Hi all,
We got our '56 plate Cupra TDi last Sunday. Picked it up from the dealer at 11am with 50 miles on the clock and did our best to put a few more on it!
The trouble with living in London is there's not much chance to take it out on school nights, but following the 70 miles or so drive home and the 50 or so I've managed to squeeze out of it during the week I can happily confirm that the car is great. Fantastic. I love it.
First, the obvious stuff that you all know already. Like the engine. I'm not giving it undue stick because it still needs running in, but even on part throttle and keeping the revs down the Cupra goes like, well, stink for want of a better similie. The pick up is unexciting, but the turbo punch is enough to push me right back in the seat and to gobble up tarmac at a frightening rate. It makes the Arosa seem slow and exceptionally hard work. Similarly, the handling on the Ibiza is much grippier, body roll is very minimal and I've not yet experienced understeer which was very easy to induce in the Arosa.
The interior gets a bit of abuse in the reviews and from what I've read, but we quite like it. If we'd have gotten any other colour it may have been an issue, but black car, black interior; it goes nicely. The steering wheel is nice and fat, the plastics look no cheaper than you'd expect for the price and performance. However, the white dials and red light looks questionable compared to the bachelor-bathroom look of the Arosa and the seats are not as hugging as I'd like; why aren't the Altea seats in this car? The only thing that definitely has to go is the unergonomic ergonomic gear stick; whoever designed it probably drives an auto. And you can tell.
There are faster things out there and things that handle a lot better, I know, but in terms of meeting my expectations the Cupra does so and then blasts through them with an engine note more becoming of a tractor than a hot hatch, which somehow appeals.
Hopefully it'll continue to make me grin like an idiot.
We got our '56 plate Cupra TDi last Sunday. Picked it up from the dealer at 11am with 50 miles on the clock and did our best to put a few more on it!
The trouble with living in London is there's not much chance to take it out on school nights, but following the 70 miles or so drive home and the 50 or so I've managed to squeeze out of it during the week I can happily confirm that the car is great. Fantastic. I love it.
First, the obvious stuff that you all know already. Like the engine. I'm not giving it undue stick because it still needs running in, but even on part throttle and keeping the revs down the Cupra goes like, well, stink for want of a better similie. The pick up is unexciting, but the turbo punch is enough to push me right back in the seat and to gobble up tarmac at a frightening rate. It makes the Arosa seem slow and exceptionally hard work. Similarly, the handling on the Ibiza is much grippier, body roll is very minimal and I've not yet experienced understeer which was very easy to induce in the Arosa.
The interior gets a bit of abuse in the reviews and from what I've read, but we quite like it. If we'd have gotten any other colour it may have been an issue, but black car, black interior; it goes nicely. The steering wheel is nice and fat, the plastics look no cheaper than you'd expect for the price and performance. However, the white dials and red light looks questionable compared to the bachelor-bathroom look of the Arosa and the seats are not as hugging as I'd like; why aren't the Altea seats in this car? The only thing that definitely has to go is the unergonomic ergonomic gear stick; whoever designed it probably drives an auto. And you can tell.
There are faster things out there and things that handle a lot better, I know, but in terms of meeting my expectations the Cupra does so and then blasts through them with an engine note more becoming of a tractor than a hot hatch, which somehow appeals.
Hopefully it'll continue to make me grin like an idiot.
Thats exactly what I thought, the Altea TFSI seats would be great in the 
