Switch to EV part of US market expansion; model set to become brand's "single significant most important car"
The next-generation Cupra Formentor will switch to a new electric platform when it arrives around the end of the decade – and will be a key part of the firm’s expansion into the US. The coupe-crossover was launched in 2020 as the first model to be designed from the start as a Cupra, with a range of petrol, diesel and plug-in hybrid powertrains. It is the Barcelona firm’s most popular model, with 120,000 sales in 2023 marking a 23 per cent year-on-year rise.
” He added that the machine would likely use the next-generation Volkswagen Group SSP platform that will serve as an effective successor to the current MEB and PPE platforms used in the group. No further details about the new model have been given, so it is not known if a combustion-powered version could continue to be offered alongside the new BEV Formentor in markets where such powertrains would be allows.
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