My dealer is pretty confident they have one arriving next month (December) and has said to my dad he can test drive it. I'm unsure about it, lol
-
Hey Guest one of our sponsors Progressive Parts is running Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers - more details here
New Cupra Test
- Thread starter WaveyDaveyGravy
- Start date
Ooops. Maths not a strong point? £22030 RRP for a Golf GTi five door in red with 18" alloys and bi-xenon headlights as the only options. I wouldn't say that is not far off - unless you are also saying the 200PS isn't far off the 240PS?
An ST2 with five doors and optional dual zone climate is £19795 RRP.
I suppose the horrendous interior is down to taste - as is the STs exterior.
as usual with SEAT cars being reviewed, go test it yourself and ignore the bloody mags. How can you take a review serious when the writer is so schizophrenic, ( or as i like to call it, has'nt driven the car at all!!!!!!)
i give you these two quotes from CAR review.
"Thing is, it doesn't feel appreciably faster than the VW,"
&
"It's certainly appreciably faster than the Golf GTi"
I rest my case, wait for a test drive
i give you these two quotes from CAR review.
"Thing is, it doesn't feel appreciably faster than the VW,"
&
"It's certainly appreciably faster than the Golf GTi"
I rest my case, wait for a test drive
Ooops. Maths not a strong point? £22030 RRP for a Golf GTi five door in red with 18" alloys and bi-xenon headlights as the only options. I wouldn't say that is not far off - unless you are also saying the 200PS isn't far off the 240PS?
An ST2 with five doors and optional dual zone climate is £19795 RRP.
I suppose the horrendous interior is down to taste - as is the STs exterior.
No need to get so defensive. I was comparing the basic RRP of the cars. Sure the new Cupra has loads more kit than a base GTi, as did the Cupra R of old compared against most of it's 'rivals' at the time, but none of it is essential stuff when you get down to it. Ultimately I didn't think I could live without climate control after having it on my old Cupra R, but my Focus ST has Aircon where you have to (shock horror) twist the temperature gauge!
When it comes down to it, it's how the car drives that is most important. In terms of Power, Handling, Refinement etc etc. Nobody here has personally driven a Cupra yet so all we have to go on are the opinions of Journos and they do always seem a bit VW biased.
Going back to the thread regarding the Cupras unveiling at the British Motor show, it seemed that mostly everyone agreed that the interior was garish and that the bodykit was a bit lame. Is that huge black plastic bit still on the back?
As for the Focus ST, It looks pretty horrendous and I don't disagree. I've got the Performance Blue one which is a bit understated but you certainly couldn't say it's a nice looker. Inside it's all quite nice, a big improvment on both the old Focus and my old Cupra R. My ST3 has the leather seats which really set the cabin off but i'm not going to claim it's better than a Cupra without driving one, that would be stupid.
I can tell you from my personal experience that I am happier to be sat INSIDE the Focus ST when compared with the new Cupra. All I am saying is that going by the initial bunch of roadtests, it makes me feel more confident that I did the right thing with respects to buying a second hand ST.
Gary A
New Cupra Article on Topgear.com
Topgear.com has an article of the New Leon Cupra.... I'm sure Top gear don't like Seat's, the write up isn't great and I've not once seen one on the show
I seem to remember Jeremy Clarkson saying about the MK1 Leon Cupra R that having the fastest car out of Spain is like having the best chocolate from Egypt.....
Here it is anyway guy's and gals!
http://www.topgear.com/drives/E1/B1/roadtests/17/01.html
Topgear.com has an article of the New Leon Cupra.... I'm sure Top gear don't like Seat's, the write up isn't great and I've not once seen one on the show
I seem to remember Jeremy Clarkson saying about the MK1 Leon Cupra R that having the fastest car out of Spain is like having the best chocolate from Egypt.....
Here it is anyway guy's and gals!
http://www.topgear.com/drives/E1/B1/roadtests/17/01.html
yeah - not quite enough in the boost area to give it a kick
but as I've said - I don't think anyone's thinking about buying one for 240ps
but as I've said - I don't think anyone's thinking about buying one for 240ps
No, most of us won't drive a standard one, I agree. Might be as good a "best kept secret" as the existing ones then.
All my interest is purely related to trying to figure out if it's a tuned-up 200 or a de-tuned 260. Because if it's one, it'll not chip brilliantly (might as well get an FR), if it's the other it'll chip really well.
Still won't have a big enough boot for me though, really. I might yet end up in one though, if it's orderable at the right time
All my interest is purely related to trying to figure out if it's a tuned-up 200 or a de-tuned 260. Because if it's one, it'll not chip brilliantly (might as well get an FR), if it's the other it'll chip really well.
Still won't have a big enough boot for me though, really. I might yet end up in one though, if it's orderable at the right time
it'll chip really well............. I might yet end up in one though, if it's orderable at the right time
I bet that;s the deciding factor
Yeah right Scotthas your dealer registered up on here
They knew my last car was modded.
Nah - It's just that I'm 5 years older than when I first got the R, I've now got a littlun, and wifey will be driving this one as well.
I'm just getting more sensible in my old age.
But then I'm sure I said way back I wasn't going to mod the R....
Scott
Similar threads
