Seat Leon Cup Racer - The Cup is Full

Seat Leon Cup Racer

Price: $125,992
Not content with having raced in the world championship cars, the previous Leon had also officiated in a monotype trophy. Her replacement rolls today in his footsteps tread.

As his war paint and aerodynamic kit indicates, this Sea ...

Even though it is now available in three-door SC, the new Leon is still deprived of muscular engines. Not ideal for a firm with sporting pretensions. Fortunately, at the Wörthersee festival, dedicated to the creation of the VW Group, the Iberian compact bristled. Generously extended wings, rear spoiler, front splitter, large extractor ... its new variant Cup Racer is not trying to win a concours d'elegance. His trick to it, but rather the race pack, either sprint or endurance. This is a worthy successor to the late Leon Supercopa, featuring a spectacular monotype trophy was played on various European markets, including France.

More than elegance, this compact bodybuildée clearly favors the effic ...

Specifications are also not completely new. Adapted to various regulations, the competitor is a pull, powered by a 2.0 Turbo gasoline direct injection. With an even power up from the previous generation: 330 hp instead of 301. Cavalry which guarantees high performance, all that Leon Cup Racer weighs only 1120 kg. To attract even more, it also offers a version of "endurance", which swapped the dual clutch against a true sequential transmission and electronic differential lock against a mechanical locking. Will gain some valuable hundredths lap ... and lose € 25,000 more since the price then flames from 70,000 to € 95,000.


2013 Seat Leon Cup Racer Concept
The Seat Leon Cup Racer, which is based on the five-door Seat Leon, is the racing version of the Spanish hatchback. It is more than 40 centimetres wider than that of the series-production model and is powered by a two-litre, four-cylinder turbocharged engine. It boasts a maximum output of 330 hp / 243 kW and maximum torque of 350 Newton metres. Power transmission to the front axle is handled by a 6-speed DSG dual-clutch gearbox controlled from the steering wheel and an electronically controlled differential lock. A special variant of the Cup Racer for endurance racing can be equipped with a sequential racing transmission with a shift lever on the centre console and a mechanical differential lock. A preliminary price for the Leon Cup Racer has already been defined -- the version with DSG transmission will cost €70,000 (excl. VAT), while the endurance version with a sequential transmission and mechanical differential lock is priced at €95,000 (also excl. VAT).