Standard ID.3 life starts at £30990 this is starting at about £33k. Although there is the £2500 government grant and a £1750 finance deposit contribution on the VW and any extra discount you can squeeze. Although factory orders atm are april onwards but no-one really knows? 🤷♂️⚡💪
Leyenda or Asturias - In my opinion it is absolute error. Barcelona is in Catalunya, not even close to Asturias. How on Earth they did such mistake? One will never include traditional music from North Ireland when introducing product made in Scotland. Am I wrong?
About <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="360">6:00</a>. 'Late life crisis'. I haven't laughed this hard in a (seems like) a very long time. Do you realize what joy you bring, Robert? I'm 62 and life isn't so good lately. THANK YOU. I've been a subscriber since day one.
I’ve always liked SEAT’s more aggressive styling language, the Cupra Born to me is the best looking version of this platform. Love that blue and really like the copper accents.
If I ever had the money to buy a proper electric car this is definetly the kind of car I would see myself drive for a long time. Just the right size, big enough to be very practical but not to big as to be a lumbering tank. And just the right amount of stying. Something to just catch your eye but not so much as to bey over flamboyant or again, impractical. This is great. More of these please, and cheaper if possible.
We have 6 VW ID3’s as staff pool car on our Data Centre project in Dublin and all staff love them albeit with a handful of niggles that VW group seem to be ignoring. The haptic buttons on the wheel and below the touchscreen drive the team mad. With Cupra’s new interpretation albeit on identical underpinnings it seems a shame they haven’t taken advantage of the feedback and made some tweaks to the user interfaces. Prefer the look of the Cupra but only just!….
@@rinnin well I’m in Scotland, which is surprisingly just about okay. But re Ireland, reminds me of rural phone boxes in the 80s. Saying that, I think there’s five more 125kwh chargers than the backward North, which lives in eternal darkness and has no use for electricity anyway.
Rumour has it that the mid-life facelift for the ID3 will dispense with those terrible slider controls and haptic buttons. Hopefully this will be true.
100% agree with you Robert. Anything to move away from butt-ugly look-alike SUV styling has to be a postive move IMHO. The only thing remaining is to lower the roofline to improve total aero drag which will result in greater range. Maybe SEAT should design a variant of the ID4 too ?
As a big seat "fanboy" i have been waiting for the "el born" to show its face, now just the cupra born i can definitely say i will be buying one of these! Seat make stunning cars and they've done a top job with the born too
Someone will put the front motor from the ID-4 in it soon and maybe uae ether 18650 or 2700 cells in it or have primary 21700 dells(vertical) and take advantage of 18650s cell(horizontal) size to get it up near 90kw :):) There is Nissan leaf in Europe that uses Leaf cells and 2 layers of Model 3 cells above... and a conversion for Leaf`s to 18650 cell format... so anything is possible :):)
Beautiful last shot of Barcelona, treed street & Cupra Born. Improved front & rear when compared to the inoffensive ID3. Born, definitely the Born. Great episode.
You production quality never fails to impress! The tasteful music, combined with beautifully shot B roll - very nice! I feel like TV nowadays can learn a thing or two from youtube channels like this one. Overall presentation meets and IMHO exceeds the likes of BBC for example. I wish you all many years of growth and continued success!
Cupra stands out more from the crowd. Clever workmanship by Cameraman Andy. Come for the detailed examination of the EV, stay for the cinematic treats that Cameraman Andy provides. Well done.
Flamenco music is typical in the south of Spain. In the north we don't kill bulls, we don't eat paellas nor dance flamenco. Otherwise gret review. Born stands for "El Born" which is a neighbourhood in Barcelona.
I do like a good rambling review - it’s like a gentle walk down a country lane, where insight and perspective (such as the SatNav tells you to go left or right) are slowly revealed in an almost apologetic manner 🙂 Hopefully Jack’s holiday is a short one 😉
Bev’s all feel similar to an extent, at least in terms of power delivery in city driving. As a result, I think styling (more so than drivetrain) now has a larger impact than ever (at least since the 50’s) in terms of a car’s identity and what make it unique. Having said that, I think Seat has the superior product compared to VW’s id3, entirely as a result of styling.
