models. In my mind it is not hard and very expensive to build stronger motors. E.g. this one has 231 hp, Tesla Model 3 SR+ 320, Performance 430 hp. Id.4 gtx has 295 hp, which starts to be OK, but still, it feels that they have missed an EV opportunity.
@Thomas Sawyer My perception was that electric motors[+ additional stuff] are not big, so you can put it into id.3 imho. Model 3 does not have big hood either and it is not very high.
The stated charging performance is 5-80% in 35 minutes on a 58(62) battery. So 75% of 58 is 43.5 so in 35 minutes it needs to average 75kwh over that range. The best I’ve ever achieved was 72 on ionity once - all this has been scheduled out to Listers and VWs solicitors in detail and none of my figures have ever been challenged at all! Not anything. Not one charge, one number: nothing. It simply doesn’t perform ever at that stated level. In contrast my BMW i4 just hits the numbers ever single time
As much as I'd like to see Seat and Cupra in the US, it's impossible to import these cars. You do see Mexico registered cars in border cities like San Diego, where people will live in Mexico and work in the US.
Yeah, registration is too difficult. You'd have to attempt to register it in a lenient state like Florida and hope you aren't caught. Only a few people try that for valuable cars like Nissan Skylines from Japan.
All I have ever had to do with my many cars of various brands in recent years with the aircon is to choose a temp [usually 21c] and press Auto; then it's set and forget, never to be touched again. So I don't care about the controls because I don't touch them.
After looking at the specs it's actually a pretty ordinary car, especially in Australia it's over $50,000aud, it weighs almost 2000kg and can only go 250km evs will never compete with gasoline engines
was exited for this car until they showed the infotainment, why do VAG stand by making infotainment with less performance than a midrange phone from 6+ years ago?
I have an ID3 and the infotainment is fine. If I was buying a tablet maybe I’d think it’s a bit laggy but it’s a car and you spend more than 99.9% of the time not touching the screen (and if you do, maybe you shouldn’t be driving). So it’s no issue, Apple CarPlay is excellent and you can navigate including charging via Waypoints using ABRP - (you can even have live data if you buy a dongle). There really is no issue with it since V2.1 (current is V2.3). If you want to pick on anything - the app is rubbish.
The id3 and the born give me more the vibe of a practical hatchback like the golf plus than a hot hatch. Also, I was expecting something more from Cupra than a higher trim id3.
I am 194cm or 6'4". I think the seat upgrade makes the seats slightly higher positioned. There is around 2 centimeters of spare headroom in the backseats of my Born.
That pit in the middle of the rear seat looks just like a bucket for holding your personals so they don't move around while Thomas is doing some "spirited" driving ;)
The interior in the cupra born definitely looks better than the id3’s but I’m not sure about that rear bumper design 🤔 I’ve got an id3 on order it’s not as exciting looking but still a good EV 🔋
Great to see EVs bring back rear wheel drive. If EV makers stick with this, adding "Cupra modes" and the like, enthusiasts will be drawn to these cars. (And yes Tesla's are fast - much faster than this. But they're a bit... sterile.)
Every car reviewer that I have watched in YT hates the capacitive bs buttons/controls. So why do car manufacturers still incorporate them??? BMW, VW group, Peugeot... Kudos to Mazda by the way for still resisting.
Thomas, Thanks for the great detailed review. ID3 have an optional sports suspension(lowered by 15 mm) and progressive steering. With this options, do you think ID3 can also achieve the same level sportiness compared to cupra born?
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Thomas, where's your "join us in full HD, full screen & full length let's gooo" 😄
yeah and this time no "pump it up"
And the "conclusion for the day." Miss that too.
If i were to buy an EV, this would be it. VW ID's aren't that good looking or exciting. This one, is a real beauty.
This is the one! My age doesn't fit the profile maybe but can't wait. Hope it's not too expensive!
If they were sold in the states I would be a Cupra fanboy!! Everything that I’ve seen has been 🔥❤️ thanks Thomas for another excellent review.
Ah that's why I don't see much coverage about this car. Shame
You certainly had right of way Thomas , What was that Van driver thinking ! I agree with your saying
Awesome car , i really Love the Interior design .. I love the name Cupra Born 👍
Lee Avison
Australian here! So excited to hear that we are getting some more competitors in the EV market! Great looking car at, hopefully, a reasonable price.
