WOW, look at all the cars it's faster than: Corvette C6, Cadillac CTS-V, Porsche 911 Carrera S, Dodge Viper SRT10, Audi R8 V8, Alfa Romeo 4C and many more sports cars or sporty cars. Great job Seat. But notice some of these cars have older times.
WOW 7.58.4 secconds around the Ring! Very Proud to be owner of a Seat right now. I have always been a loyal fan of your awesome cars, keep up the good work Seat! Well done to the driver also without him this time might not be possible.
The car is stock and uses street tyres. The efectiveness of the Leon Cupra comes from its technology, mainly the VAQ which essentially is a Quattro Haldex differential, but only the FWD diff is being used. Stop saying stupid things like the car isn't stock and that they cheated. They already beated the previous record without the performance pack. They added the PP to go under 8 minutes. PP only adds better brakes (less fading) and better tyres (Michelin Pilot Sport 2). The Megane made its record with a special edition: the Megane RS Trophy which used high performance tires like Bridgestone RE050A, Brembo brakes (comparable to those in the Leon Cupra PP), a mechanical LSD and some other non-standard chasis tuning (Sport Cup option plus other things). And now Renault will try to break the new record by heavily modifying their car and trying to get less weight. Unless they get better technology they won't be able to improve that (maybe equal). Titanium exhaust and new shock absorbers won't be enough to battle the VAQ and the tuned DCC profile of the Cupra. On top of that the RS Trophy will be, again, a limited edition, so it's not stock. In Spain for example it will only get the titanium exhaust but not the new springs/absorbers.
I love this car. It's fast, it's the coolest hatchback and it's quite cheap as well. I feel sorry for those who waste their money with VW golf or audi A3...
Performance Pack. 280 cv frenos Brembo de alto rendimiento y llantas de 19” con neumáticos Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 235/35 R19 ZR. Piloto Jordi Gené.
Salut Thom si, Pour les pneus haute performance comme les Michelin pilote Sport Cup +, ou autres comme tu a cité ce sont des pneus pour une utilisation maxi plaisir, petite route d’arrière pays ou circuit, mais c’est évident a proscrire pour une utilisation gros rouleur…ou alors avoir le porte monnaies qui va avec. Cette Léon doit rester a mon sens une voiture passion, uniquement pour sortie passion, 10 000 km/an les PS2Cup +on les trouve a environs 250 euros pièces soit environs 50 euros de plus qu’un pneu plus conventionnel en 235/35/19. Pour les plus gros rouleurs ce sera dans une gamme de gomme un peu moins performante, mais de grande qualité comme des Goodyear Egale F1 Asymétrique 2 ou un très bon Continental Sport contact 5P ou des superbe Bridgestone Potenza S001 a 170 euro environ…ou les Michelin Pilote Super sport a 200 euro environ. La Leon possède le DCC arme fatal, pour la transformer effectivement en voiture a tout faire, mode confort, Sport ou Cupra ce qui la rend polyvalente dans cette gamme de prix c’est vraiment bien, reversé jusqu'à présent a des auto hors de porté. Pas vraiment compris pourquoi ne pas avoir utilisé l’excellente DSG6 pour le record a motorisation égale 280 ch ? Reste à connaitre avec précision le tarif des sièges baquets et du kit performance ? Toujours indisponible sur le cite de Seat. Perso en pleine réflexion, mais ce serais mon choix avec la DSG6 bien sur en SC évidement. C’est certain je te rejoins sur les monté lyrique de ton 3.2l de ta e46, ce n’est pas la même chose, mais la Leon est a mon sens bleutante d’efficacité. Je suis allé voir la liste des voitures au dessus des 7 min 58 c’est très impressionnant…Il y a aussi l’Astra OPC Extrême, mais on ne connaît pas le prix pour le moment et stricte 2 places…a mon avis chère , la Honda Civic c’est pour 2015 et Renault sans moi, mon choix et quasiment fait, je n’en vois qu’une…Allé on va dire qu’une Leon cupra SC 280 en DSG6 en pack performance, avec les sièges baquets et sa suspension piloté sera autour de 32 000 euro avec une bonne remise, je vais sur le Nordschleife environs 2 fois par mois pour le loisir entre Avril et Novembre elle serais parfaite.
I saw some comparison with the 4c, nurburgring has some straits in witch having more horsepower really makes the difference, in fact the seat passes the second karussell 4 seconds before, and in the last strait it gains 2 seconds more. I believe this track ain't a good benchmark with that strait. (a veyron gains a lot there) They didnt mention they removed air condizioni(i read). Still an astonishing time for a fwd
+sir joe They removed aircon and the spare tire, to make up for the additional weight of the rollcage fitted. Brakes are from the Sub 8 pack and it's fitted with Michelin Cup tires.
