Cupra Born

McCoy's are probably the biggest Cupra dealer. They'll have plenty of crappy crossover sales to keep them happy, don't see the point on restricting the Born. Cupra was never a big seller here and there's not a huge interest in the Born, people are still fond of their VW badge so don't see them selling big numbers.

I seem to get less range than most from my ID.3 but in the winter I would get 240/250km at best. No motorways, average speed in mid to high 70s and in normal commuting traffic. But this is when temps are around freezing or just above.

So it really will depend from person to person but I wouldn't go on a 250km trip knowing 100% I'll make it in winter.

The ID.3 and Golf were heavily criticised for being slow and buggy at launch but seeing newer videos it's clearly more responsive. Reviewers like to pretend it's still crap by moving around the map in the navigation quickly which nobody would actually do, everyone will use Android Auto or Carplay anyway so it's a non issue.

A lot of reviewers also don't know you can double tap temperature controls to turn on heated seats or add shortcuts to the drop down menu on the screen for quick access so forget what they have to say. In the real world, how often are people really messing around with infotainment outside of radio and climate control? Worth asking in the ID.3 thread how people find general infotainment use. Aside from setting tyre pressure every 2-3 months, I don't use the infotainment in my Golf. Android Auto does all the work.

Yea that's bonkers! With such short supply they're holding all the cards. The easiest sale they'd ever make and they're saying they'd basically turn away customers

I'll be taking my business elsewhere anyway.

I wonder if Cupra will manage to sidestep the software issues that the ID3 has seemed to have suffered since launch?

Although it's a different infotainment system, not sure if the entire system is different or just the UI.

I might give Airside and Spirit Cupra a call tomorrow but I can't see them being any different.

Spoke to McCoy's today, I will be putting an order deposit down on Tuesday to have my name on the list, a family member is no longer driving so will be using their car to trade-in. I thought there was 10 for Ireland but McCoy's said they are getting 10 so at least there will be more stock at other dealers for those who have been following the car closely.

They said they've got 5 people on the list now. Hopefully being one of the 10 means a guaranteed order and no issues with spec missing like the Ioniq 5. Not a lot of options on the website configurator so hopefully not an issue to spec seats or any tech/safety pack.

Great stuff. Did you spec any options apart from colour? Or are they just saying you'll take what you get!

I couldn't spec the Pilot L pack which is a shame as I wanted the top view camera but not a huge loss.

Went for Vapor Grey, 20" Hurricane wheels, Tech L, Dynamic Chassis.

Tech L w/Safelock is a forced option but is worth it for the extra wheel arch parking sensors that Park Assist has.

I wanted the grey alcantara seats but didn't want to spend €1,200 to have electric massage seats so hopefully standard cloth is supportive enough.

As far as I know production at Zwickau hasn't stopped, just reduced to Monday only for now. Considering other parts of Europe got the Born in January I'd like to think they'd try get some to Ireland. There's already plenty of ID.3's here for the moment :)

Went for the Born 204hp in Quasar Grey with:

19" "TYPHOON" Alloy wheels Machined in Sport Black/Copper

Tech "L" w/ SAFE (have to get the Protect Pack with this)

Beats Audio

Heat Pump

I was told July on the phone, then August when ordering and even then it didn't seem like a concrete answer. The situation in Ukraine will probably add a few months to it. Just hope there's no big price scare for 222 reg or they pull Born orders to focus on ID.3.

Oh yes that would make sense, didn't think of that

Standard cloth seats are heated. The Below Zero pack is included on the standard model.

Protect Pack is required for Tech L without Safelock. Tech L WITH Safelock doesn't require it, my order went through successfully with Tech L w/o Safelock and no Protect Pack. I wanted Park Assist so needed Tech L Safelock but didn't want the alarm so no desire for Protect Pack.