Will be stupid expensive...
@@hyper_channel It's priced pretty much exactly like the id.3 here, you can preorder it.
It would be cheaper then id3 since cupra leon 300 is way less then mk8 gti
Cupra sell officially in Australia?
@@alfrredd I think they just joined the marked, that's why they are seeing better prices over there, they have to be aggresive now. But in EU it will be guaranteed to be a good chunk more expensive than the VW counterpart.
Why don’t we get these cars in the US 😩😩 I would take this over a tesla or that Chevy bolt crap that we have here
They're too small for the average American.
@@0farmerjohn0 Well, similar sized vehicles like the Nissan qashqai, Kia Seltos, hyundai Kona, Volkswagen Taos(AKA Seat Ateca), and subaru crosstrek have been doing pretty well here. It seems Americans will only buy hatchbacks if you trick them into thinking they are SUVs.
@@joelbielecki3501 I've almost only seen them in California. Out in the Midwest. The average owner would barely fit into the driver's seat of a full size truck.
@@0farmerjohn0 As your third car or for your youngsters?
@@joelbielecki3501 they don't get id3 then? Same car kinda
Škoda used physical buttons on the steering wheel of the Enyaq. Wish they had a version of the ID.3 as well.
No need, it would be too crappy
@@fachadolid3030 have you driven an ID3? I live and breathe tech but the touch controls are horrible, truly horrible. It took me a few days to even realize you could do a short click and long click of some buttons but the best I managed was a 30% accuracy. Overall they're very bad
@@fachadolid3030 do you judge on the basis of what?
When will VW make the decision to go back to physical buttons...? 🤦
VW group haptic remind me of 4 series styling mess up. You’d think large groups not just cock up. At this scale.
Huge flaw also seen in the mk8 golf
Rumour has it they will make a return for the mid life facelift of the id3.
@@NedNew Interesting, ID3 needs sharper angrier edgier looks, that and Hapics removed, job done
Their marketing dept is already trying to find a way to tell everyone physical buttons on the next generation are an innovation...
Cupra Born is my favorite when it comes to Electric small sports cars.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yes please!! Bring Cupra to the US. It will do very well here.
The reviewer I've been waiting to review the car I may wait for. Superb detail, as always.
*I like the style of it and I'm sure it will appeal to a younger generation. Hopefully the manufacturers will get it through their thick heads that touch sensitive controls are not wanted & distractingly dangerous!*
I enjoyed watching the Video Review . Better looking than the ID.3
Its officially on order, 58kwh Born in vapour grey, end of year delivery, could have been sooner but I wanted it then.
Enjoy 😊
@@autogefuehl Thanks!!
Thomas You are the best. Your thorough videos are very impressive. Actually I think your observation regarding the single set of window switches is correct. On balance this is a good idea. Too often while driving I open rear windows when meaning to open the front. This on BMW and VAG products.
Cheers m8!
Honestly, I think this is the prettiest ev on the market. Especially in the blue with matching interior and the gray.
Another great vehicle review. Really liking you injecting your humor more and more! Your jokes are sometimes very subtle, but that's why they are funny. Keep up the great work.
(Lucky to avoid that Sprinter!!)
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"Holy Moley what is this"? 🤣 We love you Thomas you're the best 🤘
I actually like the the dashboard with the moving screen. The capacitive buttons... not so much. Especially strange that the temperature sliders are not lit up. Car design looks cool too. I would choose Vapor Grey color. Similar colors are becoming more popular, but look interesting.
And yeah, the lorry driver made a mistake when he started moving. He had the STOP sign- he stopped. He had the mirror on the road to check for cars. He probably checked and started moving, but you just appeared when he thought that the road was clear. Stay safe! =)
Both the front and rear look nice....
Good camera quality by the way 👍
Weight limits preventing you having the panoramic roof and the large battery basically rules out this as a compact fun family car for holiday trips. EV's seem to be trending to larger cars for family's and small cars for young people which is questionable given the amount of power a base EV will have in future compared to the first car of a young person currently.
Impressive car considering how boring the ID.3 is but the AC/ volume controls EV infotainment letting it down along with the capacitive buttons on the wheel.
@Ferdi Posh "spanish" it is just a ID.3 with different "clothing"
I'm sure that power can be artificially limited in a small EV for new drivers.
Why would a panoramic roof make or break it as a family car you can roadtrip with? Really odd take.
