You can save money were a Dealer is happy to sell you one at the same price as Brokers.

 

Some people are happy to deal in Cash Money.

happy possibly but arguably not sensible given you could earn 5+% on it and let Seat pay for the honour of selling you the car on finance. I'd certainly prefer to keep the cash in an ISA/savings account

What ever works best financially for you obviously is the way to do things.

Thread title should have said "Leon Cupra" obviously, but you've worked that one out.  I've run the configurator again and could only reach £31,707 this time - must have forgotten to add something. Still a whole hill of money....

Thread title should have said "Leon Cupra" obviously, but you've worked that one out.  I've run the configurator again and could only reach £31,707 this time - must have forgotten to add something. Still a whole hill of money....

Try the same with a vRS and you'll get to roughly the same amount. There's no doubt cars are getting expensive, but the Leon Cupra looks fair value against its competitors given its performance, handling and features, etc.

Thread title should have said "Leon Cupra" obviously, but you've worked that one out. I've run the configurator again and could only reach £31,707 this time - must have forgotten to add something. Still a whole hill of money....

so how much is the lower powered, less focused octy VRS coming in at when specced up?

Edit -jlwah said it better in the post above!

APR have a post in the Performance Section with them getting the Octavia 3 vRS 220 ps to 300 bhp.

 

So if anyone wants a 25 grand car with no manufacturers warranty, there is an option.

APR have a post in the Performance Section with them getting the Octavia 3 vRS 220 ps to 300 bhp.

 

So if anyone wants a 25 grand car with no manufacturers warranty, there is an option.

that's one way to look at it. Mine would be 'or a quicker 280ps car with a warranty for 23.5k and a cupra badge' or a Cupra with no warranty for 24k with a remap with even more power and torque than the remapped VRS can muster!'

im guessing that people saying they are the same as the VRS havent actually driven one?

I dont know if your referring to me here or not haha. I didnt mean it was like a vrs, i was just using skodas spec line in comparison to seats to try and explain what i meant

I didnt mean its the same, because its not haha.

APR have a post in the Performance Section with them getting the Octavia 3 vRS 220 ps to 300 bhp.

 

So if anyone wants a 25 grand car with no manufacturers warranty, there is an option.

I guess thats a similar thing to a cupra i went in. It started at about 210 i think, and got mapped up to 300bhp. It was pretty good. Defo worth while doing.

I wouldnt have the balls on a brand new car though haha.

3 Red 5 door Leon Cupra 280 DSG on Autotrader today. 

1 is New with 10 Miles with an 'Asking Price' £5 under £25,000,  

&

2 Demonstrators, 1 with Panoramic Roof. Available in 3 months/3,000 miles, 

with the usual High Asking price at present.

 

They will obviously never be raced or rallied in the first 3,000 miles or ever get good petrol in them.

no five door?! Err, yes, there is or I drove something else that had cupra badges all over it!

Struggling to configure one with 5 doors on the seat website. Perhaps i am blind....[emoji2]

That is down to the SEAT Configurator.

 

The Leon Price List is there on the site to see the 5 doors.

The cars are on the forecourts/dealers to see.

 

& the 3 red 5 doors here.

http://autotrader.co.uk

Struggling to configure one with 5 doors on the seat website. Perhaps i am blind....[emoji2]

Just check out the mag reviews online or the Seat model info:

http://web1.seat.co.uk/static/brochures/SEAT_Leon_Cupra_brochure.pdf

Now just the styling then

I like it with cars that are not lookers, that when you are in them you do not see what you look like unless you drive past big windows to see what it is like or spot another vehicle of the same model.

 

When you drive an Octavia that happens quite regularly if you go passed a Taxi rank.

Now just the styling then

But thats only an issue for you if you dont like it. Styling is personal/objective. I love it and feel it makes the Octavia look fairly boring and staid. Others will think its over the top - thats the beauty of design - something out there for everyone. Personally Ive never chosen a car for how it looks and to prove it Ive owned a mk1 Octavia and a Yeti! The drive and how it makes you feel is far more important imo.

