NEW Cupra Tavascan revealed! - better than a Tesla Model Y? | What Car?

[@AmazeTase]

Nice car but electric car prices are insane!

[@presterjohn71]

All new car prices are insane. Look at the price of a mid range Fiesta!

[@thelifeofbatteries2603]

you should not base it purely on the purchase price, most ev's will do 400 miles for £20 with little or no maintenance

[@dgbourdon1325]

Love the design language of the Cupra Brand.....this looks fab inside and out....

[@WayApp]

Wow, the Cupra Tavascan looks absolutely stunning!

[@johnnyxp64]

If Cupra doesn't make their own software and get away from the idiotic touch buttons they will suffer like the rest vw group.

[@stevenjones916]

I love everything about this car......except the price. That is a dealbreaker.

[@sun-pb7xg]

Yep price is too high

[@skill_issueee]

The looks on the car are insane!

[@Carfan678]

I love the interior it looks so unique not sold in my country though😥

[@Bman1878]

Seems nice enough, but would have to be ground breaking to justify the price IMO. I also think it's unfair to ask for £55k for anything with those VW steering wheel controls and infotainment.

[@ck-fn6ei]

Exterior looks really good! Not sure I'd compare a car with 540 litres of storage to The Model Y which has over 900 (before folding seats). Also just FYI my Model Y has up to a 351 miles of supposed range (19inch wheels) so it's not less than the Tavascan. Nice to see other brands improving their offering, hope they actually produce this in a reasonable quantity

[@hieroglyph321]

But the Y looks like a donkey.... that's the problem. Wouldn't be seen dead in that douche mobile. No offense, not your fault

[@disarchitected]

The measurement method is different. Tesla measures to the roof, because they initially didn’t provide a boot cover, Seat to the top of the boot cover. In reality they would be far more similar than the numbers suggest.

[@ck-fn6ei]

@@disarchitected I assumed it was because the boot is bigger, has under boot storage and a large frunk. I also do have a boot cover but it may be the measurement was without

[@disarchitected]

Watch Bjorn Nylands banana box videos. Tesla Model Y has a frunk, so compared to a VW ID4, you can fit one in extra banana box there and an extra box in the back. Tesla Model Y = 9+1 (seats up) & 26 (seats folded) VW ID 4 = 9 (seats up) & 25 (seats folded) Very similar capacities, not double at all.

[@ck-fn6ei]

@@disarchitected good shout! Must just be how they measure the boot that seems so far off. I reckon if they were smaller boxes the Y would fit quite a few more as a lot of the storage isn’t straight but looks like a good test!

[@Laaracansever]

Cupra designers are smart enough not to put a rear wiper. It would definitely ruin the looks.

[@draigaur9543]

My Skoda has no rear wiper , it’s a real pain when it’s wet and reversing limits your view a lot

[@willsmyth639]

Lovely looking but far to expensive for normal folk

[@peakproofuk]

Too

[@willsmyth639]

@@peakproofuk people like you should add an L to it 🤪

[@glennchinyangarara8225]

That’s life, everything has become expensive.

[@willsmyth639]

@@glennchinyangarara8225 oh I know but hopefully electric cars will come down in price especially with mg4 and other makes coming here soon which is more affordable than this and maybe make them to reduce there prices

[@celmkvist]

I guess I’m not the only “European”viewer, is it possible for you to show mpg in kilometre per liter and miles in Kilometres? Love your reviews!

[@AmazeTase]

This is a UK Car channel so predominantly info will be based accordingly. Not hard to do the conversion yourself really

[@Apipoulai]

I'm a Cupra Leon driver but I'm jumping ship to Zeekr 001 for my next lease

[@andrewplayer800]

The whatcar reviews are some of the best,well done guys . Thank goodness the UK government is backtracking rapidly on the 2030 deadline for the end of ICE car production which means, at my age, I wont have to spend £1000s more for an EV and all the hassle that comes with it. Crazy price for this Cupra.

