RE: Hottest-Ever Seat To Cost £25k
Monday 29th March 2010
Hot Seat costs £25k. Fireball extraSeat’s hottest-ever road car – the new Leon Cupra R – will cost £25,205 when it goes on sale on 1 April (insert ‘no fool’ joke here…).
A more sensible pictureSeat claims 0-62mph in 6.2secs and a top speed of 155mph, figures that are absolutely on the money for a car chasing after the scalp of the Scirocco R or Megane Renaultsport 250.
Hottest-Ever Seat To Cost £25k
261bhp Seat Leon Cupra R on sale from 1 April
Hot Seat costs £25k. Fireball extra
The Cupra R, which was first unveiled at last year’s Frankfurt show, brings Back the ‘R’ badging last seen on the previous 222bhp Leon Cupra R back in 2006. Other visual cues include a larger roof spoiler and twin centrally mounted exhausts
Performance should be impressive, with 261bhp and 258lb ft of torque on tap from 2500rpm.
A more sensible picture
Mind you, given that the R sports an extra 37lb ft over the already torque-steery Leon Cupra you can probably expect a side-order of wriggly steering wheel with your bright yellow hot hatch (should you choose the new ‘Tribu’ metallic yellow).
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Discussion
I have had a few hot seats in the past (Leon FR and Ibiza Cupra) but no way would I pay 25K for that. Interior is awful and it just looks wrong. The old leon was awesome. ...still miss mine. You could pick up 1 year old Audi S3, new Golf GTI and Focus RS for that price. Not to mention cars such as a Z4M! Crazy pricing by SEAT, they wont sell many!
Gixer_fan said:
"Mind you, given that the R sports an extra 37lb ft over the already torque-steery Leon Cupra you can probably expect a side-order of wriggly steering wheel..."
Does it comes with a LSD as standard? Otherwise it would be fun in the wet (maybe even the dry)..
Think it gets the XDS electronic traction thingy, which acts as if it's a mechanical LSD...Does it comes with a LSD as standard? Otherwise it would be fun in the wet (maybe even the dry)..
Riggers said:
Gixer_fan said:
"Mind you, given that the R sports an extra 37lb ft over the already torque-steery Leon Cupra you can probably expect a side-order of wriggly steering wheel..."
Does it comes with a LSD as standard? Otherwise it would be fun in the wet (maybe even the dry)..
Think it gets the XDS electronic traction thingy, which acts as if it's a mechanical LSD...Does it comes with a LSD as standard? Otherwise it would be fun in the wet (maybe even the dry)..
I never had any 'torque-steery' problems with my Cupra, & that made 290bhp & 360lb/ft.
Sorry to piss on your bonfire.
I can't say I've been a fan of the fast Leons, they look too chunky for me- I quite like them with the BTCC bodykit (with the Vents and slashes everywhere), but it still reminds me a little too much of a newer VXR... a bit... halfords ish.
Albeit, I can't say much, I've got an old Integra Type R at present- but aside from the spoiler and the Recaro's, it doesn't scream 'tacky'...
But £25k for a hot hatch is pushing it, I'd be hard pressed to find an arguement that makes me change my mind. I always though the whole point of a hot hatch was cheap, fast-fun? The Leon is a bit too serious for me power wise, I'm guessing it'll come with something along the lines of an e-diff, but the purist option should be a proper LSD (my own opinion, not criticism!).
I can't say I'm a fan of any new hot hatches these days, but if I were to get one, it'd have to be something from the Renault range. They're the only brand I consider to be building cars similar (term used loosely!) to what Honda used to build with the DC2 Integra's and EK9 Civics back in the 90's.
If I were after a new hot hatch nowadays, I'd have to get a Clio 200 Cup. Decent amount of power, small with a light kerb weight (compared to it's Rivals), with none of these silly standard bits that spoil the driving performance and weigh the modern Hot Hatch down... Price is just about on the mark too. I'd still want no traction control, ABS or 'fly by wire' controls...
Challenge is reliability though... Think I'll stick with the Integra actually...
Albeit, I can't say much, I've got an old Integra Type R at present- but aside from the spoiler and the Recaro's, it doesn't scream 'tacky'...
But £25k for a hot hatch is pushing it, I'd be hard pressed to find an arguement that makes me change my mind. I always though the whole point of a hot hatch was cheap, fast-fun? The Leon is a bit too serious for me power wise, I'm guessing it'll come with something along the lines of an e-diff, but the purist option should be a proper LSD (my own opinion, not criticism!).
I can't say I'm a fan of any new hot hatches these days, but if I were to get one, it'd have to be something from the Renault range. They're the only brand I consider to be building cars similar (term used loosely!) to what Honda used to build with the DC2 Integra's and EK9 Civics back in the 90's.
If I were after a new hot hatch nowadays, I'd have to get a Clio 200 Cup. Decent amount of power, small with a light kerb weight (compared to it's Rivals), with none of these silly standard bits that spoil the driving performance and weigh the modern Hot Hatch down... Price is just about on the mark too. I'd still want no traction control, ABS or 'fly by wire' controls...
Challenge is reliability though... Think I'll stick with the Integra actually...
Edited by BigMacca on Monday 29th March 14:07
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