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2021 Formentor VZ5 Borrows Audi RS3's 5-Pot Turbo To Become Cupra’s Most Powerful Road Car Yet | Carscoops

Limited to 7,000 units, the Cupra Formentor VZ5 will launch in Q4, 2021.

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Cliffs:

• 5-cyl turbo from RS3
• 385 HP
• AWD
• 7-speed DSG
• 0 - 62: 4.2 seconds

 

[branklins]

That front badge is gross, but everything else looks great!

 

[JMBII]

GOD JESUS

That is heaven. the Styling, the seats, the interior and that turbo 5 oh my word. I feel like Im in 2005 again lusting after Euro Spec cars.

 

[DrivinAW8]

Damn. What the ****. That looks so good!

 

[JackStraw79]

 

[bombardi]

those seats! steering wheel is a little Chevy-esque but the rest of the interior is great!

 

[bzcat]

Basically Cupra version of RSQ3 but sold at Subaru prices.

Meanwhile over at Fuji headquarter, letters pleading for Crosstrek STI or Forester WRX goes straight to the shredder.

 

[silverspeedbuggy]

A couple of years ago I was invited to an Audi driving event held in a large parking lot. It was a full-on Audi event (not just a dealer thing) and they had a "track" set up and attendees got to follow-the-leader in an R8, RS5, and an RS3. My favorite, hands-down, was the RS3. When you dropped it into S, that little engine became a snarling beast. It was like the Tasmanian Devil. The want for an RS3 is VERY strong, and that engine in this sexy wagon/CUV has me drooling.

 

[silverspeedbuggy]

Basically Cupra version of RSQ3 but sold at Subaru prices.

Meanwhile over at Fuji headquarter, letters pleading for Crosstrek STI or Forester WRX goes straight to the shredder.

I truly don't understand why they don't drop the WRX engine in the Crosstrek: turnkey rally-ish car/Subie's "Raptor" (Ok, not that hardcore, but a high-powered, FAST, AWD, offroad vehicle)

 

[absoluteczech]

ADDvanced will lose his mind

 

[NoGrip61]

Wow, this looks really good. Has a lot of really great design features that work together very well, both inside and out. This would sell well in stripped down versions too, I think.

 

[Mazda 3s]

When keeping it real goes... RIGHT????

 

[JackStraw79]

Would be cool if VW Group could rationalize Cupra for our market.

 

[x(why)z]

I'd legitimately buy one of it came here. Well, probably lease, but whatever. I actually like the DSG and am coming around to paddle-shifted autos especially for DD duty.

 

[silverspeedbuggy]

Droooool

 

[tampaSi]

Stop formenting me with this forbidden fruit!

 

[bzcat]

I truly don't understand why they don't drop the WRX engine in the Crosstrek: turnkey rally-ish car/Subie's "Raptor" (Ok, not that hardcore, but a high-powered, FAST, AWD, offroad vehicle)

It is the automotive mystery of our time. Crosstrek WRX or Crosstrek STI is a parts bin car that will print money. All the pieces are there but they just won't do it.

 

[MGQ]

That front badge is gross, but everything else looks great!

It looks like a made-up logo for some side-by-side off roader company that was founded in 2018. (yes all logos are made-up)

 

[Poor King]

 

[Son]

It looks like a made-up logo for some side-by-side off roader company that was founded in 2018. (yes all logos are made-up)

This screams made-up, though, because VW didn't think the SEAT brand image would be appealing enough for cars like these and created this brand pretty much from scratch (sure, there's been SEAT Cupra models for about 20 years now, so there's a bit of history behind it).

I like everything else but the weird badge/brand.