Cupra Terramar review

The base-spec with 1.5-litre mild-hybrid power and seven-speed DSG will squeeze under £40,000 when it arrives in March. And Cupra doesn't really do base-spec, so it'll be well equipped.

It'll be about £7k to step up to the eHybrid (PHEV), and likely another £3k for the VZ spec driven here. The non-plug 265bhp VZ 4WD will be about the same as the VZ eHybrid.

If you get cheap night-rate electricity, the decent electric range and performance means the eHybrid this'll be a very cheap car to energise for commuting and local journeys. And a huge tax break too, at 11g/km CO2.

Unusually for a PHEV it also accepts DC rapid charging, so you might just do it on a journey break, further improving your real-world CO2. But not your running costs, as DC-supplied electricity has a nasty habit of being as expensive per mile as petrol is.

Cupras come with a two-year warranty.