[@sun-pb7xg]

Defo crazy price

[@safcnono]

Far too expensive. The Chinese are coming and legacy car makers are just being plain greedy.

[@robsmall6466]

The Chinese are coming. Give it a rest. They are companies like any other. MG overcharge for their vehicles as well. BYD are also expensive for what they are.

[@mkrd2000]

Great-looking vehicle. Typo on the base model drivetrain description, though - like all the VWAG single-motor cars based on this platform, it's RWD, not FWD.

[@lastonewon]

I dont know who id going to spend 55K on a Cupra ... 😮 They have over engineered this which has ramped up the price..

[@colinrenfrew48]

The price is optimistic.

[@disarchitected]

Liking Cupra’s new line up, they should have done this with the SEAT brand in the first place. The current SEAT range doesn’t have a USP in the VWAG portfolio, its not clear what it offers? Slightly better handling than the equivalent VW with poorer material finish and refinement for a cheaper price? Not sure a lot of people are clamouring for that.

[@Apipoulai]

SEAT is so old and slow to update that they have become the budget brand under Skoda. I understand why they are phasing it out over the next 10 years in favour of Cupra

[@disarchitected]

@@Apipoulai I understand that is VWAG’s plan for SEAT, to turn it into a budget brand like Dacia. Makes sense as well.

[@gavinm91]

It is stunning 😍😍😍

[@nikh8986]

who are these people who said in focus groups that they want a 55k Seat? It looks great but at 55k makes no sense.

[@vascoespañol]

It doesn matter if its SEAT, what matters is the performance and the quality. Spanish car industry fabricated the best sport-luxury cars in the world for decades. (HIspano- Suiza)

[@kaymio6547]

Could you please include international units?

[@Apipoulai]

aka REAL units :P

[@kaymio6547]

@@Apipoulai Yes, REAL units, not units that have been obsolete since decades, maybe centuries...

[@dirkgently2315]

OK, It's 0.2 double decker buses in length, the boot capacity is 0.0001 Olympic swimming pools and it will weigh in at 0.7 elephants. Better?

[@kaymio6547]

@@dirkgently2315 Obviously even more ridiculous than the obsolete antistandard, the imperial system.

[@henvan8737]

Does the Cupra born also have all the Id3 software issues?

[@GarryMortimerCook]

Yes

[@v-gun9735]

Stopped watching when I found out it was just a ID5 in a different frock.

[@sergigorchs7329]

You should visit the village !! impressive

[@anique1990]

Nice work

[@andrewplayer800]

Yes, what about comparing the Kia EV6 to any of these.

[@thelifeofbatteries2603]

T'avascan sounds like a yorkshireman at the hospital

[@teddym2808]

Ok, not powerful enough for the performance version, again, I would choose a Model Y P or GV60 P

[@siblej1]

Can’t believe they’ve done the touch sensitive buttons on the steering wheel…given how much people have criticised them. Do they not listen?

[@Emaratilfy]

Good luck selling at that price. 10k more than an entry level Model Y is insane.

[@disarchitected]

Seats usually come with cheap leases and financing, so I wouldn’t look at the headline figures. Bet on a monthly payment basis, it will be very competitive with the Y.

[@Kryz3HD]

Not to mention it is significantly higher quality than the model Y

[@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270]

The price of this car, along with so many EVs is risible, who are they trying to kid? Why would I buy something like this for £55K when I can get a Tesla for £10K, or a Chinese equivalent that is £15K less and has software which works.

[@MrChowyunfatt]

Remember the days when cars were priced for the masses.

[@adetone3252]

Not interested in a car with touch sensitive buttons, no matter how good it looks.

