The hybrid killer? Cupra shows off new Terramar PHEV, with Audi Q3 DNA and 100km EV-only range
The all-new 2025 Cupra Terramar has been teased ahead of its September 3 reveal and Australian launch next year, and even from our first glimpse of its rear tail light it’s shaping up to be one of the sportiest mid-size hybrid SUVs money can buy.
Designed as an indirect replacement for the current Cupra Ateca, the new Cupra Terramar measures in at around 4500mm long, while beneath its skin it shares the bulk of its DNA with the next-generation Audi Q3.
Featuring six triangular-shaped light elements – a familiar theme already shared on the all-new Cupra Tavascan and recently overhauled Leon and Formentor – the new Terramar is primed for some of the sharpest styling in its class, with designers promising an “assertive front end” that’s likely to include the same long bonnet and shark nose design that already features on other Cupras.
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Beneath the skin, the Terramar is set to boast the Volkswagen Group’s latest plug-in hybrid technology that should offer buyers an all-electric range of up to 100km.
Other engines will include an electrified 1.5-litre eTSI mild-hybrid petrol that will produce 110kW and a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder that will come with either 150kW or 195kW.
The link with the next-generation Audi Q3 continues as the Terramar will be built at the same Volkswagen Group-owned Gyor factory in Hungary.
Not content with offering just one body style for the Terramar, once introduced it’s been hotly tipped an even sportier-still SUV-coupe will rock up that will mirror the Audi Q3 Sportback and feature even more rakish rear styling.
Arriving before the Terramar can touch down, Cupra will also launch another all-electric mid-size SUV call the Tavascan, which has recently been fast-tracked by the Spanish brand to arrive here this December.
When it lands, the Tavascan will be a natural rival to the Tesla Model Y and other battery-electric SUVs like the Toyota bZ4X and Ford Mustang Mach-E.
Based on Volkswagen’s MEB architecture, the Tavascan shares much with the VW ID.4 and Skoda Enyaq which are both set to be offered in Australia.
Powered by a 77kWh battery that will provide for a range of up to 550km, there will be the choice of either a rear-wheel-drive version with 210kW or an all-wheel-drive VZ variant that will pump out 250kW and be capable of a 5.6 second 0-100km/h sprint.
Cupra says it hopes the introduction of both the Tavascan EV and hybrid Terramar will help it boost its annual sales from 80,000 per year to more than 500,000.
Stay tuned as more teases are expected in the build-up to the Terramar’s September 3 debut.
