The Cupra Leon and Formentor nameplates will proceed on their electrical successors, even because the Ateca is phased out.
“Clearly the Cupra Formentor was our first absolutely fledged Cupra with 100 per cent DNA,” mentioned Cupra CEO Wayne Griffiths.
“And sooner or later once we electrify the Formentor, the electrical Formentor might be referred to as the Formentor.
“The Cupra Leon sooner or later, the electrical Cupra Leon, would even be referred to as Leon as properly. And definitely the successor automobiles of the Tavascan, and the Terramar.”
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Cupra Leon
Mr Griffiths confirmed the corporate continues to be discussing whether or not to place the Formentor EV on the MEB platform underpinning the Born, or to make use of the Volkswagen Group’s upcoming SSP structure.
“So the jury’s nonetheless out on that one. There are execs and cons,” mentioned Mr Griffiths.
“Clearly MEB is earlier. However SSP has an extended run, is a more moderen platform and may maybe be extra aggressive.”
He famous a call hasn’t been made but as Cupra nonetheless must decide on an entry into the US market, one thing it’s actively investigating and for which it has already been doing market analysis.
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Cupra Formentor
Cupra has already confirmed it plans to go EV-only by 2030, with its final combustion-powered car to be the Terramar due in 2024.
The SSP structure isn’t anticipated to launch till 2028. The Formentor continues to be comparatively recent, having entered manufacturing in 2020 and with a facelift having been teased for 2024.
The EV may subsequently be both one of many final autos launched on MEB, or one of many first on SSP.
The present Formentor is Cupra’s largest vendor, each in Australia and globally, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the model’s gross sales in 2022.
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Cupra Born
As for the Leon, contemplating the prevailing Born EV is positioned as a small, sporty hatchback and the manufacturing model of the UrbanRebel is anticipated to even be pitched as a scorching hatch, albeit a smaller one, it’s unclear how its electrical successor can be positioned throughout the line-up.
It’s additionally unclear what platform it will sit on. The Born makes use of the MEB platform and the manufacturing UrbanRebel will use the brand new MEB Entry/21 platform Cupra is creating for the Volkswagen Group.
Cupra in Australia at the moment costs its scorching Leon VZx and its plug-in hybrid VZe counterpart in keeping with the Born, which is roughly the identical size (4398mm for the Leon, 4322mm for the Born).
Just like the Formentor, the present Leon entered manufacturing in 2020.
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