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I keep getting this P2563 error on my 1.6 tdi Leon 2012. Have tested the turbo actuator and it holds vacuum and checked voltage at max vacuum which is at 3.5v. minimum is at 0.7v so nothing looks to be off there. Currently confused as to what could be causing it... is it a faulty turbo...

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...

SEAT has just debuted an all-new Leon hatch and wagon, and the company wants you to know it spent 1.1 billion euros on designing and engineering the fourth-generation of the car. But there's more to this compact than just the bill, starting with the elegant styling. While it's based on the...

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...

The SEAT Leon is fixture at European race tracks and this weekend will be no exception as nine of the Spanish hatches will line up at England’s historic Silverstone circuit for the second stop on the SEAT Leon Eurocup calendar this weekend. This season started at Estoril in Portugal, where...

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...

This past week our friends at CarPix spied two SEAT prototypes testing on public roads, one being their upcoming SUV model, and the other believed to be a 'facelift' version of the Leon.  As the images were taken after dark and during a rainstorm when the vehicles were wearing heavy camouflage...

SEAT has announced their Leon ST Cupra 280, a front drive performance wagon with 276hp on tap.  Using Dynamic Chassis Control, progressive steering and a mechanically locking front differential, the Leon ST Cupra 280 should be every bit as entertaining as it's hatchback equivalent, albeit a...

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...

Seat, Volkswagen's Spanish brand, has released the first photos of their all-new Leon hatchback built on the Golf 7 MQB component architecture. The new Leon should give us an idea of the proportions of the new Golf 7 with shorter front overhangs (and shorter overall length), longer wheelbase and...