MK3 Leon Cupra, what we know

[Siboneh]

I don't know if everyone knows or interested.

At the minute you can see them preparing the stages up for the Geneva Motor Show on 2 cameras. They are quite slow at loading but you can see some cars already.

http://www.salon-auto.ch/en/

or

www.salon-auto.tv

 

[Siboneh]

According to braodspeed Alor blue is now available on the Cupra £695 option

Just googled the colour , not my cup of tea would have preffered a bit darker like speed blue.

Here's a Leon with Alor blue.

http://www.autoevolution.com/testdrive/seat-leon-sc-review-2013/i-8666.html#sjmp

 

[shhhhh]

Does anybody know under which circumstances you get the black trimmed steering wheel and gear stick rather than the chrome trimmed ones?

 

[jc_boc]

Does anybody know under which circumstances you get the black trimmed steering wheel and gear stick rather than the chrome trimmed ones?

I believe it is only on the 280 and the 265 gets the chrome bits, i could be wrong but sure I read that somewhere.

 

[Syphon]

Correct

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[shhhhh]

I believe it is only on the 280 and the 265 gets the chrome bits, i could be wrong but sure I read that somewhere.

Correct

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Awesome, so my 280 will get the black trim! Gotta say the black looks a lot nicer than the chrome to me.

Thanks guys

 

[morini]

Called in at our local seat dealer this morning as we were in the area dropping our other car off for a service. Their Cupra demo has not arrived yet, but I registered our interest and hope to get a test drive when it is available. He said they were forbidden to display it until the 5th March anyway.

In the meantime had a good poke around a FR in the showroom (it was an ST, great looking car in the flesh). It is right what they say, the interior quality is a vast improvement over our Mk2 FL Cupra.

99% certain I'll be ordering a 5 door 280 manual.

 

[phil_____]

99% certain I'll be ordering a 5 door 280 manual.

That's pretty much where I am, although less than 99%. A Golf R is still a possibility.
The interior is way nicer than the old model. The wife prefers the Golf but I'm not as certain.

 

[shhhhh]

It is right what they say, the interior quality is a vast improvement over our Mk2 FL Cupra.

It's weird. I never thought the interior of my fr+ supercopa was bad quality at all. Maybe the gray plastic bit isn't that nice but other than that I've always thought it's ok. I've driven quite a few BMWs and other VAG cars too and really don't notice much difference.

What is it that everyone hates about it so much?

 

[m0rk]

The massive slab of plastic with the head unit stuck in the middle of mostly

 

[DeanC]

I think it's just how it looks like a 10 year old Peugeot.

 

[JK1]

Apparently the Cupra broke the record on the Nurbergring for a production FWD car, under 8mins...

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/seat-leon-cupra-nurburgring-lap-time-2014-03-02

 

[m0rk]

Oops, someone broke the embargo

 

[DeanC]

It's not even really news though with all of these teasers since the announcement of its existence.

 

[AndrewJB]

Oops, someone broke the embargo

Yep Somebody's in for a spanking at TG

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[mrvanx]

Would be interesting if they did a review on the TG show, though it seems to be the races and mad vehicles like the Mercedes 6 wheeler thing last week that forms the content at the moment.

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[sixysix]

Love it! and in a manual as well

 

[jc_boc]

Yeah i was quite surprised to see this surface as I was expecting it to happen at the motor show.

 

[DeanC]

I do question all this stuff. I mean faster than a Gallardo, C63, Aston DBS, R8 etc..... Most in the industry press are a bit funny with ring times and SEAT are known to bugger about with this stuff (ever notice how the co2 and performance figures often change a few months down the line after launch).

 

[robdf2]

Yeah i was quite surprised to see this surface as I was expecting it to happen at the motor show.

I think a lot more will come out as well soon