Who owns it?
Built by ES Spain, 1996
2018
Sold by DE Germany, Wolfsburg

CUPRA is a brand of Volkswagen AG.

SEAT made CUPRA a brand in its own right on 22 February 2018, launching it with the CUPRA Ateca.

Where it sits

Four levels. A figure marks a company boundary crossed; a word means the figure was never published.

DE Stuttgart Porsche Automobil Holding SE PAH3.DE the chain ends here
DE Wolfsburg Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft VOW3.DE
53.3%of the votes
ES Martorell SEAT, S.A.U.
100%
CUPRA
ES Martorell
Marque

Porsche SE controls Volkswagen AG with 53.3% of the votes, since 2009. The headline names Volkswagen AG because that is the company a reader is looking for.

30 years, one owner

The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.

  1. 1996 SEAT first used the Cupra name in 1996, on the Ibiza Cupra and in the FIA two litre World Rally Cup, as a badge for its performance cars.
  2. 2018 SEAT made CUPRA a brand in its own right on 22 February 2018, launching it with the CUPRA Ateca.
Volkswagen AG 8 marques

One German group holding Skoda, SEAT, Audi, Porsche, Bentley and Lamborghini. The group itself is controlled by the Porsche and Piech families through a holding company, on votes rather than shares.

Spain 2
CUPRA a marque
SEAT Martorell
the United Kingdom 1
Bentley Crewe