The 2024 Cupra Tavascan is underpinned by the VW Group’s MEB platform
by Brad Anderson
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by Brad Anderson
The long-awaited 2024 Cupra Tavascan has been uncovered in manufacturing guise due to a video put collectively by the model and Spanish singer and songwriter Rosalía.
The video itself is kind of odd so far as automotive commercials go and is stuffed with numerous cartoon characters, flashing lights, heavy modifying, and at one stage, an animation of a robotic canine. There’s even a feminine motorcyclist sitting on a Ducati whereas breastfeeding. Plenty of Cupra fashions are showcased within the video as properly, together with the Tavascan.
We will see the forthcoming SUV from each the aspect and the rear. Whereas the automaker has managed to maintain the general form of the idea, it has made various fairly vital adjustments. These are significantly obvious the place the LED taillights of the idea have been changed with barely bigger and bulkier items. The decklid of the manufacturing mannequin can also be barely extra pronounced, thanks partly to the fitment of a delicate lip spoiler.
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The decrease portion of the rear fascia appears to share little or no in frequent with the idea however that’s not a nasty factor. Whereas the idea had a rear bumper with components that flowed right into a central part, the bumper of the manufacturing SUV is extra conventional however nonetheless seems to sport an aggressive diffuser.
Whereas the video doesn’t showcase the Tavascan from the entrance, we suspect that it too can be reshaped for manufacturing and can virtually actually have barely bigger LED headlights and a much less over-the-top bumper.
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Past its appears, we all know that the Tavascan relies on the VW Group’s MEB platform and will share its powertrain with the ID.5 GTX. That might imply a 77 kWh battery pack driving a pair of electrical motors to ship 295 hp. It ought to have the ability to hit 62 mph (100 km/h) within the 6-second vary whereas touring as much as 304 miles (490 km) on a single cost.
