What is my car?

[elster]

I have an 05 1.8T 20v Leon.

It also has an FR sticker on the nearside wing. Am I right in thinking this isn't actually right?

Also is this the Cupra version. I just assumed the Cupra was the 210bhp version.

 

[Mr OCD]

I have an 05 1.8T 20v Leon.

It also has an FR sticker on the nearside wing. Am I right in thinking this isn't actually right?

Also is this the Cupra version. I just assumed the Cupra was the 210bhp version.

Its a 180bhp version Cupra (Badged FR from 2005)

 

[andycupra]

FR is new name for cupra.

prior to that there was:
cupra - 180bhp
cupra R 210 then 225

 

[elster]

So it is an FR, this being a MK1?

 

[MonkeyTibs]

I've got the same car. FR badges on both wings, same engine as Cupra.

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

180bhp AUQ engine

 

[MonkeyTibs]

I didn't even realise my car was a Cupra just renamed to FR. I thought the FR was like 'one down' from a Cupra so would be missing, perhaps, some of the features that a Cupra has. Sweet.

 

[andycupra]

fyi
Originally there was a 'sport' model, and the cupra was in essence a fully spec'd up leon sport so that it had all the options on it. eg, electric memory seats, auto wiper, cruise, auto dimming rear mirror, and was basically rebadged as a cupra by dealers in the uk. This may explain why on early cupras the badges were not always in the same place on the boot panel.
These early sped'd up cupras were £18,000 new - in year 2000!

The sport model had the same engine but basically no goodies / extras.

Then the sport was dropped and the cupra downgraded to take its place, most goodies then became an option and the cupra base price was therefore reduced.

Then later, there was a facelift.. ie new bumpers.

Then in 2003 the cupra R was released.

Then the cupra was bedadged as the FR.

and finally before the MK1 bit the dust, there was an FR+ (FR plus) model, which was the diesel cupra but with cupra R bumpers and alloys (although 17")