Cupra Leon Hybrid 2023 review: VZe - Electrified compact hatch

VW Group seems to occupy every niche, as the sporty plug-in hybrid EV Cupra Leon VZe demonstrates. Based on the Golf GTE but with a totally different look and feel, the Mazda3-sized, Spanish-made Leon VZe combines an electric motor and a small turbo-petrol engine for limited pure-EV driving around town, or stirring performance out on the open road. But it's expensive and ergonomically flawed.

Cupra Leon Hybrid 2023 review: VZe - Electrified compact hatch with Honda Civic, Peugeot 308 & VW Golf in it sights

Cupra Leon VZe 2023 Review

2023 Cupra Leon VZe review, St George & Sutherland Shire Leader

Cupra Leon Hybrid 2023 review: VZe - Electrified compact hatch with Honda Civic, Peugeot 308 & VW Golf in it sights

2023 Cupra Leon VZe review

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