Bodykit for New Leon
New model gets aggressive bolt on bits
At the Autosport Show last week, SEAT previeweda dramatic factory-approved styling kit for the new model. Available from next month through the SEAT Dealer network, the aerodynamic styling kit adds plenty of aggression to the slightly fatter looking Leon.
The show car, finished in Luna Grey, featured a range of modifications, with new front and rear bumpers – incorporating vertical black grilles at each corner – striking 18” wheels and extended side skirts. At the back changes include an oval centrally-located exhaust pipe and lairy spoiler at the top of the hatch.
The New Touring Car
The kit will be available in four separate packs, to suit a variety of tastes and budgets, and can be fitted to any latest-generation Leon by all SEAT Dealers.
The packs on offer comprise body kit only, body kit plus exhaust, body kit plus alloy wheels and tyres, or the full works – in other words, all three packs together. In addition, a choice between the oval exhaust or two separate tail pipes positioned at each rear corner, provides scope for further customisation. Prices are yet be confirmed, but are likely to start at around £1,200 for the styling kit, going up to £2,500 for the whole package (both prices RRP, ex VAT).
Ali.
Can't we think up some other aspects of a car's design to work on?
t bodykit has already been added? Mind Boggles!www.kakaku.com/kuruma/images/car/PEUGEOT_407.jpg
>> Edited by xjib on Friday 20th January 14:10
Its no more ASBO than the Focus ST or Astra VXR, so i'm just gonna wait for the Cupra R version to come out with that bodykit and the 2.0t VAG lump in it giving out 240bhp as promised.
That should be a pretty mean car, and will still cost less than the Golf Gti...
cupramax said:
There isn't going to be a Cupra R, seat have stopped doing them.
Actually the dealer did only mention the Cupra, it was me that added the R (quite possibly in error).
cupramax said:
Only an FR & Cupra which are the quivalent or Cupra & R.
My understanding was that the TFSI was the equivilent to the Cupra, being a 185BHP 2.0l turbo.
cupramax said:
I can also quarantee there will be no 4wd either, too many Audi & VW toes to tread on.
Where did you get this from, my local dealer seemed fairly sure of his facts. The only thing he seemed unsure of was whether it would be a 6 or 7 speed gearbox.
>> Edited by mutt on Sunday 22 January 00:38
TUS 373 said:
I still don't understand this phrase "aggression". What exactly is "aggressive" supposed to do for a car - and why do we keep on hearing this phrase? I think the designers' vocabularies and imaginations must be somewhat stunted if all they are ever after is making a hunk of mobile metal (or GRP), err...MORE aggressive.
Can't we think up some other aspects of a car's design to work on?
Yeah, I don't get that either. Then again, it seems that, looking at their design sketches, designers have forgotten proportion. There was a time when designers would sketch their proposals like an architect or artist. Nowadays the 3D proposals all look like those car-chariacatures you buy at motorshows - all cartoonish, frowning and over-aggressive, with tiny doors squashed out of proportion by huge wheelarches carrying over-detailed over-sized blingwheels with about a condom's-worth of rubber on them.
Still, I reckon a manufacturer offering a range of variations on the styling is a good idea that allows the designer to see a variety of design proposals make it to production.
The Cupra, set for launch towards the tail-end of the year, is yet to be confirmed, but is likely to feature around 240 PS, using a variation of the FR's 2.0-litre turbo FSI. No word on gearboxes yet, but it is set to be front wheel drive.
Cupra R is indeed no more - with the new generation of SEAT models, there will be two levels of high performance models - FR (on the Ibiza, Leon and Altea) and Cupra (on Ibiza and Leon).
Sorry this message is a bit rambling, but having read through the postings, thought you might want a more definite answer!
mightymouse said:
Saw this car at Autosport Show.
Photos don't really do this any justice - it looks better in the "flesh" so to say.
the plastic inserts and grilles on the show car were a very tacky looking cheap plastic - touring car looked good though, first time I've said that since the end of the supertouring category
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