New SEAT Leon CUPRA R to debut at Frankfurt Motorshow

[mary jane]

wish we could get that beauty over on my side of the pond.

 

[Leonidas]

wish we could get that beauty over on my side of the pond.

If its Ireland ur talkin about, then VW Ireland are taking over importation of SEAT's in November. Until then we'll see nothin like whats in Britain

 

[BeezerDiesel]

I think MJ was referring to the USofA. Land of toilets that flush properly.

 

[ZBOYD]

A couple of pics from Frankfurt

 

[jonjay]

Just shocking tbh...

 

[EmDee]

an insult to mk1 LCR owners

we should sign a petition to keep it out of the uk unless it has 4wd/proper LSD and a bigger turbo...

 

[dave_ph]

i was hoping it was just a bad nightmare, until i saw photos of it at the motorshow.

bad seat..very very bad!

 

[ArosaRacer]

As you can tell they are really proud of it, when the Mk1 LCR was launched it had cupra r plates on the works this just has leon, is it me or have seat lost thier way when it comes to range toppers now?

 

[RobDon]

They lost their way with the entire Mk2 Leon range, making them all look the same is a huge mistake.

 

[jonjay]

this is like a never ending nightmare

 

[thePHILosipher]

as robdon said, just looks the sames as any other leon cupra, they should have saved the k1 body kit for the R at least then it would have looked something different and something unique, like the Mk1 Cupra R, it looked wild and different to the others MK1's

 

[JKCupra]

To boring for me, had the chance to make a real statement with wider arches, side skirts and front and rear diffuser's and larger spoiler but no its just a plain old looking Leon to me.

 

[cap r 225]

the last few posts have said it all realy haven't they

 

[Leonidas]

Its all Mk1 owners Thats disappointed. I know its a lame effort but im just lookin forward to the Mk3 Leon. Its only 2 years away. Ill be keepin my 1.6 till that comes out (unless they make a balls outta that as well)

 

[ukreddevil]

yawn, but this is the VAG group all over, really VW have made some headway with the sirocco but basically even that is just a golf thats been squashed, the r32 is yawn worthy, audi well they have the r8 but even that is bit lazy, they have seemed to still let lambo have a bit of flair at lambo.....but isnt seat meant to be the sporty brand, i'd rather just get a k1 kitted cupra or tdi fr think that looks much meaner on the road and makes it stand out, why do they always try to hide the fact it is the r version and then realise at the last second and stick a crappy badge on it and add a bit of black, basically doesnt that mean that they save a bit of money on the paint as black is a bit cheaper and can be massed produced lol poor form......

 

[EmDee]

not sure what you're on about with the black bits (is it the mirrors?), but I'm pretty sure I'd still have the new R over a TDi FR or a K1 kitted cupra!

I'm just REALLY disappointed it isn't more aggressive (looks and performance wise).

We should send a printout of every thread about it off to SEAT head office, they need to see what they are doing to themselves. I'd rather have a Meganne ffs!

Its all Mk1 owners Thats disappointed.

dude, I think it's all of us?

 

[JKCupra]

Its all Mk1 owners Thats disappointed. I know its a lame effort but im just lookin forward to the Mk3 Leon. Its only 2 years away. Ill be keepin my 1.6 till that comes out (unless they make a balls outta that as well)

No its not, i am sure everyone looked and was hoping for a mean stance looking fat boy racer looking car, yes i know more and more manufactures are trying to make there hot hatches look like standard cars to stop them being nicked ect but lets stand up out of the crowd and say hay look here i am, instead it hides behind lower spec versions and just tries to look round the corner.

COME ON SEAT BRING OUT A CAR WORTHY OR THE R BADGE.

 

[jonjay]

It said and done now nothing is going to change unfortunately.

Just have to wait for the mk3 and hope they listen.

 

[JKCupra]

It said and done now nothing is going to change unfortunately.

Just have to wait for the mk3 and hope they listen.

Or hope one of the tuners gets there act together fast and brings out a bad arse kit for it that we can bolt on.

 

[EmDee]

Or hope one of the tuners gets there act together fast and brings out a bad arse kit for it that we can bolt on.

and some haldex/lsd with a GBFO garrett...

thing is, no matter how we tune it, SEAT will be selling it as above.