Cupra Tavascan vs Peugeot 408

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Cupra Tavascan
Cupra Tavascan

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2025 price

Peugeot 408
Peugeot 408

$57,990 - $57,990

2026 price

Summary

2025 Cupra Tavascan
2026 Peugeot 408
Safety Rating

Electric motor type
Permanent Magnet

Turbo 3, 1.2L
Vehicle type
Battery Electric

Unleaded Petrol/Electric
Electric range
534 km

4.7L/100km (combined)
Energy consumption
16.3 kWh/100km

Battery capacity
77.00 kWh

Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • No spare wheel
  • Base equipment levels not to China standards
  • Needs single-pedal driving/braking

  • No physical spare tyre
  • ‘i-Cockpit’ instrument package
  • No rear centre armrest/cupholders
2025 Cupra Tavascan Summary

Timing is everything.

For instance, with all the bad publicity the man behind the brand is generating, right now might be the perfect time if you’re in the market for a Tesla Model Y alternative.

And that’s especially so if said alternative happens to be around the same price… such as the all-new Cupra Tavascan.

No, not an antacid for relief from indigestion, but the Volkswagen Group’s Spanish brand’s first medium-sized electric SUV.

Is it good enough to catapult Cupra into the big time in Australia?

Time to find out!

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2026 Peugeot 408 Summary

Unveiled globally in 2022 before arriving here in late 2024 as a plug-in hybrid GT, the Peugeot 408 has been a niche player for the long-established French brand with less than 100 examples finding homes here last year.

But 2025 marked the transition to a new ‘plug-less’ mild-hybrid powertrain for the mid-size crossover-style SUV with the hope it may take a bigger swing at segment heavyweights.

We spent a week with the current 408 GT Premium Hybrid to see if its efficiency-focused petrol-electric set-up has what it takes to win a spot on your upscale five-seat SUV shopping list.

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