@@leatherworkstation I wish an EV manufacturer would look at Moulton's Hydrolastic suspension (as used by BL cars from the early 60's to the 90's) superb ride, tiny use of space. Would move car design on from the clunky 'struts on every corner' that limit the shape they could be.
Really like the copper over the green or blue every EV other car uses. It does look much better than the ID3. Really disappointed they didn't use physical buttons for HVAC controls. Nice review. Keep up the good work.
One of my frustrations with the new EV offerings is there seems to be a concerted effort to... "reinvent the wheel/infotainment/HVAC" controls in the most "creative way possible" with limited consideration and application of time tested and well proven good ergonomics and human factors. No one wants to have to search for HVAC controls. And yet...
@@jeremylister89 knobs for temp, slider for vent location, buttons for modes that if there are more than three presses required to cycle thru? Get their own button.
@@choddo some might think it would restrict creativity (aka stupidity), but I would have hoped there was something in mandatory UK/European standards about improving car usability to reduce risk. I mean were have all sorts of driver assist safety systems, but nothing to stop someone spending extended periods going through screen menus/ functions. Having nearly been wiped out by someone occupied by a screen who forgot to steer, the consequences can be death. Sure there's a paragraph in the car handbook, but that's useless. If you don't guard against stupidity it will occur.
I always appreciate reviews involving a seasoned car journalist’s driving on actual streets and highways commenting freely on the vehicle’s dynamics sans corporate “keepers.”
Hmmm. Cupra Born or iD3? Not sure what the difference in price is/will be but if they were about the same price, I'd go for the Cupra Born I think. AWD version would be excellent.
This is a complete id.3 killer !!! From the outside it looks better in every single angle! Inside it has also a better look, less childish… but overall it calls for the child we have inside !!
How many of this ID3 killer been manufactured and sold to the public so far? It an ID3 in a new dress Oh and it’s a SEAT demonstration vehicle made by VW .
@@kevinwalton4538 I understand what you mean: below it’s awesome look, it’s still a VW. But have you though that below a beautiful women or man there’s a system which is the same as any other women or man ? The car looks good, it’s going to be a success in countries which don’t have prejudice against a Spanish car. If I was given the choice I wouldn’t hesitate one second !! 😅
The UX design on the driving profiles, where it changes the side of the displayed roadway between a road a track and some grass? I love that, that's incredibly clever.
@@موسى_7 I guess it's not the motor, but more the battery technology. It's not easy to draw really high amounts of power from a battery without it overheating.
Very much a reminder of the One Legged Actor Audition by Derek and Clive. “Your right leg I really like but your left leg not so much” 😂😂 Great episode
FIrst: Thanks for the video! Second: Neither. A friend has the ID.4 and he is very disappointed with it. If its current problems are the same in ID3 and Cupra than it will be a tesla model 3 for me. But from the optics alone I would pick the cupra 10 out of 10 times.
Another brilliant and beautifully produced episode; very enjoyable to watch. I'd take the Born over the ID3 but keen to see the price and spec comparison with EV6. I do like your soundtrack, can I get a track listing?
I'd be all over one of those over an ID.3, love the colour and the copper, but I'd ask very nicely if I could have a normal Seat badge on the bonnet instead of that weird pointy thing.
The big round button on the steering wheel is for the cuupra mode, it is meant, as far as I have heard, to be more aggressive than the performance mode. And if you’re looking for a hot hatch, next spring you can buy a Born with a power boost up to 175kW. But, c’mon it is already faster than your old Golf R32!
