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The Touareg R, Golf GTI, GTD, and GTE weren’t the only performance variants to make their debuts at the sadly canceled Geneva Motor Show this year: Cupra and Skoda had their own performance variants ready for the world. The Czech Brand had its own version of the Skoda decided to stick with the...

The new home of SEAT's Cupra performance brand has just opened, and with it comes the first Cupra Leon. Which might just be our best look at the upcoming Golf GTI before that car is fully revealed at the Geneva Motor Show next month. SEAT calls the super Cupra Leon the King of Leons, and while...

Take a seat, cause Seat's going big on performance. The Cupra brand will see seven new models as the company plans to build a more comprehensive lineup, according to a new report. It comes from the brand's Director of Business Development, Strategy, Brand, and Operations, Antonio Labate. He...

Electric race cars are here. There are open-wheel cars, electric racing SUVs, even the World Rallycross Championship is going EV. Now here's the latest from Seat a 670 hp electric monster of a touring car. It's part of Seat's Cupra sports car brand. The e-Racer is based on the Seat Leon Cup...

SEAT has long been one of the world’s more mystifying brands. Alive thanks largely to tie-ups with other brands, as part of one of the world’s largest automakers and with things going pretty well, there was no need to find new brands to partner with. So it made up one of its own. CUPRA, SEAT’s...

Seat’s performance subbrand, Cupra, is taking the "sub" out of its identity and spinning off into its own car brand . Rumors that Cupra would spin off into its entity first hit the internet last summer after a trademark application was found bearing the name. Now, Cupra and SEAT have...

While the GTI is great, there’s a limit to how much power can reasonably be handled by the front wheels. One of the great advantages of the Golf R platform and its 4Motion system, is that all-wheel-drive allows the VW Group to push power levels higher and higher and SEAT wants to take advantage...

The Leon is finally getting as much power as Europe’s Golf R, with a new model appropriately called the Cupra R. This special edition Leon makes 310 hp, 10 more than the previously most powerful Leon. Unfortunately, unlike the Golf, the Leon will be limited to just 799 examples, because...

It looks like SEAT is investigating the possibility of turning Cupra, its GTI/R equivalent, into its own sub-brand. Suspicion was raised by Auto Express , which found trademark applications for a new logo and a beveled badge. The new logo would replace the checkered flag motif that’s...

Recently we have reported that the VR6 engine might be a dying breed , a story that breaks our hearts for many reasons, one of which is its sonorous nature. With some modifications, the VR6 can sound as good as a six-pot can sound - a thing that's perfectly demonstrated by this hillclimb...

The Geneva Motor Show kicks off next week and the announcements are coming fast and heavy. The latest to join the ranks of teased vehicles is the fastest street legal car SEAT has ever produced, the SEAT Leon CUPRA 300 and its race car sister, the CUPRA Evo 17. The SEAT Leon CUPRA Evo 17...

New spy pictures suggest that Volkswagen’s Spanish subsidiary, SEAT, might be cooking up a hotter Leon. The face-lifted Leon was already set for a hot version, known as the Cupra, but these shots show a heavily modified Leon that might be even more powerful still. Our photographer draws our...

Our trusty spy photographers have just sent over pictures of the latest hot SUV, Spain’s SEAT Ateca Cupra. With roughly 290 hp, quad pipes, and bigger wheels and brakes this Spanish beast is sure to impress. Power comes from the same 2.0-liter mill that powers the SEAT Leon Cupra (read: Spanish...

SEAT’s best-selling model, the Ibiza, is due for an upgrade, and photographers have caught the Polo-based supermini out testing in the rain. Although the car looks like a small version of the SEAT Leon, it’s actually a slightly bigger Ibiza in disguise. The new Ibiza will come with a range of...

Auto Express is reporting that the SEAT Ateca Cupra, a hot version of the brand’s first ever SUV, will get 300bhp. The sporty SUV is set to be revealed later this year at the Paris Motor Show. The site reports that on top of getting more power, the suspension and appearance of the Ateca, which...

The SEAT Leon Cupra 280 Ultimate Sub8 has been deemed one of the UK’s best track car’s by Evo magazine. In a recently released video, the editors do a good job of explaining why the hatchback belongs on track with 1200 hp supercars. The Leon Cupra Sub8 was born on the Nurburghring, where it...

During their annual state of the union, SEAT announced that 2014 was their best year yet with 66 million euros in post-tax revenue, an increase of 56% over the previous year.  Helped by growth in the core markets of Germany, Spain, the UK, and Central Europe, SEAT moved more vehicles with larger...

Seat has launched the "Sub8 Performance Pack" for their Leon CUPRA 280 to commemorate the vehicle's sub-8 minute lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife.  Originally announced at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the £2,025 package includes 370mm brakes with 4-piston Brembo Calipers, 19" wheels unique...

The Seat Leon Cupra has a special place in our heart.  It may be because the latest generation is available with 276hp and briefly owned the front wheel drive lap record for a street car at the Nurburgring.  Or maybe, it's simply because we can't have one.  Either way, we try to keep our eyes...