KennySolar 
The original $47,090 discount price cut appears to have stopped – see the old post here:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/887609
All MY24 Cupra Borns now appear to be $49,990 Drive Away, but they come with the ‘Interior Option Pack’ included in that drive away price.
The Cupra Born was previously $59,990 before on road costs and option packs. So you are looking at roughly a ~$15,000 – $20,000 saving over what people were paying previously once you factor in drive away costs.
No news on when MY25 Cupra Born’s will arrive in Australia. MY25 Cupra Born’s in the UK appear to have had some changes applied, the main one being that option packs no longer reduce the seat count down to 4 seats, you get the full 5 seat setup.
Link to Order Page:
https://www.cupraofficial.com.au/stock?t_model=EXBQ
Please note Cupra does not have negotiable pricing, they follow the same setup as Tesla, BYD, Polestar, Xpeng, Mercedes, Genesis, Honda, etc with having fixed pricing.
Specs:
- 511km WLTP range (with 17kWh/100km energy consumption, expect ~450km real world range)
- Rear Wheel Drive
- 170kW/310Nm
- 0-100km/h = 7s
- 0-50km/h = 2.8s
- 385L Boot (Seats Up)
- Based on VW Group’s MEB platform.
- 4324mm long, 1809mm wide, and 1540mm high
- 2766mm wheelbase (space between the wheels which usual gives you an indication of interior space)
Charging Speed
AC: up to 11kW
DC: up to 170kW
Option Packs reduce the seating capacity down to 4
Interior Pack (usually $2900 – however appears to be fitted to all Cupra Borns listed at $49,990 drive away)
- Blue Dinamica seats
- Seat heating
- Seat Power adjustment
- Seat massage function
- 9 speaker Beats audio system
- heated windscreen washer jets
Performance Pack ($2600)
- Adaptive dampers
- 20-inch wheels
- Michelin Pilot Sport tyres|
Please note due to the larger wheels WLTP driving range is reduced to 475km (~410km real world range)
Optional Servicing Packs (If you are looking at a Novated Lease, having these bundled into the lease might help)
- 3 Year Pack = $990
- 5 Year Pack = $1590
Servicing:
12 months or 15,000km
Warranty:
5 Years, Unlimited kilometers on the car
8 Years, 180,000km on the battery pack
Who is Cupra?
Cupra is owned by VW Group, they are a sporty spin off from SEAT. The brand is designed to sit in-between VW and Audi in the VW Group hierarchy.
Where is the Cupra Born made?
Germany.
It is made alongside the VW ID.3 in the Volkswagen Zwickau factory.
Minor Negatives that may impact some people
- No 1 pedal driving like in Tesla’s, Hyundai, Kia, MG, etc.
- No spare tyre (or space saver), but it has a puncture repair kit.
- No built in sat nav (you need to use Apple CarPlay or Android Auto)
- No HUD
- No wireless Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. Wired only.
- No sunroof option
- Performance or Interior packs remove the middle rear seat.
- Hard pack plastics on all doors. Rear doors don’t even have soft elbow/arm support.
- No rear air vents
- No OTA connectivity (requires you to drop it off at dealers to get software updates, no remote app connectivity)
- Touch buttons on the steering wheel
- No front boot (Frunk)
- RHD cars UK/Australia receive apparently don’t have the windscreen wipers swapped over to the other side, so in heavy rain, water can be pushed into your line of sight
Australian Reviews
CarExpert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayrZ7MFPq44
Chasing Cars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOF5LLGV02U
Driving Enthusiast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4fq2gjdMLw
The Right Car:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyGQUY1cBT0
Competitors
MG 4 77kWh
- $55,000 drive away (+$8000 over the Cupra)
- Made in China, instead of European made for the Cupra
- Both are RWD
- Both have 77kWh batteries
- Both have similar real world range
- Both don’t have OTA connectivity
- Similar performance
- Very similar boot capacity
- 10 year warranty instead of 5 year warranty on the Cupra
- Much worse interior fit/finish compared to the Cupra
- Driving dynamics not up to the level of the Cupra, but still decent.