Great speed from the car and great driving from the man behind the wheel. But, the video editing is so annoying that I didn't manage to watch it all! Not a fan of that camera loop onboard - bumper - helicopter...
Now this is the car to beat. Nice looking and pretty fast. So ... the rest have to imprtove their cars ... focus RS, golf, Honda etc. I like this car, the old Leon with some modificatios was a very fast car.
Great lap but they tricked. They put the backseats out (which isn't stock), they used fill slicks and they made a stiffer setup. While Renault Sport used the stock setup plus regular road tires with their Trophy-R. And they made a 4 second faster lap.
Semi slick na jamais exister c’est des pneus ultra Sport, de par leurs structure ou la conception, il ni a aucun parallèle possible entre un pneu racing et un pneu homologué, Concernant les extraordinaire Michelin Pilote Sport Cup 2, il y à évidement aussi Dunlop Sport Maxx Race ou le Toyo T1 Sport, hyper efficace, que l’on peu obtenir sans aucune licence…. Je me rends sur le Ring ou le Nordschleife environs deux fois par mois pour le Touristenfahrten, 80% environs des passionnés présent roule pour la plus par en Michelin Pilote Sport Cup 2, c’est celui qui a la meilleur tenu et aussi longévité. Il ne m’est pas inconcevable de voir certain futur propriétaires de Leon Cupra 280 en pack Performance avec c’est même pneus. Pour la Cupra R pour le moment elle n’est pas la, cependant le record et tombé avec une voiture polyvalente. Après a ce rythme, mes pneus me font la saison…Cela impose un changement une fois par an, ce qui est relativement raisonnable. Encore bravos Seat et a Jordi Gene pour la performance.
Falta el Seat Leon CUP, ¿porque no lo meten en producción? Es fantástico, el Kit de competición le queda que ni pintado, nadie (coches de FWD, tracción delantera) se acercaría a semejante vehículo si lo sacan a la calle. Bueno, a este tampoco,que ya es el mas rápido.
Look closer. This Leon is designed for ppl who can go with this car to the city. 275 Trophy-R is designed only for races. You cant go with it to the city to buy TV or carry dog in it. Leon can, thats why it is better. Does 4 seconds means anything? If Seat would want to beat Renault they would make racing wersion of Cupra too. I bet they would get time x
***** This generation of Seat has full mechanical LSD also like VW GTI Performance pack. Renault has not seats inside and has special Akarapovic exhaust system, radical weight reduction for only 4 secs faster than this.
Yuksek ihtimal 290 Hp'lik modeli ile Dsg'nin getirecegi agirligi dengelemeye calistilar. (Az bir agirlik olsada saliseler ile konusuluyor sonuc olarak) Ama bir daha denencegini sanmiyorum, Seat ve Megane'da performans paketi ustune performans paketi tanitarak iyice gundelik kullanimdan uzak arabalar olusturdular
ThatGuyNamedScott. C yes they do. They said that in various interviews. The dsg is not track tuned. Sometimes it can't do what the driver wants. So they do the récord laps with the manual gearbox. Look at the Golf clubsport s. New nurburgring record, manual gearbox AGAIN.
Semi Slick cela n’existe pas, et cela na jamais exister, c'est pneus réservé a la compétions ou pas, les Michelin pilote sport cup 2 sont des pneus homologué route a caractère ultra sport, pas de semi slick De plus plus rien n'est contestable, puisque le collège des commissaires du Nordschleife a homologué ce record pour une voiture de série, et même deja inscrit au tableau des records du Ring. Seat pour leurs première tentative 10 secondes de moins que le précédent record, pour une sportive polyvalente bravos
Sergey Popov The record can't be validated unless the tyres are stock or offered in option with the car, and the current cupra doesn't come with semi slick tyres, but high quality sport tyres
Michelin pilot sport cup 2 tyres and Performance brakes are part of an optional package called Performance pack that will be available on the production Cupra.
pero727 Indeed, and I don't get the what the fuss is all about. The cost of these michelin tyres is not much more than top range eco tyres. They are not extreme in any way and are street legal.
I'm on my second Cupra, my first 280 SC was putting out 316hp on a reliable dyno. VW group have a habit of messing with figures! My new Cupra 290 '2019' with GPF restrictions is putting out 320 with 7 speed DSG. Dunno how VAG group measures things!
+stuart pirie No, at the moment there are at least two faster cars in Nurburgring: Renault Megane Trophy (sort of a road-legal race car) and the Civic Type R which is much more powerful. When it goes on sale, the new generation Focus ST will probably be faster too (though I'm not sure if it's AWD or FWD). But when it started selling, the Cupra was indeed the fastest FWD car in the green hell.
