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New Cupra Tindaya concept will be all about the driver

The new concept will showcase the evolution of Cupra’s design language, and could point towards a future flagship SUV

Cupra Tindaya teaser

Cupra will unveil a dramatic new concept car at the upcoming Munich Motor Show. The vehicle will preview the next evolution of Cupra’s design language and we’re told that it “delivers the maximum expression of driver focus”.

The Cupra Tindaya show car is named after a volcanic mountain on Fuerteventura, one of the Canary islands. The copper hue of the mountain’s rock closely resembles the brand’s signature colour, worn by all its cars. As Cupra puts it, the mountain’s “raw form connects with the materials and textures of our design language”.

Cupra says the Tindaya was inspired by the notion of “no drivers, no Cupra,” suggesting that the focus will be on the interior design to see how the brand will continue to prioritise the driver and the driving experience in future models. After all, the concept is meant to be the “perfect symbiosis between human and machine, where the driving experience and emotions reach their fullest expression”.

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What do we know about the Tindaya so far?

There’s not much to go off from Cupra’s teaser images. The latest ones give us a look at the almost skeletal frames around what we think is the rear tail-light, which includes the concept’s name. There’s some copper accents of course, plus what appears to be exposed carbon fibre bodywork.  

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In another image, we can see a central spine running through the cockpit and connecting to the dashboard – similar to the design of the Cupra Tavascan, but more extreme. The centre console appears to be covered in diamond shapes and there’s a strange, glowing trapezoidal shape in the middle. Plus we can just make out a very slim steering yoke, like the one in the new Vauxhall Corsa GSE Vision Gran Turismo concept

What does the Tindaya mean for Cupra production cars?

Cupra show car teaser image

It’s unclear what type of car the Cupra Tindaya is based on from what we’ve seen so far. But of all the brand’s upcoming models, the show car is most likely to point towards the flagship SUV we learned about last year. This model will eventually help launch the brand into the all-important US market.

We don’t expect Cupra’s new flagship SUV to arrive until towards the end of the decade. However, as with the Raval, Born and Tavascan concepts, Cupra tends to reveal an almost production-ready design several years ahead of the production car’s market launch.

Cupra’s parent company Volkswagen is about to launch its new Scalable Systems Platform (SSP) that’ll be shared with the wider VW Group, from Skoda to Audi, in the coming years. Designed as a replacement for the existing MEB platform used by the Tavascan and several other cars, SSP will be able to offer a mix of single or dual-motor powertrains and battery capacities over 100kWh – something that a flagship Cupra SUV should have room for within its wheelbase.

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As our news reporter, Ellis is responsible for covering everything new and exciting in the motoring world, from quirky quadricycles to luxury MPVs. He was previously the content editor for DrivingElectric and won the Newspress Automotive Journalist Rising Star award in 2022.

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