I was ambushed by the good looks of the Cupra Born when I went to Indooroopilly Auto Mall to check out the newly arrived Dolphin. I was impressed, to say the least. Although the Cupra is unlikely to sell in massive numbers in Australia, it is a welcome addition to the electric lineup. Over 500 had sold by the middle of the year.
The Facebook Cupra Born community is full of positives, so I reached out to ask members who had owned the Born for 6 months or more for their stories. These are the answers from two of them. Thank you, Rolf Niklaus and Mike McLaurie, for sharing your stories. My first question to them was, why a Born?
Rolf tells me: “Why a Born? This question comes up often when people talk to us about the car. We had a Prado and a VW Golf GTI ‘runabout’ and wanted to change the Golf for an EV. Absolutely love all aspects of the Golf, and an EV replacement needed to…
Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.