Love that more and more fun/sporty EVs are coming out. :)
This looks much better than the vw ones.
They could improve with a more premium feel in the interior.
Glad u didn't crash.
Which one do you prefer Thomas, this one or Golf GTI?
This seems to be the kind of car I'm looking for, a well specced compact car with decent performance, I don't really need it to be very sporty. Looks nice too. A lot of the features on the Cupra you only get if you go for a much larger car right now, most of the compact EVs available are comparatively "feature-poor", on some of them even a reverse camera is a pricy extra. The Born is even a good bit cheaper than a similarly specced ID.3 here in Norway. I was a bit unsure about the colors but the vapor grey looks a lot better in this video than in the promo pictures, so that will probably be the color I go for.
I very much like this over the ID.3 it’s based on. Bummer neither is available in the U.S. Shall I hope the few grey imports eventually lead to official availability?
I agree with all your comments on the UI.
04:05 I think you meant to say, 30 "seconds" instead of "minutes".
That's exactly what I was about to write. That's right, 30 seconds are not minutes.
Slip of tongue 😅
@@autogefuehl well, wouldn't we all like a 30 minute e-boost? 😇
Better looking than id3
At some point they need to understand that buttons are more efficient and safe.
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Hardly a hot hatch to suit the Cupra brand. Shame it doesn’t have twin motor with a Seat branded version with this single motor.
Great review as always but I’m interested in the twin motor when available.
Agreed, from what I've read the platform can support dual motors but you have to wonder if the cupra has been hobbled to prevent it stepping on the toes of VW or Audi
Incredible, saving 2 buttons and putting a capacitive button for window opening is sad.
At least put a physical switch to control back/forward.
What is next, removing window buttons and include them in the infotainment menu? :'(
Rear windows seats have there own button tho, not sure when you use the back window when your at the front. My car has the 4 buttons but barley use em
This is definitely a game changer!
A small attractive EV! Simply beautiful and seems great fun
I assume VW went with the fixed tail light solution since the car is visible also at night when the tail gate is open. It's a safety feature.
it’s actually a law, not a „safety feature“. lights are not allowed to be on a movable bodypanel, like the trunk, otherwise they need a secondary pair of taillights like they did on the bumper of the Audi Q7 and Q5, or on the inside of the trunk like the Opel Insignia Sports Tourer and BMW iX
1:08 „Holy moly what th.. .. is this?“😆
Even tho they’re both literally the same car this one is better imo
Everything about the car is lovely and I'd be interested in seeing them in the US, but I'm most distracted by how good that paint quality looks. Holy crap.
26:54 it needs a better horn
A toilet on the rear seat? :D
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Superb review of the Cupra Born Thomas !! Again, welcome to my region of Barcelona, Sitges and Montserrat, hope you enjoyed it !!! Greetings :)
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🥰First time I heard you speaking German Thomas, so cool! 🥰
About to get delivery of this car in red - cannot wait ☺
I have ordered a Cupra Born here in Sydney, Australia. I am looking forwards to it arriving whenever that happens. I am a little disappointed that we won’t get the same spec Cupra cars as our British and European friends. Missing in our Version 3 equivalent model is the heads up displays, GPS module, glass roof and more. I’ve ordered the performance and interior package/upgrades so feel a little short changed with the above missing. With Tesla’s price cuts it’s tempting to just get a Tesla model three which are a dime a dozen here now. So I’m going for style, an engaging driving experience and Spanish tuning and flair.
Enjoy and thanks for the feedback!
The temp/vol touch controls annoyed me a lot when I test drove the Enyaq.. why are they suddenly so averse to real buttons? Just because Tesla does it, doesn't mean they all should do it.
at least the voice commands work on the tesla, I gave up on the 3rd day of non stop trying with a ID3
I timed that 0-100 part and even if you're being super generous with the timing, you got over 7 seconds with it which is quite terrible. A stock id3 gets 7.2 sec 0-100
It has the biggest battery and the same power as the ID3.
@@comsubpac it should have more power with that sport button. At least for the 0-100 aspect you should see an Improvement
@@Twin.motors No, since the weight is very high and the torque doesn't change.
Doesn’t quite reach the bar for a hot hatch (warm hatch more apt?), but it’s a good start for sure 👍
Greetings from Australia! We love the performance versions of any cars in Australia, including hot hatches. This will sell well here if priced correctly.
