Autocar - Cupra 300 4wd HATCH?

[Stuart83]

I'm guessing they've got their wires crossed somewhere ... thought it was only the estate getting 4wd?

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/n...wheel-drive-300bhp-super-hatch-confirmed-2017

 

[JACUPRA280]

Who cares? 4WD makes a car boring. Point and shoot. Point and shoot. Repeat, repeat. Zzzz.

I'll take the balance of my Cupra's FWD chassis any day over a 4WD model.

 

[Matt280]

Who cares? 4WD makes a car boring. Point and shoot. Point and shoot. Repeat, repeat. Zzzz.

I'll take the balance of my Cupra's FWD chassis any day over a 4WD model.

Completely agree. Apart from the really bad weather days, but then I take the wife's 4x4 anyway!!

 

[Ken H]

Completely agree. Apart from the really bad weather days, but then I take the wife's 4x4 anyway!!

Enjoying the st 290 so much that if it's something that seat will be putting into production I will most definitely be test driving the car and probably purchasing.

 

[andrew_ww]

Another link suggest there will a standard cupra, and then the rebirth of the cupra r, which will be awd and have the audi virtual cockpit.

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/2017-seat-leon-cupra-r-prototype-has-awd-quad-exhaust-113110.html

 

[AndrewJB]

Its Autoocar fcking up the article, its going to be ST only for 4WD.

 

[xSullx]

Another link suggest there will a standard cupra, and then the rebirth of the cupra r, which will be awd and have the audi virtual cockpit.

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/2017-seat-leon-cupra-r-prototype-has-awd-quad-exhaust-113110.html

From the Autoevolution article: "The prototype has a 5-door body that sits even lower than a regular Cupra on what seem to be 20-inch wheels."
20" rims is surely a bit overkill? I would hope to upgrade my 1.4 TSI FR to a Cupra, when the lease is done (that's still 3.5 years away mind you). And I even hope to avoid the 19" rims coming standard with the 290. Then again, it's just rumors and speculation based on a few spy shots, let's see how things turn out.