Struggling to configure one with 5 doors on the seat website. Perhaps i am blind....[emoji2]

 

On the configurator screen with all the cars, click on New Leon 5dr. The Cupra then came up automatically. I just ticked nearly everything on options and accessories and got to £34,461

But thats only an issue for you if you dont like it. Styling is personal/objective. I love it and feel it makes the Octavia look fairly boring and staid. Others will think its over the top - thats the beauty of design - something out there for everyone. Personally Ive never chosen a car for how it looks and to prove it Ive owned a mk1 Octavia and a Yeti! The drive and how it makes you feel is far more important imo.

 

The Cupra is the understated one!

The Cupra is the understated one!

Thats objective again. Compared to my Yeti for instance - its very adventurously styled with its big two slash bodywork design at the sides, bright triangular LED front headlamps, 19" Porsche style alloys and dual exit exhaust system.  

OMG, doesn't come in yellow either.  

Now that, I hadn't spotted.

How about £21k with DSG / 5dr / winter pack / sound system 5k miles. Equivalent golf R new was £37k, and no its not because I can't afford an audi or confused about the brand! I couldn't give a flying Fk about what other people think about my brand choice of car, which is why I had 2 vrs octys before it! Obviously, I think it's a brilliant execution of the hot hatch. Ymmv.

How about £21k with DSG / 5dr / winter pack / sound system 5k miles. Equivalent golf R new was £37k, and no its not because I can't afford an audi or confused about the brand! I couldn't give a flying Fk about what other people think about my brand choice of car, which is why I had 2 vrs octys before it! Obviously, I think it's a brilliant execution of the hot hatch. Ymmv.

So it's now gone to £16k difference. demo tweeked with no warranty - against a fully specced new?

How big was the last fish you caught stever.lol

Edited 5 January, 201511 yr by vrskeith

So it's now gone to £16k difference. demo tweeked with no warranty - against a fully specced new?

How big was the last fish you caught stever.lol

I don't follow you. Except the fish bit. I posted the new golf price I was quoted straight off the comparator somewhere else, so quoting from (an ageing) memory . The leon is the finance price, which strictly comparing like for like should be £22k, although I got a 2 car bundle discount included in the final calculations. I don't get the bit about demo tweaked without warranty? It's not mechanically altered (yet anyway) and it has the remainder of the factory warranty.

In truth, the leon is marketed against the golf gti pp. The R is to the S3 what the golf is to the cupra. Very clever positioning by VAG in terms of spec and brand value. The comparison of cupra to R is an interesting side dish. Of course, if a cupra R appears with AWD and something between 330 and 380, you've then got multiple brand and spec options taking you into Golf 400 and presumably then some kind of Uber Uber RS3. All Similar modular models , but none of them in direct competition, which would of course be undesirable for VAG. The fact that there are probably just as many buyers of the golf gti pp who want that hewn from a solid block image as there are those happy with a slightly flaky Spanish version for more power and toys at the same price tells you that VAG have ever so cleverly got their brand marketing spot on. If you read Car and EVO, they're both between them running both in their long termers, and pretty much think they're both equal value.

Personally, I don't want to pay for a brand image. If VAG put the mechanicals of an RS3 under an ugly skoda dress I'd sign up tomorrow. I'm only interested in the hardware I'm getting for my £££s and not even too concerned about brand effect on residuals, the finance quotes I looked at from the three different brands were not significantly different in that respect, albeit I didn't look at any number on an audi.

Amazing value for performance available from the Seat Leon Cupra 265 or 280.

 & real bargains on Used / Ex Demos where buying a keeper.

 

Golf GTI & GTI + PP is in a funny position price wise now,

but where they are bought to enjoy, as Keepers, or Lease or just as pay your money and drive them it is good that there are choices.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/road-tests/seat-leon-sc-cupra-265-9916716.html

Edited 5 January, 201511 yr by goneoffSKi