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Grabbed a couple quick pics. Overall first impressions, very happy!
Love the colour! infotainment seems much improved from the earlier issues, not had any crashes and Cupra Connect is working perfectly so far.
Thought I'd miss the power of my MK3
290, but from the little I've driven so far, I've been more than happy. The electric motor is more than powerful enough to nip around town and is as you'd expect, incredibly smooth to pull away. Combined with the ICE it's plenty enough to keep me entertained, despite not being 'fast'. You can tell it's not short on power, but equally you can feel the weight of the batteries.
Despite both having DCC and 19s the ride seems smoother in Comfort (to the point even the wife commented) than the MK3.
The fact that it automatically regens when it knows you are coming up to a roundabout is incredibly clever, but taking some getting used to though!
Interior too is a step up from the Mk3s in my opinion and small things like the coast to coast animation when you unlock entertains me.
Charged with the Granny cable yesterday with no issues, so can't see me getting an EV charger, despite the fact it will spend most of its life running on electric.
In reference to your original question, the brakes are the same as the MK3
290/MK4 300, and look good behind the 19s... Can't see there being a need for brake pad changes very often though, in the 50 miles I've done the discs look barely touched, which just shows how much of the braking is being done by regen... So ehould be easy to keep those alloys clean.
Hopefully you'll get a build date soon! Any questions let me know