2024 Cupra Tavascan: Spanish Model Y rival revealed

Young Spanish brand Cupra has fully revealed the Tavascan, its largest SUV yet that will be exclusively electric and is due in Australia in 2025.

The Cupra Tavascan is the company's second electric vehicle following the Born hatch that goes on sale locally in May, and will target rivals including the Tesla Model Y and Hyundai Ioniq 5.

A singular image has previously been teased but now Cupra has released a full complement of pictures along with technical details.

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The Tavascan shares the VW Group MEB electric architecture with models such as the Volkswagen ID.4 and Skoda Enyaq that will arrive a year earlier in Australia, in 2024.

It is slightly larger than the ID.4 with a length of 4644mm compared with 4584mm for the VW. The Tavascan's wheelbase is 5mm shorter at 2766mm.

It uses the same 77kWh battery pack, powering a single electric motor in the base 210kW rear-wheel-drive model or two motors in the 250kW all-wheel-drive VZ variant.

Cupra says the RWD Tavascan has an electric range of about 549km, or 517km for the AWD model.

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The Tavascan VZ can accelerate from 0-50km/h in 2.4 seconds and from 0-100km/h in 5.6 seconds, according to Cupra.

A sporty drive is further promised by adaptive sports suspension and performance tyres that are up 255mm wide front and rear when wrapped around the biggest wheels - 21-inch forged alloys.

Other wheel sizes are 19 and 20 inches.

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Inside, every Tavascan comes standard with bucket-style sports seats, covered in either textile or microfibre.

A 15-inch centre display is the largest infotainment screen to feature in a Cupra and features a new HMI (human machine interface).

The driver also gains a 5.3-inch digital display directly ahead.

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The Tavascan, which will be built in China, will debut a new Sennheiser 12-speaker audio system, though it's not clear whether this will be standard on all models.

Other available technology includes Matrix LED headlights, and an electric tailgate that accesses a 540-litre boot. This provides increased luggage capacity over the petrol/plug-in hybrid Formentor (up to 450L) and electric Born hatch (385L), and slightly down on the 549L offered by its most direct twin, the VW ID.5.

Cupra is aiming for about 7000 sales in Australia by 2025, the year the Tavascan will arrive along with the Urban Rebel compact electric car and Terramar plug-in hybrid SUV.