148 bhp
Powertrain
1.5 litre 4cyl
50 litres
Fuel tank
£74 fill up
8.9 secs
Performance
126mph
450 litres
Seats up/down
1,475 litres
MODEL TESTED: Formentor 1.5 TSI DSG V2
PRICE: £33,825 POWERTRAIN: 1.5-litre 4cyl turbo petrol, 148bhp
THE Cupra Formentor arrived in 2020 as the sporty Spanish brand’s first standalone model that wasn’t originally marketed as a SEAT. Here we’re testing one of the more mainstream variants in the line-up, a V2-spec version with a 1.5 TSI turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine. Options push the price of our test car up to £35,230, which is only slightly more than the standard 408 GT.
Tech highlights
WHEN the Cupra Formentor was first released, its racy bodywork offered a sportier look than anything else in the Volkswagen Group’s compact SUV line-up. It’s more upright
