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£48,045 OTR/£48,660 as tested/£596pcm
WHY IT’S HERE
Just what is the Cupra Formentor… for?
DRIVER
Tom Ford
SOME CARS ARE TRANSPARENT IN THEIR PURPOSE FROM THE OFF – fast, practical, deliberately tiny, off-roaders. Whatever they’re designed for will be obvious just looking at them. But TG Garage’s newest inhabitant has caused confusion, because identifying the Cupra Formentor’s mission statement from its looks is difficult. There is, it has to be said, a lot going on. So what is it? SUV or hatch with a Cuban heel? Both? Neither?
Stand back and consider: it’s a hatch-looking thing, but with a long bonnet. It stands tall, with generous arches, and looks fairly aggressive, especially from the front. The proportions are slightly off. Actually, that’s not entirely true, the proportions aren’t wrong…