SUV for versatile

With long ranges and the promise of great practicality and low running costs, any of these new electric SUVs could be ideal family transport. Let's see whether Cupra, Ford or Kia makes the best all-rounder

- LAWRENCE CHEUNG

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CUPRA TAVASCAN

V1 List price £47,340 Target Price £47,340 Cupra hopes its first electric SUV will follow the success of the Born hatchback, with its promise of driver appeal and generous standard equipment

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FORD CAPRI RWD Extended Range Select

List price £48,075

Target Price £45,795 Reinvented as a familyfriendly electric SUV, the new Capri is related to the Tavascan under the skin but has an even longer official range: a hefty 389 miles

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KIA EV6 RWD GT-Line List price £48,575 Target Price £46,305

This former What Car? Car of the Year is spacious, good to drive and fast to charge. A recent update (including a larger battery for a longer range) should make it even harder to beat

DEPENDING ON WHERE you are in life, you might be going through a rebellious phase or a nostalgic one. Cupra's new electric SUV is here to appeal to the former, with angular bodywork and a curvy, coupé-like roofline to help you stand out from the crowd of boxier regular SUVs.

Meanwhile, the new Ford Capri is intended to bring a similar level of excitement, with the help of an iconic name to drum up some nostalgia. Like the Tavascan, it straddles the line between a coupé and an SUV, and both come from brands known for making cars that are good to drive. While they're likely to appeal to slightly different crowds, they actually use the same underpinnings (also shared with the Audi Q4, Volkswagen ID 4 and others), due to a co-operative deal between Ford and the VW Group, of which Cupra is part. In RWD Extended Range guise and entrylevel Select trim (as tested), the Capri has a longer official range, though: an impressive 389 miles, compared with 353 miles for the Tavascan V1 with the same battery.