Revised camber front and rear but ride height is unchanged. However the wheels have a more aggressive offset (ET45 vs ET50) so does give a
lower look through the wider track of 10mm front and rear. Rear camber is just within normal range of standard cars adjustment. Front has revised
lower arms/hubs I believe to add the camber. These were developed for the Golf GTi Clubsport S and robbed from the VW Parts bin.
No 'active suspension', as active suspension changes based on loads/steering angle etc. Just the same DCC suspension as the
Cupra where you can adjust the stiffness of the dampers.
If you check this thread on the exhaust they've confirmed part numbers.
https://forums.seatcupra.net/index.php?threads/cupra-300-st-with-mk7-5-golf-estate-exhaust.453316/
There was a lot of misinformation by the press around the ABT and a 'revised' exhaust. The ABT site has been copied and pasted that suggests the ABT R ST's have a revised exhaust. They don't. That was a different car which effectively had the old 370 ABT box for none GPF cars but upgraded downpipe that upped the power to 400. This was ABT 'S'.
ThIs car:
Edit - this wasn't helped by Seat saying the R ST was going to be offered with the 370 ABT upgrade. Even as they said it, a few people on here, including myself, pointed out it couldn't be 370, as ABT only offered 350 for the GPF cars that the R ST was.
I looked underneath and there is a VW VAG stamp on the rear exhaust boxes. And there certainly aren't any valves around the exhaust area. BTW, I thought the tail trims were carbon fibre... no they are black painted steel, or similar.
The black R's are, I reckon, the last of the old models. At the time I got mine (end August 2019) I had checked for alternative colours and only the grey was available to order. Funnily enough, they are being sold by Lechworth, which is where I got mine.
I think these other coloured cars are being supplied straight to dealers, because there is no place on the Seat or
Cupra websites where you could order an R at the moment, let alone a white one.
There was an issue with this batch or R's with the WLTP figures and the way they had been measured.... (I don't think it was the
problem with fixed test results), where the vehicles (150 had been imported) had to be registered by Sept 1st or be scrapped.
I also take on board the
problem of measuring power with a DSG gearbox, unless you drive it manually. I do reckon that the R is producing easily 350 bhp, which is why I wanted to test it on a rolling road.
I thought the comments made on the
Cupra-Net
review were interesting. The implication was that there was a big difference between the Carbon and the R. (And what about the Lux?).
Anyway, I am very happy.... having owned over 100 cars, and probably 50 VAG group cars, it is the best overall performer that I have owned.
My other car is a Peugeot RCZ, which is fun and holds the road well too.
Plus 2 motorbikes.... Suzuki GSX-R1000 and GSX1250 - Top speed 186, which is fast enough.
And 2 yachts.... top speed 12 knots! (But each will accommodate 8 people!) Lol!!!!
