MK3 SEAT Leon CUPRA's owner's register

[Tivver500]

Mad how it all works out eh. I actually fancied a manual as last few have all been autos. Focus looks a stunning car and the the spec is out of this world

I have an absolutely brilliant Ford dealer very close to me (gave me a very good deal on my new Kuga 6 years ago) so the Focus ST was first choice. One of their sales guys (a mate!) has one and loves it.
As a package though I reckon the Cupra is better..... Digital dash (which I like), dash layout (Focus screen seems to be a late add-on), you can modify VAG car software to suit personal preferences (Ford software is very much locked!), ST is 4 wheel drive (Focus only fwd). Apart from all that I would buy a Focus ST estate (auto only) because of my local dealer. The brief time I had with my (not so) local Seat dealer didn't fill me with confidence.....

 

[EZ Cupra]

Yes on balance I’d agree. Does my head in to miss out on what should be standard equip for a £35k bar these day though. Leather. sunroof, Acc, traffic sign reco, HUD, debent stereo , leccy seats. Agreed though better car

 

[Kirky]

Yes on balance I’d agree. Does my head in to miss out on what should be standard equip for a £35k bar these day though. Leather. sunroof, Acc, traffic sign reco, HUD, debent stereo , leccy seats. Agreed though better car

The MY19 Lux had all those bar HUD and sunroof. They ditched leather and electric seats for my20

 

[EZ Cupra]

They did. Never had leccy tailgate, heated windscreen or B&O play either though. Like I say seat better interns of power and 4wd but focus a soo much higher spec. Which is a huge shift in balance over the last few years. I’m happy with my purchase. However if price were equal I’d have gone with focus. .. and I’ve have four cupras

 

[Kirky]

They did. Never had leccy tailgate, heated windscreen or B&O play either though. Like I say seat better interns of power and 4wd but focus a soo much higher spec. Which is a huge shift in balance over the last few years. I’m happy with my purchase. However if price were equal I’d have gone with focus. .. and I’ve have four cupras

Cupra Lux costs £22k, has better drive train and chassis and doesn't look like a squashed frog. I'd take that over a heated windscreen and B&O.

 

[EZ Cupra]

They did. Never had leccy tailgate, heated windscreen or B&O play either though. Like I say seat better interns of power and 4wd but focus a soo much higher spec. Which is a huge shift in balance over the last few years. I’m happy with my purchase. However if price were equal I’d have gone with focus. .. and I’ve have four cupras

Suppose the real point im making is I’m coming out of of a 4 yr old Infiniti Q50s which has all the above and I will miss. **** to drive though not gonna lie

 

[Kirky]

Suppose the real point im making is I’m coming out of of a 4 yr old Infiniti Q50s which has all the above and I will miss. **** to drive though not gonna lie

I almost bought the Q60 hybrid. I like the Q50 too, nice cars. Obviously can't compare with a hot hatch as they are luxury saloons albeit with a crap ton of power.
Unfortunately Infiniti didn't do well since joining the UK market in 2015 and they withdrew from the UK market last year.

 

[EZ Cupra]

Cupra Lux costs £22k, has better drive train and chassis and doesn't look like a squashed frog. I'd take that over a heated windscreen and B&O.

Can you point me on the direction of a brand new lux st for £22k please. I’m still in my cancellation period

 

[Kirky]

Can you point me on the direction of a brand new lux st for £22k please. I’m still in my cancellation period

I think they've risen to £23k now but I know motor source and a few other brokers are doing them around that price. Weirdly they've gone up in the last few months despite the new models being revealed. Edit:
Not the ST sorry. That was £24k at it's lowest I've seen.
I've been talking about the hatchback.

 

[EZ Cupra]

I almost bought the Q60 hybrid. I like the Q50 too, nice cars. Obviously can't compare with a hot hatch as they are luxury saloons albeit with a crap ton of power.

