The Cupra (Black) Lease thread

[DanTheManc]

Just received this email from Carly

carly said:

Hi Everyone,­

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As a number of you ar­e aware, I have not b­een receiving any upd­ates from SEAT with r­egards to your orders­.

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I emailed SEAT Dealer­ Support on Tuesday a­bout this and I have ­just received a respo­nse this afternoon.

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Below is the response­ I have received from­ them:

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“Hello Carly,­

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The factory have 455 ­CUPRA on orders.

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They have 7 weeks to ­build them which they­ are working hard to ­achieve. Due to this­ volume many are show­ing at status 00 with­ no build. When the ­factory can they will­ give them a build we­ek, move to 10 and so­ on.

This is just the norm­al SLI build process ­– it is just slowed d­own by the volume of ­orders.

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Many Thanks­

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Nina Sykes­

Dealer Support Adviso­r

Dealer Support”­

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I just thought I’d sh­are the response I ha­ve received directly ­from SEAT Dealer Supp­ort, so you all know ­exactly what I have b­een told

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As soon as any of you­r orders have an upda­te showing on them, I­ will certainly let y­ou know

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Thank you all again f­or being so patient a­nd understanding.

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Many Thanks,­

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Carly.­

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Kind Regards­

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Carly Rayner­

Fleet Sales Executive

Lookers SEAT­

455 Cupras in 7 weeks. I wonder what happens after 7 weeks if they don't build all 455?

Edited by DanTheManc on Friday 23 September 15:03

Edited by DanTheManc on Friday 23 September 15:05

Edited by DanTheManc on Friday 23 September 15:07

[jonwm]

If you go by "how many left.com" there are around 20 Cupra BE registered in 2016, with the recent lease deal the numbers will be certainly bumped up!

[imdeman87]

Surely a significant proportion of those Cupras are destined to other countries? I'd anticipate about 200-300 coming to the UK.

Either way, time to be part of an exclusive car club. Much better than being part of the 10,000 Golf R UK club (and rising).

[Chris-52g4f]

I got the same email. The 455 orders comment had me a little surprised, especially with 7 weeks to build them.

Is that a lot of SEAT to handle? What's the norm? I guess it depends on the factory but how many Leons, or Cupra's specifically can they build in one week?

It'll be a PR nightmare if SEAT cannot fulfil these orders and have to let down their Customers. Something I guess VW wouldn't want at all!

Thanks, C.

[sumo69]

Chris-52g4f said:

I got the same email. The 455 orders comment had me a little surprised, especially with 7 weeks to build them.

Is that a lot of SEAT to handle? What's the norm? I guess it depends on the factory but how many Leons, or Cupra's specifically can they build in one week?

It'll be a PR nightmare if SEAT cannot fulfil these orders and have to let down their Customers. Something I guess VW wouldn't want at all!

Thanks, C.

I will volunteer to take a MY17 for the same money if it helps...

[Joeseppi]

sumo69 said:

I will volunteer to take a MY17 for the same money if it helps...

Haha yeah me too

[adam248]

My Local SEAT dealer, Peterborough SEAT have 5, 5 door Manual Cupra Black still available.

Contact Jason for Details 1 + 23 £249 per month including VAT, 10,000 miles per year, 01733 552348

[Lambo89]

adam248 said:

My Local SEAT dealer, Peterborough SEAT have 5, 5 door Manual Cupra Black still available.

Contact Jason for Details 1 + 23 £249 per month including VAT, 10,000 miles per year, 01733 552348

Do you work for them Adam?

[nunpuncher]

455 cars in 7 weeks is heehaw. The Nissan line in Sunderland has a qashqai rolling off the line every 62 seconds and no matter how anybody wants to think of their Cupra, the fact is it's a mass produced car. Ok, they won't be doing 1 car every minute due to time for siestas and tapas breaks and what not but still, a line that probably runs 24/7 will churn that out no bother.

However, to throw a little spanner in the works. I read on the seat forum that they were having issues and production was running a 3-4 week set back. Could be bks.

[jonwm]

nunpuncher said:

455 cars in 7 weeks is heehaw. The Nissan line in Sunderland has a qashqai rolling off the line every 62 seconds and no matter how anybody wants to think of their Cupra, the fact is it's a mass produced car. Ok, they won't be doing 1 car every minute due to time for siestas and tapas breaks and what not but still, a line that probably runs 24/7 will churn that out no bother.

However, to throw a little spanner in the works. I read on the seat forum that they were having issues and production was running a 3-4 week set back. Could be bks.

