How to tell if your K1 is Real

[big eck]

Now now Al, that's a bit harsh. Just because it has different bumpers from yours doesn't make it a bad car.

 

[Al]

Never said it did - read it again

The bumpers on the car delivered as a Cupra K1 (often with Cupra 240 on the V5) quite often had poorly painted/fitted Aero kit.

My point was that if people believe paying more for a car SEAT might not be arsed to confirm started as a Cupra K1 which when they were released at first often had poorly painted/fitted Aero kit or a Cupra that has since had the same Aero Kit fiited along with the K1 badge and central exhaust, then more fool them as the Cupra K1 is no different than a Cupra with the same body kit badge and exhaust other than it will probably be finished better. Remember neither the Cupra, Cupra K1 or Cupra R were a limited/numbered run model. The only one from the three that should hold a premium price is the Cupra R.

 

[AndrewJB]

Only limited Run model was FR550

 

[toosmiles]

Just found another way,


If you go onto Seat.co.uk and click on the SEAT insurance services page, and get a quote it asks you for your registration number. ive just gone through ever "K1" on ebay and entered the registration numbers for about 7 or 8 of them it came up as a "Cupra K1", I also entered the registration of the original car SEAT UK used for promo pics and this also came up as a "Cupra K1", For some of the other ebay "K1" it just came up as "Cupra"

just been through the seat insurance as said above to check mine and its an original K1 thank god

 

[Queen Smokey II]

My FR has a factory fitted K1 kit. But obviously its not a Cupra. Is this a real K1 then?? x

 

[Al]

Haha - points above proved. Sadly though yours is not even though it looks the same.

 

[AndrewJB]

Steff nope its not lol

 

[JC06GAN_K1]

theres no real way other than confirming with a dealership

 

[AndrewJB]

SEAT UK will tell you

Dealer will say yes even if its not just to add £££

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[toosmiles]

Dear Mr Wood

Thank you for your recent contact via www.seat.co.uk regarding your SEAT Leon.

Having checked our internal database I am pleased to confirm that your SEAT
Leon is an official K1.

I do hope this information proves useful to you; however, if you require any
further assistance, please do not hesitate to
contact me on the details below and I will be more than happy to help you.

Kind Regards


Fiona Hankin
Customer Relations Advisor
SEAT UK
Tel 0500 222 222

 

[Scottp210]

This thread helped me find out - I called Seat & they confirmed mine is a 'real' K1 - it also comes up with K! whn trying to get insurance quotes

 

[Gary@Cookies]

SEAT UK will tell you

Dealer will say yes even if its not just to add £££

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Or, if the dealer knows what he's talking about he'll tell you the truth and offer more for one that's not a "real" K1 !!!!

 

[Hopkins9205]

same, I simply rang SEAT UK and they confirmed over the phone that my K1 was genuine

 

[Robbo_wm]

Ive put a few reg's in parkers guide website in the valuation section and seems to come up with cupra k1 on ones that I know are real (promo pics ect). But I don't know any reg for ones fitted with the kit afterwards.

Anyone got one they wanna try. parkers.co.uk/cars/prices/

 

[M6ccy69]

Ive put a few reg's in parkers guide website in the valuation section and seems to come up with cupra k1 on ones that I know are real (promo pics ect). But I don't know any reg for ones fitted with the kit afterwards.

Anyone got one they wanna try. parkers.co.uk/cars/prices/

thanks for the info! ive just put mine up forsale & someones been to view it & said can u prove its real! ive just done a parkers valuation & its come up K1! . happy happy! as it was chaffing mi! its confirmed so buzzin!

 

[Scby555]

SEAT UK will tell you, just drop them an email or call.
Insurance quotes should also come up with "K1". If they don't they will think its a normal cupra with an "after fit" bodykit which needs to be declared as a modification, even if fitted by the dealer: aka it was not factory fit.

 

[Scby555]

I think you are correct. The "real" K1s were supplied as is ready to go.
But that didn't stop dealers fitting the parts as they were available as options before the concept of a K1 was even thought of.

"Real" K1s will be confirmed by SEAT and will show K1 on V5 and insurance databases.

Technically "fake" K1s are modified Cupra's so you should use modified insurance to cover the exhaust and bodykit changes.

 

[AndrewJB]

Real K1 were fitted by SEAT UK before delivery to dealers, anything else was fitted by dealers before sale or after sale.

its really that simple.

 

[Gex]

I tweeted SEAT UK (@SEAT_cars_UK) to confirm if my K1 is genuine, I got a reply in a couple of hours and they confirmed it was. I found this the quickest method to find out from the horses mouth.

Another way is to use Parkers Free Car Valuation and put in the cars original registration number. If it comes up with "SEAT Leon Cupra (07-11) 2.0 16V T FSI Cupra K1 5d" then you're in luck!

 

[AndrewJB]

KW57 LRJ which was the SEAT UK Demo K1 comes up as K1.

There's a green one on ebay, A mate asked me to do some digging on it and we managed to find the reg, comes up as Cupra only.