[@jamesecroucher]

Why did nobody tell me that charging up your car from a public charger is so complicated? Every charger network (and there’s dozens of them) requires registration, setting up an account (with loads and loads of your personal details) on a smart phone app, and most of them demand you prepay as well. Why can’t I just rock up and tap a debit card, like I did at a petrol station? What a faff!!,

[@thelifeofbatteries2603]

Every network?? Gridserve and Instavolt are contactless and more are on the way

[@MrEV2049]

Tavascan or Polestar 4 is the pick for 2024 !!

[@johnevans6399]

I think it's bronze not gold. Nice motor.

[@Ianmundo]

is it on the MEB platform? then “no” it’s too slow to rival Tesla

[@MuhammadUmar-ip6ch]

Excited

[@bernardmcginn2554]

Beautiful but sorry no rear wiper and those poxy VW touch buttons, small things but enough … won’t be looking..

[@ObiePaddles]

So its competitors are the 3 other VW group cars…plus a couple of others!

[@AAly-hf5mg]

Lovely looks

[@AAly-hf5mg]

Nice video

[@alexpang5054]

Very nice looking car

[@lordmellis7135]

While we all know that SEATs are cheaper made VWs, that looks a million times better than the ugly 1970s Model Y design

[@MuhammadUmar-ip6ch]

Right

[@firstnamelastname9631]

So, is it better than a Tesla Model Y?

[@timoliver8940]

As soon as you said the model name all I could think of throughout the video was a cure for irritable bowel syndrome…………. Or indigestion.

[@alex135789]

10k more than the Tesla Model Y. Good luck.

[@Ovid-x9h]

i prefer metric system ;)

[@teddym2808]

WHY ON EARTH Cupra? Why are you using those horrible touch capacitive buttons on your wheel? Use the ones like the Ateca and Formentor, *please*.

[@miguelmarques7331]

The Tavascan in EU costs 67000€ and ID.Unix in China $29000 ⁉️ Same car ⁉️ How can it be ⁉️ In same factory ⁉️ 😠

[@34msr]

Too expensive👎🏻

[@renitur2292]

Crazy expensive, no physical buttons, uncomfortable seats....heavy pass

[@neuro.weaver]

Nothing more than a reskined and slightly raised VW Polo.

[@djwarren5081]

Badge engineering.

[@ObiePaddles]

Thats the vw way.

[@MrOriol24]

Yay!!! Another chinese car! (Yup, is manufactured in China, instead of spain or germany). Volvo, mini, lotus, etc... now seat/cupra's turn 😂

[@stephantranquille6681]

Model Y this model Y that, you seem to have forgotten the brilliant Kia EV6 GT!!

[@marekkurwa]

Miles? what is a mile? is that like a stick? do Kilometers, F america or GB

[@sun-pb7xg]

It can't be 10k over a tesla y just won't work

[@djwarren5081]

Meh!

[@khankhajjak4714]

Nice 🐱

[@salamatali6066]

Wow😊😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@williama-d6]

Cupra is Spanish?

[@troyboy4345]

Too many buttons and they look tacky with that awful interior, expected more at that price

[@rasherbasher8203]

Price😂😂😂😂 and its an ev... next

[@SomchaiSpeaks]

Yet another vehicle that is overloaded with features and over wrought styling features. When will we be able to buy sensible down to earth cars that are not equivalent to a computer game. The Chinese are far better at creating affordable cars and they will wipe the floor with the European brands and the oh so late to the party Japanese. Value for money is the watchword and this is so wide of the mark it is laughable.

[@dfdmcb]

another waste of space and money

[@Aizman87]

Another boring electric car. Ive had 3 electric cars now over 2,5 years and I cant develop feelings for them like I have for my previous cars electric cars have no soul. Im goin back to combustion🎉

[@Collateralcoffee]

OK, dumbness galore. The Tavascan is up against the Enyaq Coupe, the Audio Q4 and the C40. The Enyaq and the Audi are the same car, basically, as the ID.5 and the Tavascan. All fous are based on VWs MEB and are, in fact, VWs.