It's all nice, but it's not stock. This car has non-stock tires, non-stock brakes, and clearly as you can hear a modified exhaust. These tires alone are almost 1 second per kilometer faster than those on the Megane RS. This car being completely stock with regular road tires (as on other tested hatchbacks) would do a lap time of about 8:15, which is still very fast regardless. But think of how is this car 20 seconds per lap faster than the Golf R or Audi S3 who have more power from the same engine, and 4WD? Most people don't realize how much differences tires make. This case is the same as with Corvette and all those other american cars tested on nurburgring, who use semi-slick track tires and then compare lap times to cars who used regular road tires...of course its faster that way.
derbigpr500 you are lying. they made a lap with the normal pack that best the megane rs. and another with a optional pack to make less than 7:00 you can buy it with that pack
Lisez cet article, très bon papier résumant le chrono de la Seat Leon sur le Nurburgring www.speedfans.fr/2014/03/04/seat-leon-cupra-sous-les-8-minutes-au-nurburgring-la-megane-r-s-enterree/
ce record n'a aucune valeur pourquoi seat n'a t'il pas utiliser sa cupra version 265ch ainsi que les bridgestones re050a pour etre sur le meme pied d'égalité que la megane rs 3 trophy tricheur.
Alan Ton Their last best efforts were about 30 seconds per lap slower than the best from Europe...so I don't see a reason why they'd have to achieve it now.
NemTank I'm not saying either cheated or that they were legit. I'm just saying how it's funny that both sides of the story say that the other car cheated :)
Peut être pas, le record de la Mégane avait aussi fait jazzer, mais apparemment le record a été fait en semi slic, et il était temps qu'un constructeur batte ce record qui était établit par une voiture dont la conception remonte a 2008 lol Attendons la Mégane 3 rsr >:)
well this really means nothing,a car has to come from production line and thats it,this one maybe has 350 bhp for all we know,not to mention Michelin pilot sport cup 2,you get 10-15 sec on tyres alone
Megan car may also be hollow, and a technique to be modified, and so on. Renault record was actually true, because the car was not in the original condition, ie tires were already others and do not know what else. But Megan record was more credible than the seat-record. Megan was a very busy time and golf r 7 but this time slower Seat Cupra is still very doubtful. Seat the record does not easily believable. NICE REKLAM
Really shitty footage.If you can't see the track going under your wheels WHILE the driver is driving,you can't really understand what of beautiful the car have,if is the power or the handling or anything else.Thumbs down
Pretty amazing! Ok. Now remove the plastic windows etc. (...........), put some street tires tune the car to be really stock and give it another try... Suckers.
Big fake ! Either they used racing tires or/and a boosted engine. SEAT follows the same marketing strategy that NISSAN : cheat to have a good time on Nürburgring to draw attention.
WOW, look at all the cars it's faster than:
Corvette C6, Cadillac CTS-V, Porsche 911 Carrera S, Dodge Viper SRT10, Audi R8 V8, Alfa Romeo 4C and many more sports cars or sporty cars. Great job Seat.
But notice some of these cars have older times.
+Fast Er It's a fucking beast :)
dude... its just the fastest car with FWD in class of estates... still my favourite fwd estate :) but its not faster than the cars you posted...
@@y0imbooster Look at the overall billboard.
WOW 7.58.4 secconds around the Ring!
Very Proud to be owner of a Seat right now. I have always been a loyal fan of your awesome cars, keep up the good work Seat! Well done to the driver also without him this time might not be possible.
The driver is Jordi Gene, races in International GT Open for the Seat team, also is the Marc Gene's brother. Hope this helps.
The car is stock and uses street tyres. The efectiveness of the Leon Cupra comes from its technology, mainly the VAQ which essentially is a Quattro Haldex differential, but only the FWD diff is being used.
Stop saying stupid things like the car isn't stock and that they cheated. They already beated the previous record without the performance pack. They added the PP to go under 8 minutes. PP only adds better brakes (less fading) and better tyres (Michelin Pilot Sport 2).
The Megane made its record with a special edition: the Megane RS Trophy which used high performance tires like Bridgestone RE050A, Brembo brakes (comparable to those in the Leon Cupra PP), a mechanical LSD and some other non-standard chasis tuning (Sport Cup option plus other things).
And now Renault will try to break the new record by heavily modifying their car and trying to get less weight. Unless they get better technology they won't be able to improve that (maybe equal). Titanium exhaust and new shock absorbers won't be enough to battle the VAQ and the tuned DCC profile of the Cupra.
