CUPRA Leon DSG VZ1 272 PS e-HYBRID
Just ordered this as replacement for the BMW 128Ti in Magnetic Tech Grey with the Sennheiser Audio upgrade.
Impressive base specification including DCC, ACC, Matrix LED and Memory Bucket Seats, Heated Steering wheel, and 12.9 inch media screen etc, the only real add on for the VZ2 and VZ3 are luxury items like the leather seats and carbon inserts, otherwise, functionally pretty much the same.
The PHEV was always going to be my first dip into EV but there was no car that really attracted me to it that had both design and performance, until these facelift Cupra appeared, To which there is plenty to see in showrooms and been back and forth a few times now.
Really lovely interior with good quality materials, with copper stitching and wrap around ambient lighting and really nice exterior designs with the lighting clusters and DRL.
Would have loved the Matte Grey all these showroom examples were cloaked with but at £2000 decided to pass. Did toy with the Graphene grey as a nod to my previous Pure Grey TCR but think the Magnetic Grey (Metallic) just sits on the Leon better and its £300 cheaper. It was Sennheiser over paint basically.
Colleagues have PHEV and seem to get a long with them really well and as this is a company lease, have dropped my personal contribution including BIK by 2/3.
None have the 272PS so be interested to see how performs in ride and drive as obviously be heavier, but pretty sure it be decent enough as the houses main workhorse with the 19 plate R as more the weekend drive out car still.
Figures state that the 1.5 liter engine is 177 PS and the electric motor is 116 PS which is 293 PS combined so imagine there is some rounding down to 272PS for actual output. Know there is folk far smarter here than me on the subject so be interested to read any comments.
Did also look at the Formentor and Terramar but they would just be selected to be different and seems once a hatch always a hatch with me.
Usual long wait as they ask you super early to be ahead of delays, so be running the 128Ti till December but quite looking forward to the Cupra coming, nice and fresh updated package from Cupra with decent performance of 7.1 secs 0-60 (most videos have sub 7.0 secs) and opportunity to dabble with EV also.
