Electric speedster with a provocative design should cost 25,000 euros
The Urban Rebel has its tail fin cut off before it rolls off the production line as a production model. (Image: Cupra)
When the sporty small electric car comes onto the market, it will cost around 25,000 euros and look eye-catching. This clearly sets it apart from the ID Life of the parent company VW.
“The Cupra version of the car is getting a higher price because we want to place it between the mass and premium segment,” said Cupra boss Wayne Griffiths at the IAA earlier this month. The occasion was the presentation of the small electric car concept ID Life. VW had revealed that the production model will also come out in 2025 and cost around 20,000 euros. The crossover was minimalist, without many decorative and design elements, with simple lines.
The Urban Rebel is in clear contrast to this: Its appearance is obviously inspired by motorsport. Griffith said, “We’re going to do a very provocative design. The production vehicle looks very similar to the Urban Rebel. If you remove the fin at the rear and the spoiler at the front, you come very close to the car that we want to bring to market in 2025. ”The Cupra boss now also revealed that the starting price would be around 25,000 euros and length and weight should make the speedster “very sporty”. The data also speak for sportiness: the 170-kilowatt motor and 55-kilowatt battery are expected to catapult the car to 100 kilometers per hour in 3.2 seconds. Cupra states that the range is around 400 kilometers.
But the two small cars also have something in common. On the one hand, they are based on the same basis – it is a shortened version of the MEB architecture – and on the other hand, the VW Group is planning to have both models manufactured in Spain.
Most recently it was said to be the VW subsidiary don’t build your own small electric car, but in the spring, Seat had published corresponding concept drawings. For the future offensive, Seat is converting the main plant in Martorell. A center for electromobility is to be built there. The country wants to put 4.3 billion euros into the promotion of this plan. In addition, EU funding is to flow. Griffith puts pressure: “The Spanish government supports us and they are currently holding talks with the EU. If we want to bring the car to market in 2025, decisions have to be made by the end of this year. “
