Top Gear magazine

[Alexis27]

Nice little snippet in an article from this month's magazine:

"Here's what you could have won - major manufacturers produce wonderful products for foreign markets that we don't get in the UK. What we want to know is: why not?"

 

[Seatmann]

I expect if you had the money you could buy one and import it then swap out the dash etc to make it right hand drive.

 

[csd_19]

Yep you'd need to cut out the LHD bulkhead and weld in the RHD one as well, the panel isn't a straight swap unfortunately.

We didn't get it because VW was too afraid it would steal sales from its precious Golf 4Motion....

Only makes it worse when you see the turbocharged Leon V6s on youtube

 

[Seatmann]

I'd do it if I had the money, the work wouldn't bother me so much and I think it'd be easier than trying to fit 4x4 on our leons.

 

[jamandspoon81]

It would be easier to move to Spain.or just drive a LHD here.

 

[MasserS]

Does anybody else see the lack of articles of Seats and Skodas in all magazines, every month I scan all the magazines and there is never a mention, let alone article, or am I missing them all?

 

[cupra_ahhh]

Why waste your money on a thirsty 2.8 v6 that barely produces 200bhp? That engine makes no sense. in my opninion, its as useless as Audi's petrol 3.2 engine. Forced induction is the future! Yeaaahhh!!!!

 

[Mo Arif]

Why waste your money on a thirsty 2.8 v6 that barely produces 200bhp? That engine makes no sense. in my opninion, its as useless as Audi's petrol 3.2 engine. Forced induction is the future! Yeaaahhh!!!!

this is true

 

[robmorris]

was there a 4wd diesel in the UK?

 

[ReDBull]

Maybe we didn't get it as it's a pointless car?

 

[csd_19]

Why waste your money on a thirsty 2.8 v6 that barely produces 200bhp? That engine makes no sense. in my opninion, its as useless as Audi's petrol 3.2 engine. Forced induction is the future! Yeaaahhh!!!!

So slap a turbo on the 2.8 v6 then lol

500bhp thank you very much!

 

[Ben Cupra2]

So slap a turbo on the 2.8 v6 then lol

500bhp thank you very much!

OH YES!

 

[hara]

So slap a turbo on the 2.8 v6 then lol

500bhp thank you very much!

In Switzerland they had an official supercharged VR6 Cupra 4.

 

[rickyb90]

In Switzerland they had an official supercharged VR6 Cupra 4.

Really!!?? That'd be the best export from them, apart from Toblerone

 

[20v roper]

Vw driver mag did a ' model profile' of the mk1 cupra leon earlier this year. I posted my comments on here at the time as the article was dog dirt if you ask me. Peter noad didn't even bother to do any real research into this car ( mk1 cupra in general - but main focus seemed to be on the lcr). It's not a golf so it can't be as good seems to be the general opinion I think, yes there is a lack of articles on the other vag vehicles sadly in general I feel. Maybe one day some 'expert' will have the brainwave to point out this car as a modern classic and then everyone will be made aware of how good they are and what people have been missing(badge snobbery)!.

 

[Seatmann]

Why waste your money on a thirsty 2.8 v6 that barely produces 200bhp? That engine makes no sense. in my opninion, its as useless as Audi's petrol 3.2 engine. Forced induction is the future! Yeaaahhh!!!!

You're forgetting torque though, the VR6 golf Mk3 was great fun, bags of torque, hp is over rated if you don't have the balls of torque to back it up.

 

[Applemobile]

Cough, engine sound, cough cough.

 

[SalSheikh]

In Switzerland they had an official supercharged VR6 Cupra 4.

supercharged

 

[ReDBull]

In Switzerland they had an official supercharged VR6 Cupra 4.

Really! The same Switzerland that band motorsport and the wheal tail off the Cossie?

 

[csd_19]

Yep, modified by ABT for SEAT and then sold through the dealer networks. 280bhp.....