Cupra Tavascan

Mileage 1095 List price £53,845 Best price £47,845 Price as tested £56,175 Test range 262 miles THE CHAIN CAME off my e-bike the other day, and I was mortified to discover that getting it back in place - a task that should have been simple - proved beyond my capabilities.

- ALLAN MUIR [e-mail]

With the bike being unrideable, I had little choice but to load it into the back of my Cupra Tavascan and take it to a cycle shop for some expert help. I was confident the bike would fit into the boot without any difficulties. After all, I'd previously managed to squeeze the same bike into the back of a Mazda MX-30 - a significantly smaller car - and the Tavascan's boot is large and quite tall, despite the sloping rear roofline. Sure enough, with the rear seatbacks folded down, the relatively heavy e-bike slid in with only an average amount of wrestling (once I'd removed the front wheel), and the tailgate closed with