Then make only 799 of them. It's an odd recipe, but it's a fun one that gets you this: the SEAT Leon Cupra R. So, limited as it may be, can it hold its own against its Golf R cousin—let alone ...

The Cupra Leon is the hot hatch variant of the Seat Leon, and a standalone model starting from this generation. The siblings were initially offered with different powertrain options, but there is ...

This Seat Leon Cupra R shouldn’t exist. Because when the lesser Leon Cupra was launched three years ago, Seat argued that 237bhp was more than enough power to make that car entertaining and ...

means that this is also to be the last SEAT Leon Cupra estate before a new one is launched under the specific Cupra brand at the tail end of 2019. The powertrain has not picked up any discernible ...

The Cupra configurator is a pretty sombre place right now. There are most certainly some good cars on there, including the ...

Like before, the SEAT Leon Cupra punches above its price tag and comes with equipment you have to pay extra for on rivals like the Volkswagen Golf GTI. But it’s not all about searing pace and ...

The SEAT Leon is one of a dozen vehicles produced by the Volkswagen Group on the PQ35 platform that also underpins the Golf/Rabbit, the staple hatchback on which the GTI is based. The Cupra ...

When’s the next trackday? The Leon Cupra 280 will accelerate from 0-62mph in 5.8sec. That’s very fast for a five-door hatch, and Seat makes much of the stat in its promo material. But it doesn ...

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or roughly one-fifth the number of Seat Atecas sold. As Cupra's lineup grew, so did its sales. Though the Cupra Leon followed the blueprint of its Ateca stablemate in being a more dynamically ...

Hot hatch meets highway! Explore the real performance of the Seat Leon Cupra 290 ST on the no-speed-limit Autobahn. From acceleration and handling to turbocharged sound and high-speed POV ...