Essay – Cupra Born, the real sports

The Cupra Born has a length of 4322 mm, a height of 1537 mm, a width of 1809 mm without the exterior mirrors and a measure of 2070 millimeters with the mirrors deployed. Motorization: electric. For its exterior size, we classify the Cupra Born in the category of compact cars.

Dimensions of the Cupra Born 2021, chest volume and interior photos

The Cupra Born has a length of 4322 mm, a height of 1537 mm, a width of 1809 mm without the exterior mirrors and a measure of 2070 millimeters with the mirrors deployed. Motorization: electric. For its exterior size, we classify the Cupra Born in the category of compact cars.

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Essay – Cupra Born, the real sports !

Cupra embarks on the 100% electric with the Born, a compact sedan with aughet style and promises of sports experience. Born to be wild, really ?

One Monday morning in October, the Mediterranean sun begins to heat the storefronts of the tapas bars of El Born . The street has just been cleaned, erasing the traces of a Sunday evening of celebration in this district of Barcelona.

Suddenly, a silent machine slides between two Gothic churches, leaving a melody of its interior. “” Born to be alive “, Patrick Hernandez’s Legendary Tube of 1979. A funny scene all the more since the car in question is none other than the brand new Born, the first 100 % electric vehicle of Cupra .

To look at her, no doubt, she has a face and she fully assumes the sporting DNA of the Satellite brand of Seat . Small doors, large wheels, aggressive shields, copper and custoded elements worked, she plays her “Born to be wild”. Easy, it’s true ! But above all, she stands out from her cousin Volkswagen ID.3 with whom she shares everything, except the style.

A Born on Barceloneta

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Born to be complicated

With her 4.32 meters long, she managed to treat her sense of welcome and to a lesser extent her carrying capacity (385 liters) and her rather basic modularity . And she also plays it hyper modern in terms of presentation with a minimalist interior, stingy in physical buttons.

Nice to the eye, more complicated for use since ergonomics are affected . Whether to adjust the volume of the radio, adjust the temperature of the air conditioning or even lower the rear windows, you have to leave your eyes. Too bad that more and more manufacturers are limited to taking this direction of all touch !

“Born this way” The new Cupra, also original with the small on -board instrumentation screen located just behind the steering wheel and incorporating a gearbox command to say the least aerial . Same thing for the many materials, fairly flattering with keys of copper and overprint on the visible parts, but less rewarding on the counter-ports.

Never mind, the promise of sportiness is pushed to the seats . Back, they perfectly fit the driver’s body, who now has only one desire, leave the city center of Barcelona to judge Cupra DNA of the Born.

The light banner of the Born, and in the distance a Pagani Zonda Revolucion

Born to be Pépère

Unsurprisingly, the little German-Catalane (developed in Martorell and manufactured in Zwickau in Germany) is lively at acceleration. Especially in its 230 horsepower VZ configuration (20 kW e-boost compared to the 204 hp version) and 310 Nm of torque which propels it up to 100 km/h in 6.6 seconds .

“Born to Run” As Bruce Springsteen would say and ideal for dropping everyone at the red light while enjoying excellent soundproofing and first -rate comfort. The optional damping in particular allows the Born to erase almost all the asperities of the road even if the large 20 -inch rims generate a few small vibrations .

Other characteristics flowering good dynamism, the chassis was lowered compared to the ID.3, the power is transmitted only to the rear wheels and the distribution of the masses (just under 1.800 kg on the scale) is balanced.

Except that here, from the first turns, that’s anything but “Born to be wild”. The promise of sportiness dear to the brand is not held as this born is neutral to drive . His behavior is healthy, the cash movements nonexistent, the braking well managed but the front axle and the management do not go up any information. It is frankly without flavor and far from what Cupra usually offers .

Cupra Born Vz, trip to Slovenia – Turbo emission of 30/10/2022

An original but impractical cabin

Born to the terminal

The Born is therefore appreciated in town and at a senator rate, and that is why it is easy to reach a mixed consumption of 18 kWh per 100 km . What to authorize it in fact just over 300 km of autonomy (420 km in WLTP) in its 58 kWh variant (a version of 77 kWh will soon arrive in the catalog) and without playing too much with the only recovery mode energy to deceleration.

Once the batteries are flat, the driver of the Born will have to stop at … a terminal. Charging, of course ! “Born to be plugged” and 30 minutes to go from 5 to 80 % of the load on a 125 kW terminal . Otherwise, you will have to take your pain in patience and wait 6 hours 15 on an 11 kW socket, and up to 32 hours on a domestic socket. “Born to die”…

Anyway, pending the arrival of the Renault Mégane E-Tech, Peugeot 308 and Opel Astra electric, the Cupra Born is one of the only 100% electric proposals on the compact sedan market alongside the Citroën E- C4 and its Volkwagen ID cousin.3. Compared to the latter, it displays the same motorization price and equivalent battery (40.€ 250) but benefits from richer standard equipment.

Cupra Born technical sheet

Model Try: Cupra Born Vz 58 kWh
Dimensions L x W x H	4.322 / 1.809 / 1.537 m
Wheelbase	2.767 m
Mini / maximum volume of the trunk	385 L
Unloaded weight	About 1.800 kg
Engine	170 kW
Engine power	230 hp with 20 kW Oberboost
Couple	310 Nm
0 to 100 km/h	6.6 s
WLTP autonomy	410 km (300 km noted)
WLTP consumption	16.8 kWh per 100 km (18 kWh raised)
Prices	From 40,250 € (204 hp version)

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• – Outdoor and interior style
• – Comfort
• – Habitability

• – Ergonomics
• – Placid behavior
• – Promise of sportiness not held

Sporty in the look but absolutely not in the driving experience, the Cupra Born is a successful city car that could be a good start for the Spanish manufacturer in the electric world. Except that the basic promise is not held and that it would have done better to wear the Seat badge.