I think the buckets are with the leather side bolsters...
Look at this one:
I have leather non-buckets in mine in what Seat call Black/Grey Nevada. The grey bits I'm pretty sure aren't leather or at least don't feel like it.
Cupra bucket seats - worth it?
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I have leather non-buckets in mine in what Seat call Black/Grey Nevada. The grey bits I'm pretty sure aren't leather or at least don't feel like it.
Sorry I just realized that the pic wasn't of your seat but somebody elses!! D'oh!!
If you use the car configurator on the Seat website you'll see that the grey bits look identical on all the seats even the non leather ones (apart from the totally black choice of course).
Sorry I just realized that the pic wasn't of your seat but somebody elses!! D'oh!!
Ha ha! I don't have the buckets in mine although I do think they are pretty cool.
I just asked a friend, he has the buckets in his Cupra SC.
The buckets are alacantara and leather he says...
The buckets are alacantara and leather he says...
Yep they look good, I test drove an Octavia vRS that had buckets, and they were rather nice!
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Got them in my car, the backs are like a plastic shell, either side of the white vinyl strip is leather (feels and smells real so I don't think it's pleather) and the middle including the headrests is alacantra.
I took a demo out with the black leather pack and although the seats felt nice it made the interior too dark and it just felt like a FR to me and sticking the buckets in makes it feel like a hot-hatch inside.
They are very comfy and the side bolsters hug you well without being too invasive like a real racing seat would, it's a very nice balance. The GF is usually very sensitive to seats as she has a niggly back but she managed an 8 hour journey in them while I "drove in a spirited fashion" around the Brecons and she had no complaints afterwards... well not about the seats.
TL;DR They may be expensive but they are good and they complete the car IMHO.
I took a demo out with the black leather pack and although the seats felt nice it made the interior too dark and it just felt like a FR to me and sticking the buckets in makes it feel like a hot-hatch inside.
They are very comfy and the side bolsters hug you well without being too invasive like a real racing seat would, it's a very nice balance. The GF is usually very sensitive to seats as she has a niggly back but she managed an 8 hour journey in them while I "drove in a spirited fashion" around the Brecons and she had no complaints afterwards... well not about the seats.
TL;DR They may be expensive but they are good and they complete the car IMHO.
Even though both cars as standard have virtually the same OTR price (give or take £200) the Cupra 280 has all the bits off the Golf GTI performance pack, an option that is worth around £1k on a Golf and like you say, Sat NAV, Led Lights etc, the only thing I can think the VXR one-ups it on is having Brembos as standard.
Personally the seats are the only good looking thing on the Astra VXR.
Personally the seats are the only good looking thing on the Astra VXR.
I got bored and went outside to take some pictures, the black area which the handles sit in and surrounds the back piece is leather like the side bolsters.
Cheers for pics Syndrome, liking the look of them.
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