Cupra Born

That's what I liked about my old ID.3. Very simple to put into B if you wanted a reasonable level, otherwise D made life so easy and relaxing. Just was my preference, you could always turn it off. Full regen was available with the brake pedal. Not a fan of one pedal driving, though I am getting used to it with my Model 3 after 4K. ID.3 regen was perfect for me, but understand others may differ. I don't like paddles either..🙂

I didn't watch the full review from the other guy but how many reviewers need to point out the fact it's not a real hot hatch?

I know it's the Cupra brand but it's a €38,000 car. It has 41hp less than a GTI which is €55,000 and 86hp less than a Leon Cupra which is €59,000. It's also 350kg heavier than them. Rather than repeatedly tell people it's not a hot hatch, how about compare it to the 130hp Golf or 120hp Focus for similar money?

Not bad at 16!

120 at that time length is around 22/23. Tried it before in an ID.3

The infotainment looks quite different to Id.3 - more than I would have expected. Love the look of the born but wouldn’t swap my tour for anything. ( except maybe a tour estate )

I see when you're in CarPlay you get a vehicle shortcut on the side along with the normal home screen shortcut so it should be handy enough to switch between them, I'll probably be keeping an eye on the consumption screen regularly since there's nothing in the driver display.

The user manual mentions footwell lighting when the doors are open, I wasn't aware it had anything other than lights in the doors. You can also change the colour of the centre console light separately from the door lights.

Dealer called back today about amending my order so there's still a chance I can remove dynamic chassis control and add dinamica seats but I said if there's any delays just leave the spec as is, he said there's no notes on their system indicating any spec delays. If it's possible to swap options around this far after ordering I won't hold my breath about getting a build date anytime soon. You also can't remove the care pack.

Hopefully the rest of the orders aren't too far behind considering it's the first batch of cars, considering I'm order 5 and ordered on the 1st of March I'd like to think I'm not too far behind!

The video does the blue justice, lovely colour on screen. No doubt it looks better in person. I hope I made the right choice with vapor grey, lots of ID.3s with it so not the most exclusive colour but I think it goes well on the Cupra and doesn't hide the styling details.

Dealer emailed me to confirm my spec changes, was sort of looking forward to DCC after being told the spec was locked in but since the standard sport suspension is comfortable the dinamica seats are the smarter option.

I paid the extra for the blue but got the 19" copper wheels rather than the 20". The saving there paid for the blue (in my mind at least!). Ordinarily I dislike blue cars but the commentary seems to be that this colour is a cracker.

The UK orders are being told December or just 2023 and these are orders that were made weeks ago.

I wonder how many of the Irish orders have build dates?

Upcoming ID.3 3.1 software update now shows trip consumption on the driver screen, hopefully we can get that. It would save me looking at the vehicle data on the infotainment screen in future (which admittedly wouldn't be a big deal as there's a shortcut on the Android Auto screen)

Radio silence from my dealer recently

I'm number 3 or so I'm told

Report in the UK suggesting up to 12 month wait time for the Born.

Waiting for an update from my dealer.

I enquired earlier this month with a dealer and I was told I should have one by the end of the summer if I ordered.

They seemed fairly confident on that and were honest regarding delays with other EVs they had.

Dealer confirmed two lucky customers have indeed received their cars, but did not (could not) provide specifics.

No updates on my order but no bad news either, so fingers crossed all is still moving along.