{"id":354669,"date":"2026-05-28T19:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/first-drive-in-the-cupra-raval-vz-why-the-small-spaniard-delivers-more-than-just-looks\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:03:42","slug":"first-drive-in-the-cupra-raval-vz-why-the-small-spaniard-delivers-more-than-just-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/first-drive-in-the-cupra-raval-vz-why-the-small-spaniard-delivers-more-than-just-looks\/","title":{"rendered":"First drive in the Cupra Raval VZ: Why the small spaniard delivers more than just looks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/first-drive-in-the-cupra-raval-vz-why-the-small-spaniard-delivers-more-than-just-looks.jpg' alt='electrive'><\/p>\n<p>The Cupra Raval aims to be the emotional counterpoint to the more pragmatic VW ID. Polo. During an initial test drive around Barcelona, the high-performance VZ version demonstrated that the Spanish brand takes its sporty ambitions seriously. This compact electric car handles corners with a maturity that belies its size. However, as our test drive reveals, this commitment also has its downsides.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/2026\/05\/28\/first-drive-in-the-cupra-raval-vz-why-the-small-spaniard-delivers-more-than-just-looks\/ target='_blank'>Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cupra Raval aims to be the emotional counterpoint to the more pragmatic VW ID. Polo. During an initial test drive around Barcelona, the high-performance VZ version demonstrated that the Spanish brand takes its sporty ambitions seriously. This compact electric car handles corners with a maturity that belies its size. However,&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/first-drive-in-the-cupra-raval-vz-why-the-small-spaniard-delivers-more-than-just-looks\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":354670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electrive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}