Cupra or CupraR??

[Quikie]

Hi there, newbie here

I am in the process of buying myself a mk3 from a friend, he tells me that the car is a CupraR but on the car it is just badged Cupra, can any one tell me the differences between the Cupra and the CupraR and should the be much a difference in price? Also If the car was to be the "R" model should it say on the cars registration documents?
any help appreciated

Cheers
Paul

 

[acidstrato]

wheels, brakes, seats and seatbelts

if it aint got red belts and seat sport on the seats its no cupra R

R's usually get about a grand more than cupras

 

[Forbez]

Yes it should say, as above it should have also brembo brakes, red stiching on the interior (iirc) and on the engine cover a carbon fibre patch.

 

[Quikie]

its got cupra plastered all over the seats but no red belts, I take it there was brembos or something similar on the R, never noticed a difference in the wheels, sorry but im a pure knob when it comes to Seat, I know nothing about them.

What about the price difference? I offered him £3500 for 2000 model with 61k its that blue colour..

 

[Forbez]

Or stick the number plate in here and it'll tell you!

http://www.rac.co.uk/web/vehiclechecks/dvla_lookup/

It does distinguish between the cupra and the cupra R

 

[Forbez]

5 spoke wheels or Multi spoke seat ones, is also a give away.

 

[acidstrato]

if its got Cupra on the seats what model do u think it is

 

[Quikie]

if its got Cupra on the seats what model do u think it is

he tells me that the car is a CupraR

 

[Bogwoppit]

If it has cupra on the seats written loads of time diagonally it is just a cupra.

 

[WeeJase]

http://www.sfondideldesktop.com/Images-Cars/Seat/Ibiza-Cupra-R/Ibiza-Cupra-R.jpg
wheels on a cupra R are thus(as standard)

and you lot cut the guy some slack

 

[acidstrato]

he's lying ( or maybe he's not very clever)

price seems ok though

 

[WeeJase]

i don't remember a blue cupra R anyway.or am i wrong?
red black yellow..........??????

 

[Grapo]

its got cupra plastered all over the seats but no red
I offered him £3500 for 2000 model with 61k its that blue colour..

Isnt that extremely cheap or am i missing something.

Dont recall seeing a blue R ever.

 

[Bogwoppit]

If the seats looked like this, but inset colour could also be grey or blue it is a normal Cupra:

 

[jonesya3]

i don't remember a blue cupra R anyway.or am i wrong?
red black yellow..........??????

Yep they only came in black red and yellow as far as i no

 

[Quikie]

well i just gave him a call an confirmed it with him, the car was sold too him as an R model that being the reason why he tried selling it as an R model, not that he wanted to fool anyone, he just didn`t know any better same as me! But cheers for the help guys n gals, problem cured

 

[Bogwoppit]

Find out if the cambelt has been done, if not I would recommend doing it ASAP. That is a really good price though.

 

[Quikie]

Isnt that extremely cheap or am i missing something.

Dont recall seeing a blue R ever.

But is it cheap for your average Cupra?

 

[Grapo]

But is it cheap for your average Cupra?

I'd say so

 

[Bogwoppit]

Yes! Look how much similar cars are priced on Autotrader £4.5K+