Great review again, right on the spot!! I happen to be seriously considering of ordering one, I drove it and cannot agree more on the pluses and minuses, actually and strangely enough there were only two minuses as also mentioned on this review. First and most importantly the feel of the brakes which sometimes give you the impression that they don't work well, feels like you are pushing the pedal but you cannot get the braking you expect and you are about to crash!!! I dont know why but luckily it doesn't happen all the time, I guess its a matter of familiarisation and adjustment, or a least I hope so. Secondly that loud sound of the turn signals, I cant see a reason of them being so loud, but I guess its only a matter of getting used to it! Seriously now, I think I will order it tomorrow! Good work Autogefuhl!
Thanks for the feedback 😎
They should have named it the Cupra re-Born since it is just an ID 3 with a different face.
Born is a the name of an area of Barcelona.
Not true, if you listen to the review the roof is lower than the id3
Will you be reviewing the new Cupra Born VZ version? I've driven it and it's an amazing car. I much prefer it above the normal Born, it really adds a bit of the missing hot hatch back in.
Would like this car in Iceland! 😃
Not for F-roads :)
@@rogerbakke2566 certainly not for those! 😉
On some markets , like US, you need to have the stop light, and turn signals visible even if the trunk is open. That is why they left the lights on the body, not on the trunk door.
All the haptic buttons are crap. Just a big pile of cost saving. The two window buttons too, the hard plastics... it's all money. We are not customers to them any more, we are just piggy banks. They are giving more money for the stupid marketing department than the cars themselves. I refuse to pay the marketing pencil pushers and on the other hand the hard working people that really produce are left to deal with VW quality issues. Fire some 100 people from the marketing, give us back the real buttons and knobs, put in some quality and leave the product to sell by itself. Like the good old days.
That van was crazy
I would love to see this in the US, I feel like they would be much successful compared to VW since Cupra appears to have so much style.
Greetings from Australia. Always enjoy your reviews
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Hi Thomas, good morning
Hey 👋
Yes - bring it to the US please.
If I hadn't just bought a GR Yaris, I'd be very keen indeed to try this. This is the sort of thing I'd been hoping Peugeot would make, given their hot hatch pedigree and their promotion of electric vehicles.
I loved the dark gray colour (the one that matched colours at the rear).
Dude, you have a GR Yaris and you would seriously consider THIS? The GR Yaris is leagues and leagues ahead of the Cupra Born in every single way.
4:50 Thomas going full Mr Moseby
Also, love the Vapor Grey color option!
car manufacturers invest so much money in finding the "right" sound for their turning indicators, while I feel most drivers just want that sound to be as silent as possible (especially in EV's it can be really disturbing). Why don't most manufacturers offer the option of controlling the volume (some do), or even get rid of it completely? You have arrows on your screen, so you don't have to hear the sound to know the indicators are on.
If only the repressed the cupra Ibiza, would of bought it in a heartbeat!! I have the FR and it’s perfect, I only wish it didn’t have the 1L TSI and the 2L one, 220BHP it would of had!! Be such an amazing car
How nice of Cupra to make an *integrated hemorrhoids pillow* in the middle seat!
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ID3, you’re not fooling me hiding under that cupra logo!
I don't get why VW has gone with this bland gray as their free default color. It looks so much like they forgot to actually put the paint on and shipped it with just the primer.
I personally think it is sad that MEB vehicles does not have higher HP models. In my mind it is not hard and very expensive to build stronger motors. E.g. this one has 231 hp, Tesla Model 3 SR+ 320, Performance 430 hp.
Id.4 gtx has 295 hp, which starts to be OK, but still, it feels that they have missed an EV opportunity.
Yes, I was hoping Cupra version would have at least 300hp, ideally something toward 360hp. It would be killer hot hatch.
@Thomas Sawyer My perception was that electric motors[+ additional stuff] are not big, so you can put it into id.3 imho. Model 3 does not have big hood either and it is not very high.
The stated charging performance is 5-80% in 35 minutes on a 58(62) battery. So 75% of 58 is 43.5 so in 35 minutes it needs to average 75kwh over that range. The best I’ve ever achieved was 72 on ionity once - all this has been scheduled out to Listers and VWs solicitors in detail and none of my figures have ever been challenged at all! Not anything. Not one charge, one number: nothing. It simply doesn’t perform ever at that stated level. In contrast my BMW i4 just hits the numbers ever single time
Such a great review, Danke Dir Thomas
I SEE YOU FRON SPAIN! Chapter shot in Spain!
