The Cupra (Black) Lease thread

[nicknameless]

AddledDad said:

Alor blue, but I appear to be on my own on that one!

Not the only one - have also ordered in Alor Blue. No idea when it is due as trying to get a call back from the dealer is like trying to predict the lottery numbers.

[Nickp82]

AddledDad said:

DanTheManc said:

What colours have everybody gone for? I originally went for monsoon grey but changed it to dynamic grey.

Alor blue, but I appear to be on my own on that one!

You would have thought given we don't need to worry about residuals we would all be s bit bolder like yourself but grey seems to be the overriding choice!

[Jonno02]

Nickp82 said:

You would have thought given we don't need to worry about residuals we would all be s bit bolder like yourself but grey seems to be the overriding choice!

I had Alor blue selected on my online order, then my other half wandered by and said "Oh I saw a cupra 280 in that colour going to Glasgow the other day. Looks like a girls colour." Totally killed it for me. The Alor blue is absolutely stunning, but she wouldn't let it go if I ordered it. Thumbs up to those that have.

I wish it came in bright orange. They had a bright orange press car and it looked absolutely amazing. It just does it for me.

[Nickp82]

Jonno02 said:

Nickp82 said:

You would have thought given we don't need to worry about residuals we would all be s bit bolder like yourself but grey seems to be the overriding choice!

I had Alor blue selected on my online order, then my other half wandered by and said "Oh I saw a cupra 280 in that colour going to Glasgow the other day. Looks like a girls colour." Totally killed it for me. The Alor blue is absolutely stunning, but she wouldn't let it go if I ordered it. Thumbs up to those that have.

I wish it came in bright orange. They had a bright orange press car and it looked absolutely amazing. It just does it for me.

+1 on the orange! I would possibly be facing a single life if I could and did order that colour but it would be so worth it!

[nutterburger]

Joeseppi said:

Week 33, that's the week starting 15 August. CVL said to me that once you get a confirmed build week it takes 3-4 weeks to reach the dealer. So yours should be getting pdi'd anytime soon.

Maybe we need to be contacting the dealer directly!

[DanTheManc]

Nickp82 said:

You would have thought given we don't need to worry about residuals we would all be s bit bolder like yourself but grey seems to be the overriding choice!

Apologies if you already know but there are two greys. Monsoon Grey (dark grey) and Dynamic grey (light bluey/grey) . I think Dynamic grey is a Cupra specific colour so a fairly bold choice.

[Nickp82]

DanTheManc said:

Nickp82 said:

You would have thought given we don't need to worry about residuals we would all be s bit bolder like yourself but grey seems to be the overriding choice!

Apologies if you already know but there are two greys. Monsoon Grey (dark grey) and Dynamic grey (light bluey/grey) . I think Dynamic grey is a Cupra specific colour so a fairly bold choice.

Yeah I did know but cheers for pointing it out anyhow, i was just generalising feel free to ignore my idiotic quips!

[imdeman87]

Monsoon Grey here but in all honestly, all colours look good. The alloys look great...looks like they'll be a pain to clean though.

[senorblm]

Another Alor Blue order here with the 5 door hatch

Ordered in July and have no idea when i'll be taking delivery

[AJB88]

Jonno02 said:

I had Alor blue selected on my online order, then my other half wandered by and said "Oh I saw a cupra 280 in that colour going to Glasgow the other day. Looks like a girls colour." Totally killed it for me. The Alor blue is absolutely stunning, but she wouldn't let it go if I ordered it. Thumbs up to those that have.

I wish it came in bright orange. They had a bright orange press car and it looked absolutely amazing. It just does it for me.

Had several orange and yellow press cars, all were wrapped.

[Jonno02]

AJB88 said:

Had several orange and yellow press cars, all were wrapped.

Yeah you can tell it's a wrap from the matte finish. Looks great though.

[nunpuncher]

I bought a speed yellow boxster years ago and my wife refused to be seen in it. Pretty much an ideal situation.

I saw an alor blue fr at braehead recently and it looked brilliant. My wife got quite excited cause she thought I'd ordered that colour. Yet another let down for her when I said "no, I've ordered grey"

Only reason I didn't go for it is because it reminded too much of the old astra vxr blue. Which was a nice colour but I bloody hate vauxhalls.

