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Cupra Formentor - Reliability and safety

A five-star safety rating and long warranty should reassure Cupra Formentor owners

Reliability and safety rating

4.0

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We don’t have any data from our Driver Power ownership satisfaction survey on what the Formentor is like to live with, ​but Cupra will want to improve on its middling 18th place out of 32 in the list of best manufacturers (although it was above SEAT in 24th spot).

Safety shouldn’t be a concern, though, because the Formentor received the full five-star crash safety rating from Euro NCAP. Its 93 per cent score for adult occupant protection and 88 per cent for child passenger protection are particularly impressive, while the Formentor’s 68 per cent score for vulnerable road users isn’t the best - partially due to weak and poor results recorded on its stiff windscreen pillars.

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Standard equipment includes auto high-beam assist, collision warning and autonomous emergency braking, a driver alert system and lane-keeping assistance. To gain the full suite of active safety systems you need to upgrade to either V2, VZ2 or VZ3 specifications, which add Advanced lane assist, Side-assist and pre-crash tech (including automatic front and rear seat belt tensioners, window closure and hazard light operation).

Key standard safety featuresEuro NCAP safety ratings
  • Front Assist
  • Emergency steering support with turn assist
  • Dynamic road sign display
  • Advanced driver alert system
  • Lane assist
  • Five-star (Euro NCAP, 2021)
  • Adult occupant protection - 93%
  • Child occupant protection - 88%
  • Vulnerable road user protection - 68% 
  • Safety assist - 80%

Warranty

Unlike most VW Group products, the Cupra Formentor features a five-year/90,000-mile warranty, beating its Volkswagen T-Roc R rival with its average three-year/60,000 mile cover.

Servicing

Cupra offers three levels of maintenance cover which you can choose to pay for via monthly instalments, ranging from around £17 to £22 per month.

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