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Cupra's Batman-styled DarkRebel EV could reach America

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The Cupra DarkRebel Show Car
The Cupra DarkRebel Show Car
The Cupra DarkRebel Show Car
The Cupra DarkRebel Show Car
The Cupra DarkRebel Show Car
The Cupra DarkRebel Show Car
Unquestionably styled with the Dark Knight in mind, the Cupra DarkRebel Show Car is bound to make an impression. More pics in the image gallery
The Cupra DarkRebel Show Car
The Cupra DarkRebel Show Car
The Cupra DarkRebel Show Car
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Spanish performance brand Cupra used the International Mobility Show in Munich this week to unveil the DarkRebel EV show car. It's one of the most distinctive best looking concepts we've ever seen ... and the company simultaneously announced its intentions to launch into the American marketplace.

Putting the not-so-oblique references to the Dark Knight aside, concept cars are built to assess the public's appetite for a new automobile, so if you are as enamored with the styling of the new two-seat electric hot hatch Dark Rebel as we are, go down to your local dealership and let them know.

Realistically, this design is so visually arresting that it may well spawn a trend. Perhaps the only difficulties to overcome are how quickly the car can be readied for production and how much of the stylistic oomph will be lost to enable production readiness.

The Cupra DarkRebel Show Car

If you aren't in a country with a Cupra dealership, the brand's ambition is to become global, and North America is on the agenda for the near future.

Unquestionably styled with the Dark Knight in mind, the Cupra DarkRebel Show Car is bound to make an impression. More pics in the image gallery

So if you're in North America, head down to your local dealership and tell them you're interested, as that's most likely where you'll find them when they reach American shores.

CUPRA is part of the Volkswagen Group and is best-known as the high-performance arm of Spanish brand SEAT. The name 'CUPRA' is derived from 'Cup Racing' and is a reference to SEAT's successful involvement in motorsport, with a clearly stated intention to build an emotional connection with the customer.

Source: Seat

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6 comments
Chase
I wonder how much of that design will end up on the cutting room floor. I'm always for a sexy shooting brake, but that interior is kind of terrible.
paleochocolate
this is distilled mid 2000s edginess
Unsold
It's not coming to America. There will be only the prototype. It's speculative and impractical and totally overblown and lives in your head.
J
"It's speculative and impractical and totally overblown and lives in your head"

To me that sentence describes every supercar ever made or sold on this planet and yet they are still being made and sold. I see this one as no different form the others in that aspect.

guzmanchinky
I gotta admit, that looks fierce...
MCG
Imaginative thinking outside the box. Love it. Please make an electric version, with Hepa filtration.