As much as I'd like to see Seat and Cupra in the US, it's impossible to import these cars. You do see Mexico registered cars in border cities like San Diego, where people will live in Mexico and work in the US.
I'll send you a Cupra, could you send me a Corvette in exchange? :D
Yeah, registration is too difficult. You'd have to attempt to register it in a lenient state like Florida and hope you aren't caught. Only a few people try that for valuable cars like Nissan Skylines from Japan.
I ❤ electric hot hatches.
Great review
Great news it’s coming to Australia. 👍 Love the sunroof and the sunroof cover. 😉
No rear climate controls? No blind spot monitoring? No ambient lighting?
Fabulous car and review !....goes to show you don't need an EV with 500hp+ to really have fun
I would love the 77kw performance boost model in the USA, styling is great, much better than the VW.
All I have ever had to do with my many cars of various brands in recent years with the aircon is to choose a temp [usually 21c] and press Auto; then it's set and forget, never to be touched again. So I don't care about the controls because I don't touch them.
ok
Indicator sound is like in zastava 750
I want to buy this beautiful electric car
After looking at the specs it's actually a pretty ordinary car, especially in Australia it's over $50,000aud, it weighs almost 2000kg and can only go 250km evs will never compete with gasoline engines
Has Volkswagen officially commented the wide spread criticism for the infotainment and useless buttons? Many reviewers and users complain.
Very nice! Really like this. I drove the ID.3 a couple of weeks ago. It's pretty similiar, its seems that way.
Yes...US please. Love the light gray and copper.
Omg I’m so happy it is coming to Australia 👍
good looking car
Great car! Great review!
was exited for this car until they showed the infotainment, why do VAG stand by making infotainment with less performance than a midrange phone from 6+ years ago?
I have an ID3 and the infotainment is fine. If I was buying a tablet maybe I’d think it’s a bit laggy but it’s a car and you spend more than 99.9% of the time not touching the screen (and if you do, maybe you shouldn’t be driving). So it’s no issue, Apple CarPlay is excellent and you can navigate including charging via Waypoints using ABRP - (you can even have live data if you buy a dongle). There really is no issue with it since V2.1 (current is V2.3). If you want to pick on anything - the app is rubbish.
Need this in the UK, right hand drive
Wow a car that comes with a toilet in a rear bench ? Thats some advance shit and piss right there.
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Just like the BMW front seats have a rest area in the middle
Are they going to bring it to North America ????? That would be amazing !!!!!
The id3 and the born give me more the vibe of a practical hatchback like the golf plus than a hot hatch. Also, I was expecting something more from Cupra than a higher trim id3.
I would prefer a Seat badge.
I am 194cm or 6'4". I think the seat upgrade makes the seats slightly higher positioned. There is around 2 centimeters of spare headroom in the backseats of my Born.
Hi, have you tried to sit on the back behind your seating position? If yes, do you have enough knee room?
I've gone on multiple trips with my brother (he is 205 cm or 6.7") without any problem..@@bigboobearboo
That pit in the middle of the rear seat looks just like a bucket for holding your personals so they don't move around while Thomas is doing some "spirited" driving ;)
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10:27 Yes, you did, Thomas. Yes, you did.
The interior in the cupra born definitely looks better than the id3’s but I’m not sure about that rear bumper design 🤔 I’ve got an id3 on order it’s not as exciting looking but still a good EV 🔋
Great to see EVs bring back rear wheel drive. If EV makers stick with this, adding "Cupra modes" and the like, enthusiasts will be drawn to these cars. (And yes Tesla's are fast - much faster than this. But they're a bit... sterile.)
Nice review, especially driving at Montserat
thanks man!
Every car reviewer that I have watched in YT hates the capacitive bs buttons/controls. So why do car manufacturers still incorporate them??? BMW, VW group, Peugeot... Kudos to Mazda by the way for still resisting.
Agree
Great review danke schon!
Thomas, Thanks for the great detailed review. ID3 have an optional sports suspension(lowered by 15 mm) and progressive steering. With this options, do you think ID3 can also achieve the same level sportiness compared to cupra born?
That car would've hit you if you breaked, you had to evade!
... This car is lovely!!!!