I’ve owned three Cupras now.. Leon Cupra R, Leon Cupra 290 2019 and Leon Cupra 290 Lux 2020.. and recently a Ibiza FR Sport 2020.. safe to say I love Seat/Cupra vehicles, the style externally and internally.. I like how they perform. For a while now I’ve been considering going over to full electric, so I’m definitely to buy one of these.
Honestly I think the Born is the most beautiful EV. I have never associated Spain with reliable engineering, but I love a hot hatch. I own a mapped FIAT that LEAPS off the line and has cost me more in repairs (90% done by me lying on my back under it in 4C february British weather witth eh engine 2cm from my face with oil on my face and grit in my eyes) than it did to buy so tbh I give more of AF about it being beautiful and fun than I do about it being practical and reliable. I would buy one of these.
I'm not into (at all) self driving cars, but i do smile to myself thinking about telling it "To the manor, born..." instead of saying "home" 😁 With all those copper bits, do you think someone in 'styling' misheard the brand name? Thought it was Copper and not Cupra?
Not really bothered about the car - it's another posh EV - but I'm DELIGHTED that Bobby Loo Loo and the other F.C. peeps haven't abandoned their splendid 'signature' introduction, to wit: "THIS is sunny Barcelona; THAT is the Seat Doobrie-Whatsit... and THIS is Fully Charged." I really, really, REALLY like that. Makes the Channel fizz. Love it. 🙂 Wow, I got through a Comment without being downright nasty. Must be something wrong with me. So - if you have been - thank you for reading...
Is it the same software in the Cupra the same as the iD3? ( if yes, it will be pretty crap then?) Dose it give you nearest changing station information?
Hey Robert, I really Loved the Views of Barcelona! IT would be so interesting to also hear about your impressions of the Superblock-system the City has implemented ;)
2 curiosity's about the cupra, first the name, came from Seat's performance cup racing, other one, born if you have been in barcelona, you will know, is one of the main districs here on BCN, it's quite near the center of the city. so there you have it.
Thing is, after reading all the glowing reviews of the Polestar 2 and watching videos of it at the Nurburgring keeping up with Ferrari’s and Porsche's I want a Polestar 2, not some dog dead slow car like the Cupra-Boring, esp since new cars cost a fortune, I want something a bit fun and exciting.
Aside from a pretty significant price difference those two are also just two very different cars aren't they? I don't think a lot of people ever really came down to a decision between a 3 series and a Golf and with more and more choices in the EV market, people can now also just choose their preferred type of car.
@@axelfiedler Dont know if that's true. I like the ID3, polestar and Tesla model 3, they would all get me from A to B on electrons, fit on my drive and carry all the stuff I need them to. To me range, build quality, user controls, styling and driving experience are way more important than if it's a saloon, hatchback or little SUV. Also for may people price is not the governing factor within reasons. VW group needs to make a dual motor ID3 and also a dual motor Cupa Born, they make a dual motor ID4 SUV which is daft in my opinion.
For those who think EVs should be synonym of minimalism this car is an opprobrium, but de gustibus here apply. Strange that a stylish design school as that of Barcelona can give birth to something like this.
the 55kwh battery has 45kwh usable capacity! that's 10kwh used for buffer, that's quite a lot. The other battery variants are having 4 to 5 kwh buffer capacity.
You realise all vws since e-Golf do an adaptive regenerative breaking when actually pushing the breaks pedal. The breaks will be added when the e motor reaches its limit of creating deceleration which you will not feel. Which i find is the best solution. No need for regen modes.
Idk but on kona the brakes drive me mad. I press the pedal and they do whatever they want. I prefer the brake pedal to be just pure physical brake and have regen breaking controlled solely from the throttle.
@@HanYou2 that supports my admiration for what VW did in my e-Golf: the combination of regen and brakes are completely fluent. I already drove I'd.3 and I'd.4 as well it's the same.
Unfortunately neither as In Australia you can’t get them yet. But if it was available the Cupra looks so much better. Exterior design Interior design looks so much better. Battery composite very similar under MEB platform.
