When I was handed the official press pack for the Leon Cupra back in Feb 2007, it didn't say they would never use the R brand again. It simply expressed they had no specific plans to revitalise it at the current time.
I now demand 18 months of tedious rumour, "inside information" and wild speculation from as many people as possible over 54 different threads because people keep starting new ones.
A bloke I know met someone who read a book about an interior decorator who did up the apartment block where Walter Da Silva's dog walker used to live, and apparently the new Cupra R will have four wheel drive (but it'll be proper four wheel drive and not Haldex-based) and it will also have 600bhp, active aerodynamics and 27" rims.
Facelift looks good, though. Freshens it up, which is all that a facelift is supposed to do.