2026 Cupra Formentor V2 Etsi S-A 1.9L Hybrid electric (clean) · W7 DTP

The defining mechanical story of this A-Class centres on a sudden, dense cluster of braking and tyre advisories appearing on the most recent test, breaking from two consecutive clean passes in 2024 and 2025. On 9 July 2026 the vehicle passed, but with five separate advisories: both rear tyres worn close to the legal limit and on their edges, the nearside rear brake disc pitted or scored, front brake pads wearing thin, and both front brake discs similarly scored. A prior test recorded the day before, on 8 July 2026, actually failed on this same pattern of items, suggesting the car was returned to a garage for rectification and resubmitted within twenty-four hours to clear the failure. The contrast between the spotless 2024 and 2025 results and the heavy advisory load in mid-2026 is the most important signal in the file, indicating that consumable wear has accelerated rapidly between annual tests rather than reflecting a slow, steady decline. Against a five-year age span, the recorded 90,041 miles equates to roughly 18,000 miles annually, which sits firmly in the upper portion of typical usage for a privately driven A-Class and carries clear mechanical implications. Higher annual mileage of this nature accelerates wear on friction components, tyres, suspension bushes and dampers, clutch assemblies on manual variants, and drivetrain mounts, all of which should be expected to show proportionate fatigue. There are no extended gaps in the testing record that would suggest a long period off the road, with annual submissions in 2024, 2025 and 2026 confirming continuous use, which is consistent with the wear pattern observed in the recent advisories. A prospective buyer should treat the recent advisory cluster as a prompt for immediate, component-level inspection rather than a deferred concern. The flagged rear tyres being worn on their edge suggests a wheel alignment or geometry issue, possibly a rear camber or toe deviation, and the car should be assessed on a four-wheel alignment ramp; uneven shoulder wear may recur quickly if the geometry is not corrected. The scored front brake discs and thin pads will require replacement on both axles, and on a test drive the buyer should listen for any grinding or squeal under light braking, feel for pedal pulsation or vibration through the steering wheel indicating disc runout or thickness variation, and check for any pulling to one side which could suggest a binding caliper. Given the high annual mileage, the underside should also be examined with a torch for early surface corrosion on brake pipes, subframe mounting points and wishbone bushes, with particular attention to knocking or clonking over speed humps which would point to worn front suspension linkages that the MOT inspection alone would not necessarily record as an advisory at this stage.