CUPRA unveils DarkRebel electric sports car

The electrical, two-seater taking pictures brake sports activities automotive beforehand broke cowl as a digital showcase with some 270,000 followers offering strategies as to how the automotive ought to look however within the flesh, it turns into the newest showcase of CUPRA’s design language.

CUPRA’s designers took the strategies of the ‘Tribe’ and its engineers then turned it into this bodily idea – and there is not a lot totally different in any respect between what the imaginative and prescient was and what the idea seems like within the flesh.

Wayne Griffiths, CEO of CUPRA, mentioned: “Because of the fervour and creativity of the Cupra Tribe, we’ve got been in a position to flip one among our strongest obsessions into an actual present automotive. The CUPRA DarkRebel is the utmost provocation of Cupra design. It’s a insurgent with a objective: to show that electrical automobiles sooner or later could be sporty, attractive, and emotional.”

What’s below the pores and skin?

CUPRA hasn’t revealed what’s going to energy the DarkRebel, nevertheless it’ll be primarily based on the Volkswagen group’s MEB platform like its stablemates the Born and the Tavascan – the 335bhp electrical SUV unveiled again on the Berlin E-Prix in April.

So, in principle, drivers might anticipate might anticipate all that energy beneath their proper foot – though there are whispers Audi might throw extra then 600bhp into their new RS6 e-tron, which additionally makes use of the MEB platform. We are able to dream!

The CUPRA DarkRebel’s daring design

It is a sports activities automotive, at first. Nevertheless it takes some taking pictures brake cues. The Tribe has give you one thing that appears like one of the best of the Toyota Supra from some angles and really old skool GT from others – with a slung again cabin and big bonnet out entrance.

The DarkRebel seems unmistakably CUPRA, although. The triple triangle headlights are a signature and make a return, and the automotive has a central backbone just like the one on the Tavascan.

What is the DarkRebel’s inside like?

Gentle is a transparent theme for CUPRA, and the DarkRebel has an illuminated steering wheel that is equal components yoke – form of just like the controls you’d see in a fighter jet.

The door playing cards have embedded LED and the drive selector glows, too – with all of the lights altering relying on what driving mode is chosen and totally different sound signatures to match.

Tech-wise, the local weather controls have thermal cameras to verify occupants are stored at their supreme temperature, with the air con adjusted to swimsuit, whereas a digital panel wraps round the entire sprint.

The EV additionally incorporates some actual sustainability improvements, with 90% biodegradable bamboo making up its inside trim, whereas 3D printed elements, just like the spidery centre console, assist cut back extra and waste in manufacturing.

There is no inforomation but as to what the CUPRA DarkRebel will probably be priced at, or if and after we’ll see it hit the street however we won’t wait to search out out!