Edited by nunpuncher on Monday 12th September 20:40

[nunpuncher]

Jonno02 said:

I went for Ice Silver.

I already have a dynamic grey leon fr+, so didn't want the same. Out of principal, metallic was included in my price, so red or white was out. Dynamic is meant to be stunning in the flesh, but scrapes/chips are said to be extremely costly as it's a multi layer paint. So I shat it.

VWFS have a set charge for damage that requires paint. It doesn't vary depending on colour.

Silver looks really good on the press cars. If I was purchasing instead of being a dirty leaser I would go ice silver ST black edition with panoramic roof and side skirts.

[Chris-52g4f]

nunpuncher said:

Jonno02 said:

I went for Ice Silver.

I already have a dynamic grey leon fr+, so didn't want the same. Out of principal, metallic was included in my price, so red or white was out. Dynamic is meant to be stunning in the flesh, but scrapes/chips are said to be extremely costly as it's a multi layer paint. So I shat it.

VWFS have a set charge for damage that requires paint. It doesn't vary depending on colour.

Silver looks really good on the press cars. If I was purchasing instead of being a dirty leaser I would go ice silver ST black edition with panoramic roof and side skirts.

I went for Moonsoon Grey, to be understated, as most have said. If i didn't almost get car jacked a few years back for my white R26.R, then perhaps I would have been more adventurous with the colour. Just one of those things I guess.

In terms of the skirts - I feel the Cupra definitely looks better with them on. It should have been standard imo on the Black.

C.

[pitch3110]

Chaps,

My R lease finishes in April but with these on 14 week delivery i am seriously thinking of chopping the R in early to secure another bargain.

So:

1. Reading through this thread am I right thinking a facelift model is due??
2. This will certainly mean an increase in the lease deal. Agree??
3. Has anyone gone from R ownership into a 290 Cupra.

Many thanks

[Jonno02]

nunpuncher said:

VWFS have a set charge for damage that requires paint. It doesn't vary depending on colour.

Silver looks really good on the press cars. If I was purchasing instead of being a dirty leaser I would go ice silver ST black edition with panoramic roof and side skirts.

I use a local one man band operation for car repairs, which is peanuts compared to lease repair costs. So I'd have it repaired before hand back inspection.

Yeah the silver looks good on the black edition. For a 30k car, you'd think you'd get bloody side skirts as standard eh.

[nunpuncher]

pitch3110 said:

Chaps,

My R lease finishes in April but with these on 14 week delivery i am seriously thinking of chopping the R in early to secure another bargain.

So:

1. Reading through this thread am I right thinking a facelift model is due??
2. This will certainly mean an increase in the lease deal. Agree??
3. Has anyone gone from R ownership into a 290 Cupra.

Many thanks

I'm in the exact same situation with an R going back in April. I ordered a cupra with delivery set for December although I may just take it in November.

1. Yes. Facelift is coming. No confirmed details yet but supposedly orders open Friday so the current deal ends Thursday.

2. I'd be amazed if the price didn't go up considerably. Prior to the current deal the cupra was always quite pricey on lease.

3. As mentioned I'm making the change. Ive only had 1 1 hour test drive of a cupra and it's very similar to the golf. Slight lower quality feel to the interior, felt a bit less refined and a bit more raw. It did feel a bit more agile and slightly more fun. The golf is almost too capable at times.

[Joeseppi]

nunpuncher said:

I bloody hate vauxhalls.

My hero!

[andypolack]

Andy-rxn0p said:

For anyone still thinking about it I've been told order book closes on the Leon 290 Cupra (Black) on Thursday but Tuesday might realistically be the last day to order one (before the facelift).

I've gone for a manual on a 1+23 @ £249 (inc 10k miles + metallic).

Who was this with? Getting very twitchy about this deal not being available before the window shuts.

[aww999]

I don't understand why they only offer the brightest colours on the cooking models, and the turbo-nutter-bd version comes in eight shades of grey.


I'm sure dynamic grey is lovely, but I had to setle for grey on my Exige, when I really wanted orange or green, and I didn't want two grey cars on the drive. went for the brightest colour in the palette for the Cupra - Alors blue IMHO.