MILAN – Cupra’s small full-electric hatchback to be launched in 2025 can be referred to as the Raval, after a neighborhood in Barcelona.
The primary EV from Volkswagen Group’s sporty Spanish model, the Born compact hatchback, was additionally named after a district within the metropolis. Cupra’s fundamental manufacturing facility is in Martorell, west of Barcelona.
The Raval was first proven in June 2022, as an idea, when it was referred to as the City Insurgent. The everlasting title was revealed Thursday on the Barcelona auto present.
It will likely be constructed at Martorell alongside a VW model sibling mannequin, the ID2. Each automobiles will use Volkswagen Group’s MEB Small electrical platform. Nonetheless, the 2 automobiles are aesthetically totally different, with the ID2’s comparatively conservative strains echoing the compact ID3, whereas the Raval is extra efficiency oriented.
One other VW Group model, Skoda, will even get a model.
The Raval will speed up from 0 to 100 kph (0-62 mph) in 6.9 seconds, because of light-weight inside and exterior supplies and a 166-kilowatt motor that delivers the equal of 226 hp. Most charging capability is 120 kilowatts, and vary can be 440 km, Cupra mentioned final June.
The Raval’s styling is supposed to replicate its efficiency, with two “stress strains” on the hood, bonnet, deep creases alongside the edges and a blacked-out A-pillar. The inside options gaming-like controls on the steering wheel.
Seat and Cupra CEO Wayne Griffiths mentioned the Raval is supposed to attraction to Era Z, the youngest cohort of drivers.
It will likely be Cupra’s third battery-electric mannequin, following the Born in 2021 and the Tavascan compact crossover, which was unveiled in Berlin in April and whose deliveries will begin in 2024.
Additionally on Thursday, Seat introduced report working revenue for the primary quarter of 2023, at 144 million euros, in contrast with 5 million euros within the first quarter of 2022. Income was 3.6 billion euros, 48 % greater than the primary quarter of 2022. Cupra started as a trim line of Seat and have become its personal sub-brand below former CEO Luca de Meo, now CEO of Renault Group.
Cupra is now Seat’s fundamental progress driver, Seat mentioned. Seat mentioned Cupra bought 46,600 items through the first quarter of 2023, 83 % greater than in the identical interval in 2022. Seat and Cupra collectively bought 125,218 automobiles, VW Group mentioned, a 37 % enchancment over 2022, with the Seat model promoting 78,618, a 9 % enhance.
When the Raval seems, it’s prone to face competitors from quite a few efficiency or near-premium full-electric hatchbacks, together with the Abarth model of the Fiat New 500, the approaching Alpine A290 and the subsequent full-electric Mini. Cupra has not introduced costs.