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Cupra plans luxury electric SUV to tackle Tesla, BMW and Benz, and it’s coming to Australia

EV Central

Volkswagen Group performance brand Cupra has confirmed it is hatching a new large battery-powered SUV that will help it conquer new territories and see it battle more established premium rivals like BMW and Mercedes for the first time. Not a classic SUV – a crossover, sportier in line with what Cupra’s all about.

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2024 Polestar 3 review: Electric SUV goes above and beyond Tesla Model Y

EV Central

Throw in some options, and you’re very much talking about a $150k-plus, Euro-premium level SUV. Which is why Polestar was keen to push the point that Tesla is “a volume-selling brand like VW”, while it is keen to take on cars like the BMW iX, Audi Q8 E Tron and, rather gamely, Porsche’s Cayenne with the Polestar 3.

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Is this the luxury bargain of 2024? Lexus LBX hybrid SUV is much cheaper than BMW X1 and Benz GLA

EV Central

But the LBX’s selling point is that it will be the only small SUV sold by a premium brand in Australia. Despite sounding expensive for a light SUV, Lexus says its cheapest genuine rival from fellow premium brands cost much more. The most affordable BMW X1 is $60,400 and the cheapest Mercedes-Benz GLA is $63,200.

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High-flier: Mercedes-AMG working on impossibly quick electric SUV with supercar-slaying performance

EV Central

According to Autocar , instead of a low-slung supercar Benz’s performance division all-new high-performance flagship will take the shape of a large SUV that will rival both the current BMW XM and Lotus Eletre, plus in the inbound Porsche K1 when it goes on sale in Australia in 2026. Mercedes-AMG EQE 53 SUV.

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First drive review: 2021 BMW 330e plug-in hybrid hits the right numbers but shuns its sport-sedan heritage

Green Car Reports

“OK Boomer,” jeered BMW last November, in a social-media ad for its first fully electric SUV, the iX. It’s no surprise BMW faced a lot of backlash over the jab, as the Boomer generation made BMW what it is today. It was a reference to an already outdated meme that feels so last-decade now.

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The BMW iX First Drive Review: “It’s Not As Bad As It Looks!”

CleanTechnica EVs

The BMW iX electric SUV will be in showrooms soon. Here's a look at what it is.and isn't.

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Mercedes-Benz eVito Review — 1st Impressions

CleanTechnica EVs

We even had a period with double-cabin trucks with smallish cargo space that were used as private cars, before the SUV/CUV craze made them a better alternative. Not having vans from Audi, BMW, or Porsche, the vans from Mercedes-Benz are the top of […]. In Europe, vans are essentially what pickup trucks are in the USA.