Finally, a Cupra EV to be (moderately) excited about
/ Monday 19 August 2024 / Loading commentshas done plenty of things well since its launch at the end of 2021. Its design made it preferable to the VW ID 3 with which it shares vital parts, it has represented decent value and has always driven well enough. So it has sold in healthy numbers to those willing to make a hassle free swap into the world of electric motoring: as of the end of 2023, more than 45,000 Borns have found homes globally.
The Cupra isn’t a cut-price N, though it most certainly is a step in the right direction. Even changes as simple as new colour and wheel choices outside, plus more contrast accents and design flourishes like the C-pillar pattern, make the VZ a more interesting Born to look at. It could probably do with being lower and wider and meaner too, in time, but no longer is it a Cupra EV you would walk straight past. With the key in your hand, having left it five minutes ago.
Moreover, with torque boosted to 402lb ft - or 75 per cent more than standard - the VZ is able to tax its chassis with some proper authority now. Far from feeling overpowered like an XPower MG4, the Born makes really good use of its additional muscle. While wheels and tyres are wider now, they’ve only gone from a 7.5J and 215-section to an 8J and 225; so while the nicely weighted steering is direct enough and the front axle unencumbered by power requirements, it’s not the grippiest in the world.
The suspension improvements are worthwhile, too, the Born always keen yet comfy even with the DCC set to beyond Cupra stiffness. It’s bordering on the restless by then, though never does it jar or crash. The Performance and Cupra drive modes with additional tautness to the steering and suspension seem to suit the VZ’s ever so slightly meaner demeanour. This is a more significant overhaul than it might have first seemed, the Born almost as it always should have been.
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