On top of that the RS Trophy will be, again, a limited edition, so it's not stock. In Spain for example it will only get the titanium exhaust but not the new springs/absorbers.
In your face Renault ! Seat Leon Cupra the new KING!
lol !! semi slick is CHEAT !!
xbenx87 lol !! Renault tested Megane in same way hahahah you mad!
TheEryk03
agree.. semi slick = cheat
***** And still Michelin pilot sport cup 2 are street tyres.
When Seat achieves what Renault did in F1, then we can talk.
I'm sure they can take a bit more time with the DSG, though I kinda feel happy that the manual can do this already!
I love this car. It's fast, it's the coolest hatchback and it's quite cheap as well.
I feel sorry for those who waste their money with VW golf or audi A3...
Golf And A3 are other cars, better build, better equipment and Golf R and S3/RS3 are even faster.
TheEryk03 The golf and the seat are pretty much the same car, but the seat is better and the price of the seat is much cheaper than those two.
They are faster in a straight line vw makes the worst 4wd systems the last golf r was 20 seconds slower then the old megane from 2006
Actually, seat is not so cheap anymore these days....
hahaha
rs3 is much slower and the vw too.
better build and more expensive.
the seats are always thes fastest of the vw cars because they are lighter
Thanks for this Motorsport Magazine :)
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 -WTF WHICH SEAT wanted to prove , THIS IS FACING SHIT
Performance Pack. 280 cv frenos Brembo de alto rendimiento y llantas de 19” con neumáticos Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 235/35 R19 ZR. Piloto Jordi Gené.
como lo sabes?
Pul Jonson www.motorpasion.com/seat/seat-leon-cupra-oficialmente-el-fwd-mas-rapido-en-nurburgring
Tu qué escribes en español, nunca imagine que existiera cupra estándar siempre tuve la idea de que era dsg.
Ahora bien en estándar existe el cupra 290? Ah y cual jala más el estándar o el dsg?
Nice! and completely stock Cupra 280 ;)
+Saturday Car Fever this one is the 290
No! There was no 290 in 2014 ;)
Salut Thom si,
Pour les pneus haute performance comme les Michelin pilote Sport Cup +, ou autres comme tu a cité ce sont des pneus pour une utilisation maxi plaisir, petite route d’arrière pays ou circuit, mais c’est évident a proscrire pour une utilisation gros rouleur…ou alors avoir le porte monnaies qui va avec.
Cette Léon doit rester a mon sens une voiture passion, uniquement pour sortie passion, 10 000 km/an les PS2Cup +on les trouve a environs 250 euros pièces soit environs 50 euros de plus qu’un pneu plus conventionnel en 235/35/19.
Pour les plus gros rouleurs ce sera dans une gamme de gomme un peu moins performante, mais de grande qualité comme des Goodyear Egale F1 Asymétrique 2 ou un très bon Continental Sport contact 5P ou des superbe Bridgestone Potenza S001 a 170 euro environ…ou les Michelin Pilote Super sport a 200 euro environ.
La Leon possède le DCC arme fatal, pour la transformer effectivement en voiture a tout faire, mode confort, Sport ou Cupra ce qui la rend polyvalente dans cette gamme de prix c’est vraiment bien, reversé jusqu'à présent a des auto hors de porté.
Pas vraiment compris pourquoi ne pas avoir utilisé l’excellente DSG6 pour le record a motorisation égale 280 ch ? Reste à connaitre avec précision le tarif des sièges baquets et du kit performance ? Toujours indisponible sur le cite de Seat. Perso en pleine réflexion, mais ce serais mon choix avec la DSG6 bien sur en SC évidement.
C’est certain je te rejoins sur les monté lyrique de ton 3.2l de ta e46, ce n’est pas la même chose, mais la Leon est a mon sens bleutante d’efficacité. Je suis allé voir la liste des voitures au dessus des 7 min 58 c’est très impressionnant…Il y a aussi l’Astra OPC Extrême, mais on ne connaît pas le prix pour le moment et stricte 2 places…a mon avis chère , la Honda Civic c’est pour 2015 et Renault sans moi, mon choix et quasiment fait, je n’en vois qu’une…Allé on va dire qu’une Leon cupra SC 280 en DSG6 en pack performance, avec les sièges baquets et sa suspension piloté sera autour de 32 000 euro avec une bonne remise, je vais sur le Nordschleife environs 2 fois par mois pour le loisir entre Avril et Novembre elle serais parfaite.
Astonishing
Respect!!
I love this car!