The Q50 hybrids 3.5ltr massive spec anew gong for stupid money now Infiniti have pulled out. The steering is horrible though and so is the ride .. mainly due to run flats but it’s o w kitted out ride

 

[Kirky]

The Q50 hybrids 3.5ltr massive spec anew gong for stupid money now Infiniti have pulled out. The steering is horrible though and so is the ride .. mainly due to run flats but it’s o w kitted out ride

It has the old skyline chassis. Seems strange how they messed it up.

 

[EZ Cupra]

It has the old skyline chassis. Seems strange how they messed it up.

They messed it up massively with the fbw steering and run flats. Auto CVT is literally the worst m. Took it back to the dealers after a day thinking there must have been a fault with it. I’d just come out of 370z so figured how bad could it be

 

[Kirky]

They messed it up massively with the fbw steering and run flats. Auto CVT is literally the worst m. Took it back to the dealers after a day thinking there must have been a fault with it. I’d just come out of 370z so figured how bad could it be

Glad I didn't get one then, I thought they'd be decent handling. I know the Q30 got slated due to being based on the A class chassis but I didn't realise the Q50 and 60 were so bad.

 

[EZ Cupra]

No worst handling and least enjoyable car I’ve ever owned. Not even close. Cockpit is a place of joy though. Sound system and nav are unreal

 

[Kirky]

No worst handling and least enjoyable car I’ve ever owned. Not even close. Cockpit is a place of joy though. Sound system and nav are unreal

Yeah the tech looked proper impressive.

 

[Tivver500]

Marguerite Ace just docked (finally) at Sheerness.
Oh for local cctv so I could try and identify my car rolling off.....
How many other ST Lux's in Mystery Blue I wonder....

 

[JWhitton1]

Marguerite Ace just docked (finally) at Sheerness.
Oh for local cctv so I could try and identify my car rolling off.....
How many other ST Lux's in Mystery Blue I wonder....

Not long to wait now then !

 

[Betts-4]

Just a week to go people !!!

yer I just saw the hatch is more expensive now than mine with the sunroof added

makes me feel good especially as mine has all the extras I squeezed out of them

should mean I lose relatively nothing on depreciation if I chose to change after a few years which seeing the new cupra and the fact they are clearly trying to make it a premium brand you won’t get another car with this bang for the buck and therefore MY20 20 plates should be well sort after

 

[EZ Cupra]

I heard from the leasing company and all they can tell me is it’s built and will be delivered wc 02/03. Some of these posts leave me sceptical o only ordered it a week ago. On an off topic does anyone know of the std cupra comes with the Led interior lighting. Brochure says no website site yes. Also it states that it has media plus. Does this mean the nav can be on dash as well as screen. I was that it was only available on nav plus, yet can’t find it listed. It does say that the nav has 3D maps ( is this the plus) finally it says there are no speed cameras on the NAV. Seriously? I’ve read that it can be done though through coding the unit. How easy is it?

 

[Kirky]

I heard from the leasing company and all they can tell me is it’s built and will be delivered wc 02/03. Some of these posts leave me sceptical o only ordered it a week ago. On an off topic does anyone know of the std cupra comes with the Led interior lighting. Brochure says no website site yes. Also it states that it has media plus. Does this mean the nav can be on dash as well as screen. I was that it was only available on nav plus, yet can’t find it listed. It does say that the nav has 3D maps ( is this the plus) finally it says there are no speed cameras on the NAV. Seriously? I’ve read that it can be done though through coding the unit. How easy is it?

Std Cupra has LED interior lighting.
The sat nav cannot be updated with speed cameras as it's the WiFi model and it has a bug that doesn't allow speed cams to be loaded as POIs. The bug hasn't been fixed and probably never will. It's the standard MIB 2 unit with WiFi so you can either have the map on the main screen or the cockpit screen but not both. You can have it in 3d though.

Plus side is that the nav system is super easy to update. You just download the latest map files and keep 1 file from the original contents of your SD card. There's a procedure in this Forum somewhere by @Tell. Can't do this on the Nav High as far as I'm aware.