The two vehicles vehicles use the same VW platform, but the cupra beef design is more flamboyant and it happens earlier
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by Chris Chilton
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- The EV Raval de Cuntra was spy tests in prototype form.
- The subcompact electric hatch should be launched in 2025.
- He shares a platform with VW ID.2 and Skoda Epiq.
Cupra is a rising star of the Volkswagen Empire, and the Spanish company is the first of the German group to use a new small EV platform which makes its production in production on the RAVAL 2026 seen in these new spy shots.
The Raval is the culmination of a project that we have encountered for the first time as an Urbanrebel concept inspired by motorsport and which then involved in another concept of the same name which was disinfected for road tasks, losing Its huge rear wing in the process.
Related: New Cupra Raval EV looks like a Baby Panamera hatch
Cupra then renamed the Urbanrebel Le Raval and promised that he would make his debut on electric hatching in 2025.
VW previously said that he would also make his debut on the ID.2 in 2025, and this could be the case, but a recent Bloomberg report said that VW should pass this year without any new EV product, and the fact That we only saw the ID.2 test using an ID.3 like a mule, suggests that it is far from ready for the exhibition hall. But we have seen VW’s EV in the form of a concept, such as the 2023 ID.2all, and assuming that the production versions of the Raval and the ID.2 are very similar to the concepts that previewed them, what do you take?
Although they share a wheelbase of 2.6 m (102.4 inches) (which is practically identical to a current ice golf), the Raval adopts the cupra bird nose, has a pinch size and a few lines Dynamic appearance to connect the front wing to the rear side window and wrap the rear lights around the rear district panel.
The design of VW, on the other hand, follows a less seeing path, carefully taking certain indications and sensation of conventional golf design, without appearing too retro. You can consult the two conceptions in the gallery at the bottom of the page to see how radically different they look.
Under the skin, of course, like most products in the VW group, they will be incredibly similar, and the two cars will be built in Pamplona, Spain, with another brother, the Skoda Epiq. The short meb platform is by default a front wheel (the current MeB is RWD or AWD) and a choice of batteries of 38 kWh and 56 kWh will allow VW and Cupra to deliver an entry price of € 25,000 (26 $ 000) for the conscious value and a decent range (up to 450 km / 280 miles) for those who have more money to spend.
The two car manufacturers have spoken of concepts with an electric motor of 222 hp (226 PS / 166 kW) and able to hit 62 MPH (100 kmh) in less than 7 seconds, although we are sure that less powerful versions will be also proposed. For those who want even more power, Cupra works on a VZ variant using the double engine configuration of the concept of 335 horsepower (340PS / 250KW), and VW surely corresponds to adapting it.
What version of the VW Group Baby EV project do you prefer? Do you want to get the daring Cupra Raval or wait a few more months to get your hands on more adult identification. 2?
