More kit, higher prices for Cupra Formentor, Leon and Ateca in 2024

The wagon is dead, and yet, long live the wagon? It’s a curious quandary Cupra faces as it tries to build momentum in Australia with an arsenal of

The Cupra Formentor has cemented itself as a firm Chasing Cars office favourite not merely because it distills solid Volkswagen Group DNA through a Spanish challenger brand injects added punch and fun factor into its small sports crossover, if mostly in feisty turbo-four VZx flagship.

There are two ways of thinking about the most special Cupra model ever launched in Australia — the incoming $101,990-driveaway, five-cylinder Formentor We’ve long praised the Cupra Formentor’s sportscar-like dynamics. Now, you can have one with Audi’s five-cylinder engine — but you’ll need to be quick

Often overlooked is the Volkswagen Group’s sheer breadth of compelling metal. Vee-Dub’s new Tiguan SUV, Audi’s electro-heroic R8 E-Tron GT, Skoda’s fresh Spain’s big-booted PHEV small performance wagon brings class, dynamics and outstanding efficiency, but it’s pricey.

You could be forgiven for forgetting about the Cupra Ateca small SUV. Having been around globally since 2016, it’s Cupra’s oldest nameplate, and it’s The Spanish brand’s oldest model has just gained a more affordable entry model, but is it still relevant and does it offer enough fun?

Australian station wagon buyers might be relatively few in number in 2023, but they’re a discerning bunch. Estate aficionados know a low-riding form The most complete Cupra model yet is a wagon under consideration for Australian sales – and the hybrid model’s sophistication blew us away

While Volkswagen’s Spanish upstart Cupra has understandably concentrated its Australian launch on its crossover models (Ateca, Formentor), and the new The Cupra Leon V adds up to far more than the sum of its reasonably-priced parts. It’s positively brimming with charm and sophistication

With front-driven hot hatch friskiness in a crossover body and nice pricing, does Cupra’s Formentor VZ represent the sweet spot of its range?

Sitting at the top of Cupra’s local Australian line-up, the Ateca VZx not only looks the part, but packs a punch.

Feisty Spanish newcomer blends pace and maturity it its aspiration of laying claim as the new king of front-driven hot hatches.

Well-packaged hybrid battery fails to diminish the Cupra Formentor’s intrinsically slick chassis, while delivering low running costs

Spanish Volkswagen Group offshoot produces Tiguan-based sports SUV that shows great promise on track – will it stand up on road?

The Cupra Raval VZ is an electric hot hatch with a bigger job than its four-metre footprint suggests. Cupra’s smallest model yet, the Raval is an EV The charming Spanish-built five-door isn’t the fastest electric hatch, but it’s one of the first of an emerging breed to capture what made hot hatches great in the first place

Sixty percent of Australians have heard of Cupra, and the Barcelona-based manufacturer aims to hit a 100 percent recognition rate among surveyed Australia Volkswagen sent its Tiguan platform on a cultural exchange to Barcelona; the resulting Cupra Terramar is fluent, fun…and different in the right way.

Cupra’s self-described rebellious staff of designers, engineers and marketers get given a long leash to come up with funky designs and memorable driving Cupra’s first ‘mainstream’ electric car delivers styling panache and driving enjoyment in spades

The Chasing Cars long-term fleet has taken on a Spanish flavour with the addition of the Cupra Born, the electric hatchback that still precedes the ID.3 As a raft of new VW Group EVs start to reach Australia, we grab the keys to the umbrella group’s first entrant – the Cupra Born – to see if it still stacks up as a worthy electric car.

Order books have opened in Australia for Cupra’s Leon, Formentor and Ateca models with most variants now available for online purchase

A small drop of new Cupra models is now for sale through the Spanish performance brand’s local Australian website

Cupra Australia turned one overnight and the Spanish brand says it will mark its first birthday by extending three years of free servicing and one percent It’s been a year since Cupra launched on Aussie soil and the brand will celebrate by gifting MY23 owners with three years free servicing for Leon, Ateca and Formentor

Global head of Cupra Wayne Griffiths has indicated his interest in synthetic fuels – a project being pursued by VW co-brand Porsche

Cupra research and development boss says that reducing weight from the VW Group’s electric cars is a key goal

The Volkswagen Group's sporty Spanish arm is gearing up for a big 2025 with electric and hybrid SUVs in popular segments

The Volkswagen Golf R wagon is back, but not as you know it, with German-owned, Spanish-inspired Cupra confirming a wagon-bodied, all-wheel drive version New Cupra Leon VZx variant debuts in Sportstourer wagon body with an extra kick in power, all-wheel drive, drift-mode and an additional 258mm in length

Cupra has today announced a new Sportstourer wagon body shape and mild-hybrid system for its MY2026 Leon small hatchback, with initial deliveries expected Spanish hatchback and wagon returns with red-hot VZx performance versions

Significant future facelift revealed surprisingly early for three of the four cars Cupra will soon launch in Australia

Sports cars aren’t for everyone. Or they may have been in our younger years before greater practical needs took priority – especially for parents. Coupes Meet the cars that put the ‘fun’ into functional in the latest video episode from Chasing Cars and Mamamia

Evidence is building that Changan Automobile plans to expand its Australian footprint in the near future. Though the name may be new to Australians, the

Cupra Australia has revealed full pricing and specification for the expanded and facelifted MY26 Formentor medium crossover range, now available in four

Cupra will add a full hybrid powertrain to its best-selling Formentor midsize SUV in 2028 as part of a further upgrade to production lines at the New Volkswagen Group “full hybrid” engine pairs a 1.5-litre turbo with an electric motor on the front axle to slash real-world fuel consumption and CO2 emissions

Cupra Australia has confirmed its Formentor grade will soon be available to option with its Akrapovic exhaust package. Previously only available on the In search of more crackles, pops and a smile on your face during the morning highway merge? Cupra might just have a solution.

As the name suggests, the Matrix Edition gains a pair of Matrix LED adaptive headlights over the standard model

Cupra’s Australian division has announced it will bring a very limited number of its Formentor VZx SUV to Australia with unique Rojo red paint work. The sports-focused Cupra brand is releasing a very limited number of Formentor VZx Rojo Editions in Australia