The Urban’s cockpit is expansive by the standards of EVs at this price, with a broad dashboard and a high centre-console that makes for a grown-up feel.
The sense of space is aided by generous quarter-lights, although trunk-like C-pillars and a short rear window mean rear visibility is less impressive and the back row can seem gloomy.
In truth, the back row looks far gloomier than it is. The Urban is very generously proportioned in the back, with a degree of knee room that most rivals couldn’t dream of offering, as well as a flat floor that doesn’t feel conspicuously high. This will be a chief selling point of the car.
It’s a similar story in the boot. Initially the flat floor looks too high (if also useful for sliding luggage in, given it near enough matches the level of the lip), but it folds open to reveal a cavity of almost 100 litres.
Storage is generally good elsewhere too, with cubbies and bins aplenty and space freed up on the centre console by having the drive selector mounted on the steering column (which itself has fair adjustability).
Our Premium Long Range test car is as lavish as the Urban gets, with a synthetic-leather steering wheel, electric front seats and ambient lighting. You can’t escape the scratchy plastic on the dashboard upper, the doorcards and the sides of the centre console, but equally all the major touchpoints and switchgear have a good sense of solidity about them and a metal-dipped effect that avoids feeling cheap.
For a car so aggressively built to a cost, you couldn’t ask for a lot more, although the caveat is that we’ve yet to experience how the Urban’s cabin stacks up at the very base of the range.
The control panel beneath the new 12.8in touchscreen is also welcome: you get roundels for volume and ventilation, plus rockers for further HVAC controls. It’s all intuitive to use, much like the various menus and commands on the touchscreen.
And if you’re wondering where the USB-C ports are, they’re embedded in the huge storage deck that functions as the lower layer of the centre console (there’s a third port that serves the back row).
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