Hey Guys,
I guess this has been discussed here before but I did not find much of results to satisfy all the questions I have, sorry for opening a new thread.
I'd like your opinion on both cars as I've been struggling with this dilemma for a couple of weeks now.
I am deciding between two cars; the first a 11/2017 golf gti PP and second 2/2018 seat leon cupra, golf is 1k cheaper, both 15k miles.
My main comparison points: The power, exterior, interior, depreciation, reliability.
Having test driven both cars I noticed:
1- In terms of power, the cupra is sharper and pulls stronger but not like with a HUGE difference, it is quicker undoubtedly but not dramatically, the golf is quick, the cupra is even quicker (pushes you harder in your seat when flooring)
however the problem with the cupra is that unless the road conditions are flawless it is not able to put down all the power, the 300+ hp is just too much on the front wheels, even the golf sometimes struggled to find traction on a wet road however the cupra is much much worse when the conditions are not ideal. Any one driven both? what are your thoughts?
2- Exterior: Cupra dark blue, golf metalic grey. I like the cupra MUCH more, period.
3- Interior: Here's my biggest problem, I had test driven the cupra a couple of weeks earlier than the golf which I tested yesterday, when reading the internet, literally everybody said the golf is a much better place to sit in in terms of both quality and looks. I did not understand this as I found the cupra from inside just beautiful, simple minimalistic looks, a bit boring but with gorgeous alcantara bucket seats and nice digital cockpit, only the plastics were hard and felt cheap. Still yet I could not understand why everybody likes the golf more, I don't care about the badges whether it's a VW or SEAT.
BUT all that changed yesterday, I never sat in a GTI golf and my first impression was "omg now I understand". I was literally taken how beautiful the golf's interior is, pictures and even videos simply won't show you the difference unless you sat in both cars, literally everything felt nicer and more premuim in the golf, even the cloth seats seemed nicer, can't really describe why, maybe that's why I did not understand those who liked the GTI more, but now I admit the GTI is the nicer place to sit in which is more important to me than the exterior.
Also the digital cockpit and infotainment is a league ahead compared to the cupra, which felt a bit outdated.
4- Depreciation: I'm buying both cars cash, the golf is 1k cheaper. Is still the case that VW cars hold their value better than seat?
5- Reliability: I simply can't comment on this, I understand both cars share alot of components, but not sure how is with the reliability with both cars, any one with experience with both cars?
I'd appreciate your thoughts guys!
