Looking seriously into one of these at the end of the year when i have 4 years no claims, have loved the look of them for a while now and at the end of the year looks like i will actually be able to afford and run one comftorbaly. Havent driven one yet but just wondered what the different variants are. Is there a standard Cupra and an "R" or just a Cupra R, and how do you tell which is 180bhp and which is 225bhp. On autotrader is doesnt say which is which.
Seat Leon Cupra - R
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paradigm said:There are two Cupra's. A standard Cupra, and a Cupra R. There are two variants of the Cupra R, one is 210ps the other is 225ps, and the easiest way to tell this (besides that there will not be a 225ps one older than 52 plate), is that the 225 has a red cupra R badge on the back, the 210 only has a black badge.
I am also seriously looking at these. Well, I say looking, I will be the owner of one in under 2 weeks.
You lucky get
.There is one down the street from me, a red one and its stunning, i dont know what it is though, not sure. I could get one now but im going to wait until the insurance is a bit cheaper and i have got the ££ of the summer holiday out of the way then looking to buy late October. Not sure what to spend though, there is a nice black one on Trader for £10500, probably looking at something with no more than 30k on the clock and possibly a 11-12k max budget (Trade).
What would you recommend then as insurance for the 180, 210 and 225 is the same, in fact the 225 is cheaper to insure through Tesco then the 180.
So whats diff between standard Cupra and "R" looks wise? does the R have extra body kit on?
paradigm said:Well personally I'm going for a 225bhp Cupra R in either Black or Charcoal Grey, they have 4-pot brembo brakes at the front, large 18" alloys (although decent branded tyres will be close to £110 a corner fitted), and recaro sports seats in the front. They are all 6-speed, and have climate control as standard.
The only thing you can get on the non-R is leather interior, which really doesn't bother me for the sake of losing the brembo's and the better set up suspension (not to mention losing 45bhp).
Are you sure insurance is the same across the range, for me, the non-R is a good £300 cheaper to insure, the Cupra R being group 17 insurance iirc.
Im looking at £780~ insurance for the Cupra R (225), and im 23, 3 Yrs NCD (soon to be 4).
By the way, its the same engine as the Audi TT 225 and Audi S3, and as such, a simple trip to the REVO lads will see the remap taking the car to 265~ bhp
EDIT: The cupra (non R) visually has different wheels, different bodykit, a different exhaust, and minute (in comparison) brakes!
Cupra R:
Cupra (non R):
Well i will be 27 when i get it and have 4 years ncb, Likey go through Adrian Flux who i have used for years and im sure i wll get the insurance down. I was just trying tesco's online insurance form to see a rough difference between models. Yes the 180 non r for me on tesco was about £40 cheaper to insure than the 225bhp one which is really weird.
When did the facelift mode come in is it 2003?
So basically if i can get this straight.
The 210 and 225 are Cupra R and they look the same bar a red R badge on the 225.
The normal Cupra is 180bhp but looks a tad different.