Leon ST CUPRA Carbon Edition

[Scrogg]

So, who is going to be one of people lucky enough to get their hands on one of the 45 cars allocated to the UK?

Priced at £35,575 this special edition gains the following over a standard Leon ST 2.0 TSI 300 DSG-auto 4Drive CUPRA:

Carbon Fibre Front & Rear Diffusers
Carbon Fibre Side Blades
CUPRA Bucket Seats
Exclusive 19" Black Alloy Wheels
High Performance Brembo Brakes
Quad Exhaust

They are going to be 'first-come, first-served' (just like last years' CUPRA R) and ordering will be opening "very soon" according to SEAT UK this morning.

More details once they are published, but apparently the cars will be available in Q3, so you could be driving one by the end of September!

Form an orderly queue chaps...

 

[Maypack]

Spoke to my local dealer yesterday and he said all SEAT dealers that become Cupra centres will get one of each Cupra for showroom and test drive purposes only. They will not be able to sell the showroom model, they are there to make sure a Cupra is available for test drives as usually there are none available.

Don’t think that will include the R models though.


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[Scrogg]

Not really sure what that has to do with the Carbon Edition, but it is basically correct...

 

[Maypack]

Not really sure what that has to do with the Carbon Edition, but it is basically correct...

I forgot to add in that my local dealer is going for one.


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[DJ_Eatch]

I'd love to see a comparison of how this stacks up against the CUPRA ST R. Mainly in terms of availability, dates, price, additional feature etc. I'm guessing there aren't enough details about the R to do this yet, just speculation
Personally i'm torn between a carbon now, or an R later... PCP runs out in November.... :-s

 

[Syphon]

Isn't this just the R but not being called the R? Spec is the same as the R shown in Barcelona.

 

[Syphon]

Also not technically CUPRA brand so moving thread.

Scott

 

[Scrogg]

I'd love to see a comparison of how this stacks up against the CUPRA ST R.

Isn't this just the R but not being called the R? Spec is the same as the R shown in Barcelona.

Basically, yes. Although using the 'Carbon Edition' name leaves the door open for doing something next year to mark the end of the current Mk3 CUPRA...

 

[Syphon]

Basically, yes. Although using the 'Carbon Edition' name leaves the door open for doing something next year to mark the end of the current Mk3 CUPRA...

I think that would just pee people off as the price sounds similar. Sure they haven't decided to drop the R badging? The R in Barcelona didn't have the flared arches and sounds exactly as described.

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[Scrogg]

This is all we were shown on the day...

 

[Damo H]

Not sure they can make a final more powerful ‘R’ model at the end of the Mark 3’s life, what with the issues they’re having on emissions.

 

[Syphon]

This is all we were shown on the day... View attachment 904

Ta. So that is an R without the bronze same wheels. All the rest looks the same. Agree re emissions maybe that's a change of plan?

Scott

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[AndrewJB]

The MK3 Cupra has been watered down and down far too many editions of it. sign of things to come as well I'm afraid.

 

[Damo H]

The MK3 Cupra has been watered down and down far too many editions of it. sign of things to come as well I'm afraid.

280
290
290 Black Edition
300
310 R (UK) / 300 R (DSG)
300 ST Carbon Edition

Any I’ve missed?

 

[Syphon]

280
290
290 Black Edition
300
310 R (UK) / 300 R (DSG)
300 ST Carbon Edition

Any I’ve missed?

265

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[Peller]

Cupra 280 Sub 8 thingy?

 

[Blowski]

Anyone fancy lending me £33k??... all I need is a payment free period of about 5 years, give or take


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[Jaco2k]

Check the thread I posted earlier - there is actually a quite detailed video review of the car:

https://forums.seatcupra.net/index.php?threads/seat-leon-cupra-300-carbon-edition.445015/

 

[Damo H]

Cupra 280 Sub 8 thingy?

That was just a performance pack for the 280 and 290. It’s also available on the 300 outside the UK.

Edit:
Unless you’re talking the Uber special Sub8 that you could order with the air con removed.

 

[st.tony]

Carbon edition ehh, sounds interesting, I'll have to keep an eye on that, seems to include most of what I wanted anyway.