Cupra Born

Model reviewed: V1 (2023)
Score: 8 / 10
“The V1 is the cheapest version of the Cupra Born, but it certainly doesn’t scrimp on quality.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The Cupra Born takes Seat’s sporting brand into the electric age in fine style while being a sharper drive than the VW ID.3 on which it is based.”

Model reviewed: 77kWh
Score: 8 / 10
“The Cupra Born 77kWH V3’s extra range has come at the expense of some of the keen drive.” (Martyn Collins)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The brakes could do with more feel and modulation. Plus, although improved, the Volkswagen infotainment system is harder work than it should be to operate. Despite this, the Born must be one of the most fun-to-drive EVs around, with a sophisticated, sporty feel that the ID3 doesn’t get near to.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“In isolation, the Cupra Born is an impressive bit of kit. Stylish, with more than enough power for urban environments, it also feels a touch sporty when you get past the city limits. The interior is solid too, and it’s competitive on paper too. But in standard 45kWh or 58kWh trims, it’s hard to justify buying it over the VW ID.3.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The Born is a seriously likeable EV that should help Cupra grow its sales significantly. Its only real weakness is the firm ride, but if you can live with that for the sportier driving experience, it’s well worth considering.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.6 / 10
“The Cupra Born is effectively a sportier, more distinctive version of the Volkswagen ID.3.” (Ben Custard)
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Model reviewed: 77 kWh V3
Score: 8 / 10
“As the company’s first electric vehicle, the Cupra Born has kick-started the brand’s electric journey in style, offering a sporty edge over its rivals. We think the entry-level 58kWh version is the one to go for (unless you travel long distances regularly, of course) because it is probably one of the most attractive EVs at that price point.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“More adventurous styling and a better-quality interior help set the Spanish brand’s first electric car apart from the Volkswagen ID.3 it’s based on.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“We’ve been waiting for a compact family electric car with a sporting twist and finally we have it. I really like Cupra’s design direction and I can see this appealing to GTI drivers looking to switch to electric. The interior has some nice touches too, which lift it above the ID.3 in my opinion.” (Ginny Buckley)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“Of all the MEB models we have driven, from Audi’s Q4 e-tron, Skoda’s Enyaq and VW’s ID.3 and 4, the Cupra Born is the most interesting to drive. The one with a small dusting personality and character that elevates it from its family members from being merely an automotive white good to a car.”
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Model reviewed: VZ 79kWh 326hp
Score: 9 / 10
“The Cupra Born VZ is now available which means a larger battery, a longer range, and more power, along with an excellent driving experience.”
Author: Paul Clarke
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Model reviewed: 58kWh V3
Score: 10 / 10
“The electric Cupra Born is basically a Volkswagen ID.3 with a few engineering and cosmetic tweaks; there’s no real difference compared to the ID.3 in terms of performance, but the small changes have resulted in an excellent all-round car.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Cupra Born is, for all intents and purposes, a Volkswagen ID.3 with a racier look inside and out, plus more of a focus on sportiness in the driving experience. That means the Born still retains the largely excellent all-round qualities of its sibling, yet adds a bit of character that the VW is sorely lacking.”
Author: Antony Ingram
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 10 / 10
“The Cupra Born is essentially a Volkswagen ID.3 that’s had a sharp haircut and been spending some time down the gym. It’s fun to drive, sufficiently quick and has a pretty impressive interior – it could be our pick of the VW Group.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The electric Cupra Born is a sportier take on the Volkswagen ID.3, with stylish looks, nimble handling and an infuriating infotainment system.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7.6 / 10
“Pricing is in line with key rivals and even entry-level models get plenty of equipment. Unsurprisingly, it shares most of its plus points with the VW ID.3 but with a more distinctive and sporty flavour that we suspect will appeal to many buyers.”
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Model reviewed: Born 58kWh V2
“If you don’t want to stab the accelerator mid-apex to look like a hooligan, then the Born darts from corner to corner with composure, and before you know it, you’re having fun in an electric car which isn’t made by Tesla or costs £60,000-plus.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“Combined with a more striking design and quality of interior finish, it has an edge over its closest rival, the Volkswagen ID.3. Even if you aren’t fussed by its on-road performance capabilities the Born is a superb electric car with a useful real-world driving range, and a modern and roomy interior.”
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Model reviewed: 77kWh
Score: 8 / 10
“Still not a hot hatchback, the top model Cupra Born is, nevertheless, great fun and reasonably efficient. Outside of a rear-wheel-drive Porsche Taycan, this is the best-handling performance battery car you can currently buy. “
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Model reviewed: 58kWh 204hp
Score: 6 / 10
“As a mildly entertaining ID.3, the Cupra Born just about passes muster. As a hot hatchback, however, it really doesn’t cut the mustard. There’s too much weight and size here to qualify, the steering isn’t as sharp as you’d want it and the damping feels clumsy and not at all like SEAT’s go-faster team’s normal efforts.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“A very competent electric hatchback, but not quite the EV hot hatch we expected from Cupra.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 8.8 / 10
“The Cupra Born is essentially a Volkswagen ID.3 with a little more design flair and better infotainment. But once the e-Boost versions arrive it will have a little more performance too. It’s worth considering now if you like the styling, but e-Boost will make the Born live up more to the Cupra brand’s sporty image. It won’t quite be a GTI-killer, but it will provide plenty of fun to go with the style.” (James Morris)
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