MK2 Leon Cupra R - 265 bhp confirmed

[vicalva]

Anyone heard of the new Leon MKII Cupra R, apparently to be announced at the next Frankfurt motorshow, for around €30k?

The official SEAT Slovakia website shows 2 Leon Cupra models in their car configurator: our well known standard Cupra with 240bhp, and a "new" Cupra with 265 bhp...

I hope there'll be a new body kit as well. Drooling already... No piccies available yet

Can't post the full url for seat.sk

 

[Syphon]

All rumour at the moment, but something is expected to be announced at Frankfurt yes.

Interesting you can spec a Cupra with higher power on that configurator. Still says Cupra though and I wouldn't expect anything to be appearing on the SEAT sites until any press announcement. Could be a country specific tuning package on a std. Cupra.

Scott

 

[moodswinger]

Slightly further through on the interior bit it refers to Cupra / Cupra R........................

Not sure I can justify one quite yet 6 months after buying a normal Cupra...

 

[RobsCupra]

Do you have a linky to the site?

 

[Syphon]

http://www.seat.sk/cc/index.php?car=1P1&ses=1

 

[Leonidas]

http://66.102.9.132/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=es&tl=en&u=http://es.autoblog.com/2009/08/12/el-seat-leon-cupra-r-ya-a-la-venta-en-andorra-croacia-rumania-eslovaquia/&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhj1SrspZXGXBo4sMKYRouGki4N2aQ

 

[RobsCupra]

http://www.seat.sk/cc/index.php?car=1P1&ses=1

Thanks for the link!

Its certainly looking promising!

 

[warren_cox]

fully specced up its 38,000 odd euros!

 

[RickyD1975]

But surely if a standard Cupra already has 250 - 260 bhp the Cupra with Cupra R would be pointless.

It should have 300 bhp to take on the likes of the Focus RS and have a proper LSD and or the Haldex System which I don't thing VW/Audi would allow.

Also how could they better the styling over a standard Cupra or Aero kit? It should have a Carbon front end with Carbon rear splitter and dual oval tailpipes....

Cheers

RickyD

 

[RobDon]

True, and doesn't seem to have anything much meaningful over a Cupra bar maybe the 19" wheels. BUT ... the 265bhp engine easily remaps to over 340bhp doesn't it - Backdraft managed 360bhp from the stock turbo with bolt-ons!

 

[wild willy]

But surely if a standard Cupra already has 250 - 260 bhp the Cupra with Cupra R would be pointless.

It should have 300 bhp to take on the likes of the Focus RS and have a proper LSD and or the Haldex System which I don't thing VW/Audi would allow.

Also how could they better the styling over a standard Cupra or Aero kit? It should have a Carbon front end with Carbon rear splitter and dual oval tailpipes....

Cheers

RickyD

JKM wrote a good post recently that basically said all the stock Cupras they have measured on their RR only produce the manufactures 240 bhp output and the increased power outputs measured on other Dyno's have been down inaccuracies the way the other Dyno's are operated.
You don't normally get something for nothing.
When the Lcr's first came out it was said that some were over powered but that has since been put to bed.

 

[MATT'88]

But surely if a standard Cupra already has 250 - 260 bhp the Cupra with Cupra R would be pointless.

It should have 300 bhp to take on the likes of the Focus RS and have a proper LSD and or the Haldex System which I don't thing VW/Audi would allow.

Also how could they better the styling over a standard Cupra or Aero kit? It should have a Carbon front end with Carbon rear splitter and dual oval tailpipes....

Cheers

RickyD

Did you watch either Top Gear or Fith Gear? The ST was actually quicker than the RS.!! Weather it was down to driver skills or not i couldnt say BUT....That was the end result.

 

[Poverty]

True, and doesn't seem to have anything much meaningful over a Cupra bar maybe the 19" wheels. BUT ... the 265bhp engine easily remaps to over 340bhp doesn't it - Backdraft managed 360bhp from the stock turbo with bolt-ons!

so does the cupra

 

[Leonidas]

Who knows, it might hav a black front or a bodykit with flared arch's (supercopa style)

 

[Gsamp99]

If the cupra R is released with just simple design tweaks and engine output of only 265bhp, surely it's not much of an improvement over the existing cupra?! It would have to include at least a decent LSD, an option of DSG, possibly even 4wd to make it not only more of a rival to the latest hot hatches around but to make it worth buying

 

[Leonidas]

Has anyone noticed the weight is 1375kg. Thats way lighter the the Cupra. Could this mean its being lightened
Im sure the Cupra was over 1400kgs ....

 

[2zeroalpha]

1375 is how much my cupra weighed according to the specs. Give or take some for k1 kit.

 

[Leonidas]

I seem to remember my 1.6 weighting about 1320 or something.

 

[2zeroalpha]

The cupra has lighter suspension iirc? May have offset the heavier engine. Mine was definitely 1375.

 

[Leonidas]

The cupra has lighter suspension iirc? May have offset the heavier engine. Mine was definitely 1375.

Your exactly right

The 1.6 is 1205 aswel