Customer Reviews of the Cupra Formentor

Great looking car which is very comfy and drives very well. Only downside is the infotainment system which randomly doesn't do what it's supposed to do but only sometimes.

Comfortable drive and great performance

The gearbox is excellent, very smooth, there is plenty of room for kids in the back, ride height is good. The downside is the screen which controls the radio/air con etc, it’s so slow at reacting to touch. Sometimes it freezes and sometimes it doesn’t even turn in which means you can’t control the temperature in the car or turn off lane assist, listen to any music or make calls through the Bluetooth. I’ve only have the vehicle a year and it’s happened quite a few times, I have to turn the engine fully off and wait to restart it, doesn’t always work though.

I have not had use of the vehicle for 2 months due to technical issues. I am still waiting for a new part to be fitted and cannot get an answer from Seat/Cupra as to when the problem will be resolved.

There is an ongoing rattle from the gearbox and clunky gear changing which the dealer cant seem to fix. I have also had electronic brake fault and issues with the infortainment screen. It was clearly not given a full PDI inspection

Firstly and most annoying thing is the is the constant software issue with the touch screen interface which controls everything thing, there’s apparently no fix for it yet! Secondly the car is underpowered I have the smallest engine variation you can get but the car is so heavy for it that it doesn’t give you that peppy acceleration when you need it, my wife’s Skoda kamiq has the same engine and because it’s slightly lighter or the way the engine is set up it has that bit of zip when you put your foot down, basically they need to either reconfigure current engine or put a slight more powerful engine in it to make it a little exciting to drive because it actually drives and handles really well.

This car has so many bugs in it, this is the 2nd cupra I’ve leased, the latter being a replacement because the 1st Cupra’s electrics completely stopped working. I assumed it was just that car, unfortunately not, this car has issues with parking cameras and sensors not working, a blank screen when starting the car, or even when driving. The touch screen is slow and sometimes unresponsive which makes it dangerous to use when driving, the anti collision is ridiculously sensitive and breaks hard when a car is well ahead of you. Overall this is probably the worst car I have ever driven and it will he a long time before I lease or buy one in the future.

Fantastic car would recommend it to any one

Even at the V1 spec, i am very pleased with the interior features and decor.

Very good vehicle but the interior electronic and safety features are a total let down. This is a sporty car but all of the safety features are trying to stop it being used as such. the heater controls are awful, the entertainment system is clunky and not at all user friendly, they have moved all the buttons to touch screen but that just makes everything harder to use and obviously you have to move from one to the other so you can't use the satnav while changing the heater controls or using the phone or changing the radio. The lane assist is obviously not suitable for narrow UK roads, the adaptive cruise control is so safety conscious that it won't allow you to overtake anything so makes it practically useless. you can't use the volume control when the ignition is off, The temperature and volume controls under the touch screen are unlit so you have no idea where they are at night and if you hit the wrong heater control then it un sync's the heater never to be sync'd again! The reversing camera only works when it feels like it, the key to unlock the door won't work from more than 4ft away from the vehicle and even then required half a dozen presses to get it to work, the boot lid sometimes doesn't respond when you press the key, the keyless entry works maybe 50% of the time, if you want to play music from a USB it totally ignores it and tries to play music from your phone instead. Oh and the heated seats randomly come on when you adjust the temperature from hot to cold (although SEAT have just fixed that). The alloys stick out further than the tyres so the chances of scraping the alloy wheels is ever present even on really low kerbs, and the constant messages that flash up saying take your foot off the pedal, drive in the centre of the lane make me want to use control alt delete on the entire system. On the plus side it's comfortable, fast when you have spent 20min disabling all of the unnecessary safety features that automatically go back on when you turn off the ignition and a very good looking car. Would I have one again? No the other makes of cars I have had are comparable in pretty much every way but their electronics and safety features are way more user friendly.