All Cupra Atecas get adaptive suspension, all-wheel-drive and a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox with wheel-mounted paddles. And the same engine. The new Cupra Formentor and Leon are available with a plug-in hybrid powertrain, but the Ateca makes do with a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol that’s used extensively across all of Volkswagen Group’s many brands and has been around for years.

It’s a good engine, a known quantity and well-proven. A warranty-friendly upgrade to 345bhp and 325lb ft from German tuner ABT was offered on the pre-facelift Cupra Ateca Limited Edition. Maybe one day it’ll make a welcome return to the line-up, but for now you have to make do with 296bhp and 295lb ft. And that’s fine - the Cupra Ateca feels just as rapid as most of the hot hatches that use this motor despite its extra size and weight. 0-62mph in under five seconds is not bad at all.

However you look at it, the Ateca is basically a hoiked-up hot hatch, which is exactly what it’s like to drive. A Mk7 Golf R with a little more roll and a touch more weight (at 1,626kg it’s actually only 50kg heavier than, say, the new Audi S3). Yet it pelts around happily enough and sounds mildly interesting (the Cupra Formentor goes entirely too far with the fake noise), even managing a few crackles when you really snap off the throttle.

While it always feels front-wheel drive (the rears are only called into action when they’re needed), the Ateca is surefooted, undemanding of its driver and thus terrifically brisk point-to-point. But, as is the way with these kinds of cars, hardly the most involving. Either way, the Ateca does the day-to-day well. The gearbox is quick-shifting, the ride firm yet placid and it sits quite happily on the motorway returning 30+mpg.