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Ford Everest vs Cupra Ateca

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Ford Everest
Ford Everest

$53,990 - $79,490

2024 price

Cupra Ateca
Cupra Ateca

$47,772 - $55,880

2022 price

Summary

2024 Ford Everest
2022 Cupra Ateca
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Diesel Turbo V6, 3.0L

Turbo 4, 2.0L
Fuel Type
Diesel

Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
8.5L/100km (combined)

7.8L/100km (combined)
Seating
7

5
Dislikes
  • Tends too be thirsty
  • Prone to belly scrapes on tougher tracks
  • Wildtrak package adds nothing of substance

  • Interior less impressive than modern Volkswagens
  • Hard to tell if sportiness will be uncomfortable on average roads
  • We're used to new brands lunching with seven- or even eight-year warranties
2024 Ford Everest Summary

The Wildtrak grade in Ford’s Ranger line-up has attracted plenty of fans over the years and now the wagon version has arrived.

The Ford Everest Wildtrak replaces the Sport as the second-most expensive variant in the Everest line-up, under the top-shelf Platinum.

At more than $74,000, the Wildtrak gets some extra driver-assist tech and Wildtrak-specific wheels and styling that lower-spec versions don’t.

But under the metal it is no different to any other V6 Everest – same engine, same suspension, same everything. 

So, how good is it off-road? Well, 'Bi-Turbo' and V6 Everests have proven very effective 4WDs on my tests in the past, so I wasn’t expecting any surprises – but you never know. 

Read on.

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2022 Cupra Ateca Summary

Meet the new Cupra Ateca. Actually, scratch that. Meet the new Cupra, the VW Group's Spanish performance brand that will be launching in Australia around the middle of this year.

Picture a pyramid, and then put VW at the top of it. Bottom left you've got Skoda, a brand that prides itself on practicality and clever features. Bottom right you've got Cupra, which promises to be the fun, sporty and energetic cousin, and to focus on performance, electrified or otherwise. But both are fed from Volkswagen.

Make sense?

The Ateca, then, is a nearly Tiguan-sized SUV that will launch in one hi-po trim level, and a significantly lower starting price than its better-known, R-badged relative.

It also promises to marry family duties with a fun-to-drive attitude. So how does it measure up?

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