Agreed, I work in Automotive logistics, visit Halewood and JLR Birmingham quite often, they certainly roll of pretty fast, also get driven quite hard round the compounds for anyone who worry's about the running in

[aber stu]

Just had the call, mines being delivered next Monday (3rd)!

[DanTheManc]

aber stu said:

Just had the call, mines being delivered next Monday (3rd)!

You Jammy git. What colour and varient? Don't forget to post some photos

[Chris-52g4f]

Awesome and yes don't forget to post lots of pictures!!

I said earlier on in this thread that I've not seen even 1 Cupra on the road; however, all that changed yesterday! I saw my first Cupra although I wasn't sure if it was a 280 or 290 - it definitely wasn't a Cupra black. Are the wheels different on a normal 280 compared to the 290? If not, then I'm not sure how to tell them apart, except for the small 280/280 badge.

But anyway, it looked awesome and the Mrs approved as well, although she did say I can use her car and she can use the Cupra. :-(

Thanks, C.

[jonwm]

aber stu said:

Just had the call, mines being delivered next Monday (3rd)!

Happy days, as creator of this thread SEAT should have delivered mine first

Out of interest what was the build week and order date?

[Jonno02]

Chris-52g4f said:

Awesome and yes don't forget to post lots of pictures!!

I said earlier on in this thread that I've not seen even 1 Cupra on the road; however, all that changed yesterday! I saw my first Cupra although I wasn't sure if it was a 280 or 290 - it definitely wasn't a Cupra black. Are the wheels different on a normal 280 compared to the 290? If not, then I'm not sure how to tell them apart, except for the small 280/280 badge.

But anyway, it looked awesome and the Mrs approved as well, although she did say I can use her car and she can use the Cupra. :-(

Thanks, C.

Yes, the 280 has 5 pronged alloys, the cupra black has the many small spokes. A cupra 280 with the black-line pack will have the 290 alloys though.

[nunpuncher]

You could also get a 290 with the standard 5 spoke wheels..... before they ran out and decided to start punting Black editions on the cheap then not bother offering the standard Cupra at all (at the moment).

Anyway. Yes, post pics and keep this thread going with info and opinions when you guys start getting your cars. Should just keep it going as an owners group. Some of us will be waiting a while still and it seems that even the seatcupra forum is a reflection of how few of these cars are on the road. Not many cupra specific threads and hardly anyone ever posts a photo, zero videos etc. Seems to be largely populated by diesel FR owners.

[SAINTDP]

Quick update on my situation.

The stealer has now come back to me after my email to the CEO and they will honour my negotiated price of £225 per month.

Happy this is now over and looking forward to delivery now :-)

[Nickp82]

SAINTDP said:

Quick update on my situation.

The stealer has now come back to me after my email to the CEO and they will honour my negotiated price of £225 per month.

Happy this is now over and looking forward to delivery now :-)

Glad to hear this worked out for you!

[aber stu]

DanTheManc said:

You Jammy git. What colour and varient? Don't forget to post some photos

Chris-52g4f said:

Awesome and yes don't forget to post lots of pictures!!

I said earlier on in this thread that I've not seen even 1 Cupra on the road; however, all that changed yesterday! I saw my first Cupra although I wasn't sure if it was a 280 or 290 - it definitely wasn't a Cupra black. Are the wheels different on a normal 280 compared to the 290? If not, then I'm not sure how to tell them apart, except for the small 280/280 badge.

But anyway, it looked awesome and the Mrs approved as well, although she did say I can use her car and she can use the Cupra. :-(

Thanks, C.

jonwm said:

Happy days, as creator of this thread SEAT should have delivered mine first

Out of interest what was the build week and order date?

I ordered on 7th of July and was given a build week of 37. Ordered an ST in Alor blue.

CVL have been pretty rubbish to be fair, I rang them last week and was told 6 weeks so thought I had plenty of time to sell my current car, then get a call today saying it's in stock and ready for delivery!

I suppose it's better that then it being late though.

Pics to follow

[nutterburger]

aber stu said:

I ordered on 7th of July and was given a build week of 37. Ordered an ST in Alor blue.

CVL have been pretty rubbish to be fair, I rang them last week and was told 6 weeks so thought I had plenty of time to sell my current car, then get a call today saying it's in stock and ready for delivery!

I suppose it's better that then it being late though.

Pics to follow

When you say ready for delivery.... Have you had you finance docs through? Just wondering how long from sending them back to delivery
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