Cupra Tavascan electrical crossover debuts with aggressive 335 horsepower

“Sophisticated” is a beneficiant solution to describe the entrance finish of a brand new all-electric SUV simply revealed by the Cupra model. Cupra, for these not but conscious of the Spanish SEAT model subsidiary (which itself is a subsidiary of Volkswagen), is seemingly chasing a youthful, less-conservative viewers than the Spaniards with this mannequin. Cupra will provide the crossover Tavascan in two trims for now; an entry-level mannequin makes use of the VW Group’s new 282 horsepower rear-wheel drive motor, whereas a 335 horsepower model provides all-wheel drive.

The Tavascan, revealed in Berlin, is predicted to hitch two different fashions in 2024 and 2025: City Insurgent, which shares the MEB platform with different electrical VWs, and there’s the Terramar, a plug-in hybrid to be constructed by Audi in Hungary. The inside is “minimize” by a sweeping silver blade projecting from the width of the sprint, and the main target trying ahead is a big 15-inch show.

The producer is citing a driving vary of 340 miles for the bottom mannequin Tavascan on one cost, and a 0-60 mph time of about 5.6 seconds.

There’s no prospect presently that these fashions will probably be offered within the U.S. The Tavascan, the corporate says, will probably be in-built China.

In preliminary images of the production-spec mannequin, one can notice a physique that seems to be floating above the wheels, a triple-triangle headlights signature look, and a mannequin entrance finish that’s heavy on busy black design parts.

VW created the Cupra standalone model in 2018. For a few years, SEAT used the Cupra nameplate to indicate hot-rodded variants of its Ibiza and Leon.