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Cupra Formentor

The car that made Cupra a marque rather than a trim level — the only model in the range with no SEAT, Škoda or Volkswagen twin wearing the same body, which is why it has a page here and the Cupra Leon does not. Underneath it is MQB, so the engines, gearboxes and control modules are the ones the corpus already carries for a Golf or a Leon of the same year; the Formentor-specific part is the four-wheel-drive coupling and the software around it.

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Cupra Formentor, front view
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Generations

  • KM 2020–present

    MQB Evo throughout, so Golf and Leon information applies to the powertrain directly; the plug-in hybrid drives the front axle only, which is the fact that catches people out on a four-wheel-drive-looking car.

    Body styles
    SUV · Coupé
    Platform
    MQB Evo
    Engines
    • 1.5 TSI — petrol · 110 kW (148 hp) · 250 Nm (184 lb-ft)
    • 2.0 TSI — petrol · 140–228 kW (188–306 hp) · 320–400 Nm (236–295 lb-ft) · VZ
    • 1.4 TSI e-Hybrid — plug-in hybrid · 150–180 kW (201–241 hp) · 350–400 Nm (258–295 lb-ft)
    • 2.0 TDI — diesel · 110 kW (148 hp) · 340–360 Nm (251–266 lb-ft)
    • 2.5 turbo — VZ5 · petrol · 287 kW (385 hp)
    Transmissions
    6-speed manual · 7-speed DSG · 6-speed DSG
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive

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