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Press presentations for new cars are normally given by someone from marketing with lots of graphs and charts about trim levels and why it's better than X rival at Y thing. But the presentation for the new Cupra Born VZ was one to really sit up and pay attention to, because it was given by World Touring Car Championship driver turned performance car development engineer Jordi Gené, and it was all about brake pedal feel, suspension changes, drivetrain upgrades our kind of language, signalling a car to be taken seriously.
The Born VZ is the hot version of the Born hatchback, which is already the EV that we rate the highest for handling appeal. It recently won our best sub-£40,000 EV test and last year beat a more specialist field where handling ability was placed at a premium.
The changes for the Born VZ (shorthand for 'veloz', which is Spanish for 'fast') are extensive. On the drivetrain side, the rear-mounted motor has had its power increased from 228bhp to 322bhp and its torque from 229lb ft to 402lb ft. This helps cut the 0-62mph time by more than a second to 5.6sec, while the top speed is up 25mph to 124mph.
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