Photo: JE Design
Even though it serves as a replacement for the unpopular Altea, the Ateca is a better all-rounder in and outside the urban jungle. The Cupra cranks on-road performance to eleven, but customers who wish for more off-road capability are catered for by JE Design.
The German tuner is much obliged to sell you the All Terrain upgrade for €14,000, without fitting, labor, and the matte khaki paint job. The list of modifications starts with 20 millimeters of additional ground clearance and 215/65 all-terrain tires from BFGoodrich wrapped around 16-inch alloy wheels painted in black “that further raise the car by 10 millimeters.”
40-mm spacers push out the wheels, which is why the wheel arches benefit from extensions with visible bolts that add 35 millimeters to each side of the compact crossover. Developed in cooperation with a SEAT dealership from Luxembourg, the All Terrain also distinguishes itself through the addition of matte silver-finished skid plates, a rear spoiler, and roof-mounted LED lights.
Rounding off the list is the stainless-steel exhaust silencer, paired to the round-shaped quad tailpipes. JE Design explains that all of these upgrades can be applied on every Ateca out there except the Cupra and FR. For those two, the modifications are limited to the wheel arch extensions, LED light bars, underbody protection, and a sportier exhaust system in the case of the Ateca FR with the 2.0-liter TDI and 4Drive.
In production since 2016 at the Kvasiny plant in the Czech Republic, the Spanish brother of the Skoda Karoq and Volkswagen Tiguan slots between the subcompact Arona and mid-size Tarraco. Pricing in Germany starts at 20,980 euros for the Reference trim level and 1.0 TSI Ecomotive with 115 PS paired to a six-speed manual transmission and front-wheel drive.
The Cupra Ateca, on the other hand, offers Golf R performance for 42,850 euros. Overpriced or quite the deal, you decide on that.
40-mm spacers push out the wheels, which is why the wheel arches benefit from extensions with visible bolts that add 35 millimeters to each side of the compact crossover. Developed in cooperation with a SEAT dealership from Luxembourg, the All Terrain also distinguishes itself through the addition of matte silver-finished skid plates, a rear spoiler, and roof-mounted LED lights.
Rounding off the list is the stainless-steel exhaust silencer, paired to the round-shaped quad tailpipes. JE Design explains that all of these upgrades can be applied on every Ateca out there except the Cupra and FR. For those two, the modifications are limited to the wheel arch extensions, LED light bars, underbody protection, and a sportier exhaust system in the case of the Ateca FR with the 2.0-liter TDI and 4Drive.
In production since 2016 at the Kvasiny plant in the Czech Republic, the Spanish brother of the Skoda Karoq and Volkswagen Tiguan slots between the subcompact Arona and mid-size Tarraco. Pricing in Germany starts at 20,980 euros for the Reference trim level and 1.0 TSI Ecomotive with 115 PS paired to a six-speed manual transmission and front-wheel drive.
The Cupra Ateca, on the other hand, offers Golf R performance for 42,850 euros. Overpriced or quite the deal, you decide on that.
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