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CUPRA Formentor nominated for Car of the Year 2021 award
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Agree, all down to the 'politics' of saving the planet, one battery at a time! Formentor would be a worthy winner, but doomed to lose out to a plug-in car, although in fairness the ID.3 wouldn't be a poor choice, if it wins.
Off topic but I hope an electric one does not win, they are not quite there yet. Development for electric cars has been a pish take. First electric car made in 1890 and if you take the level of development companies have had, an average of 160miles is not that great in 130 years. TBF when you do enough digging the oil companies own a few rights to electrification so not in their interest (well until now) to develop it quickly. I'm old school and I am going to miss the ICE and until an electric car can get me 350miles (real world miles) non stop to my holiday residence then they are not for me.
Well the Cupra Formentor came 3rd in the 2021 car of the year. A fantastic achievement. It was pipped by the Toyota Yaris petrol hybrid and the fiat 500 electric. So really it has won top spot for best petrol car.. great work Cupra
A different decade and it would have won, obviously something environmentally correct was gonna take the crown but well done Cupra Formentor, I wouldn’t swap it for a Fiat, rather nail my nuts to a log
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How it's supposed to win with the number of software/electronic issues they have I haven't a clue 
Confused why its even in the running when its only just come out, also seems every owner on here has issues with them.
Even more confused by this as well. Just looks liked a raised up focus? It’s hardly eye candy.
This could be interesting, BUT what I have seen on here is a mixture of genuine glitches and also a good deal of user error with people either not understanding the new tech, not using it properly or just plain not reading the manual.
Also human nature is that people will post on forums when things go wrong. For instance nobody will get in their car, drive it, park up and then come on here and post “went for a drive today, everything was as it should be”.
For balance, maybe they should start to.
Lol it will never happen on a car forum.
Not reading the manual is a bloke thing, if it needs reading it’s too complicated. A well designed car should be intuitive to use, even one with lots of “tech”. I’m going to have to give in with this one though.
My “driving” experience so far (all of 235 miles) has been alright. Car is much quieter on the motorway than my 290, much more planted on the road and corners like it’s on rails, it’s quick enough too but without the torque of my C63, on paper it’s just as fast but doesn’t feel it from the drivers seat.
It’s comfortable too, lovely seats, the music system is decent now I’ve had a fiddle with the EQ, the wireless car play works a treat although the screen layout is a bit Micky Mouse. Sat nav works but don’t like the way it doesn’t give you route options to choose from).
Managed to cram loads of gear for a few days away with the wife and sprog so getting the fishing gear in won’t be too much of a problem. Had a few people stop me and say they love the car..what is it? Lol. Never had that before so it’s different enough to grab the attention of others.
So, apart from a few user error issues (most probably) it’s decent. Even the Mrs likes it so that’s high praise indeed.
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Not reading the manual is a bloke thing, if it needs reading it’s too complicated. A well designed car should be intuitive to use, even one with lots of “tech”. I’m going to have to give in with this one though.
My “driving” experience so far (all of 235 miles) has been alright. Car is much quieter on the motorway than my 290, much more planted on the road and corners like it’s on rails, it’s quick enough too but without the torque of my C63, on paper it’s just as fast but doesn’t feel it from the drivers seat.
It’s comfortable too, lovely seats, the music system is decent now I’ve had a fiddle with the EQ, the wireless car play works a treat although the screen layout is a bit Micky Mouse. Sat nav works but don’t like the way it doesn’t give you route options to choose from).
Managed to cram loads of gear for a few days away with the wife and sprog so getting the fishing gear in won’t be too much of a problem. Had a few people stop me and say they love the car..what is it? Lol. Never had that before so it’s different enough to grab the attention of others.
So, apart from a few user error issues (most probably) it’s decent. Even the Mrs likes it so that’s high praise indeed.
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There is also an element of those that are so excited by their new car purchase that they are willing to overlook “minor” issues.This could be interesting, BUT what I have seen on here is a mixture of genuine glitches and also a good deal of user error with people either not understanding the new tech, not using it properly or just plain not reading the manual.
Also human nature is that people will post on forums when things go wrong. For instance nobody will get in their car, drive it, park up and then come on here and post “went for a drive today, everything was as it should be”.
For balance, maybe they should start to.
I don’t think anyone can argue that the car was pushed out before it was ready with way too much kit for the car’s system to handle. That’s okay if they know how to sort the problems, but they don’t.
It’s been said before but we are beta testing the car and the dealerships are also learning their way around it by trial and error.
There is a sweet spot in a cars life when they right all the wrongs - facelift - that’s when this car will be bang on the money.
As early adopters we are paving the way for a better car in 3 years time. Those buyers of eventual facelift models should thank us all.