I saw some comparison with the 4c, nurburgring has some straits in witch having more horsepower really makes the difference, in fact the seat passes the second karussell 4 seconds before, and in the last strait it gains 2 seconds more.
I believe this track ain't a good benchmark with that strait. (a veyron gains a lot there)
They didnt mention they removed air condizioni(i read). Still an astonishing time for a fwd
+sir joe They removed aircon and the spare tire, to make up for the additional weight of the rollcage fitted. Brakes are from the Sub 8 pack and it's fitted with Michelin Cup tires.
Glad hot hatches are finally *kinda* coming over to North America... I wouldn't mind a Ford Focus ST or something like that...
Great speed from the car and great driving from the man behind the wheel. But, the video editing is so annoying that I didn't manage to watch it all!
Not a fan of that camera loop onboard - bumper - helicopter...
ps cup 2 ?
Amazing :O
Doesnt sound stock, also they used semi slicks. Amazing driver! Who is it?
The record was driven in a "completely stock" car. The driver is Jordi Gené :)
The driver is Jordi Gené
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordi_Gen%C3%A9
Rubén Cano de Lama Marc Gene BROTHER listo! Jaja
+SAACAAS Es jordi gené hermano de marc gené 😉
excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now this is the car to beat. Nice looking and pretty fast. So ... the rest have to imprtove their cars ... focus RS, golf, Honda etc. I like this car, the old Leon with some modificatios was a very fast car.
On video we see Cupra with manual gearbox.
They say record is smashed with Cupra with DSG gearbox.
What is truth now?
Great lap but they tricked. They put the backseats out (which isn't stock), they used fill slicks and they made a stiffer setup. While Renault Sport used the stock setup plus regular road tires with their Trophy-R. And they made a 4 second faster lap.
KING
este Cupra es una makina muy seria, alucinante
Tires?
Fun 2 read all this bullshit here... They use a normal cupra 280 PS with cup tires ....
no semi slick ... thats all
Buenísimo
Semi slick na jamais exister c’est des pneus ultra Sport, de par leurs structure ou la conception, il ni a aucun parallèle possible entre un pneu racing et un pneu homologué, Concernant les extraordinaire Michelin Pilote Sport Cup 2, il y à évidement aussi Dunlop Sport Maxx Race ou le Toyo T1 Sport, hyper efficace, que l’on peu obtenir sans aucune licence….
Je me rends sur le Ring ou le Nordschleife environs deux fois par mois pour le Touristenfahrten, 80% environs des passionnés présent roule pour la plus par en Michelin Pilote Sport Cup 2, c’est celui qui a la meilleur tenu et aussi longévité. Il ne m’est pas inconcevable de voir certain futur propriétaires de Leon Cupra 280 en pack Performance avec c’est même pneus. Pour la Cupra R pour le moment elle n’est pas la, cependant le record et tombé avec une voiture polyvalente. Après a ce rythme, mes pneus me font la saison…Cela impose un changement une fois par an, ce qui est relativement raisonnable. Encore bravos Seat et a Jordi Gene pour la performance.
merd
Falta el Seat Leon CUP, ¿porque no lo meten en producción? Es fantástico, el Kit de competición le queda que ni pintado, nadie (coches de FWD, tracción delantera) se acercaría a semejante vehículo si lo sacan a la calle. Bueno, a este tampoco,que ya es el mas rápido.
Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy-R 7:54:36 gg.
Look closer. This Leon is designed for ppl who can go with this car to the city. 275 Trophy-R is designed only for races. You cant go with it to the city to buy TV or carry dog in it. Leon can, thats why it is better. Does 4 seconds means anything? If Seat would want to beat Renault they would make racing wersion of Cupra too. I bet they would get time x
+Maciek Dalecki
Amen, dude.
Honda Civic Fk8 7:42 😘
Manual transmission? I thought it's DSG automatic gearbox!?
I'd say all the fame goes to the driver, i recon he could do it with whatever.
WOW
CUP TIRES IS UPKARDE NOT STANDARD CAR.
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 - THIS SEAT IS SHIT .
***** This generation of Seat has full mechanical LSD also like VW GTI Performance pack. Renault has not seats inside and has special Akarapovic exhaust system, radical weight reduction for only 4 secs faster than this.
Bon pilote
LOOK THIS AUDI S3 TEST AND LAPTIMES
L'avis complet de Soheil Ayari sur l'Audi S3 Sportback
i wish seat test it again with 290hp new version and dsg .
Yuksek ihtimal 290 Hp'lik modeli ile Dsg'nin getirecegi agirligi dengelemeye calistilar. (Az bir agirlik olsada saliseler ile konusuluyor sonuc olarak) Ama bir daha denencegini sanmiyorum, Seat ve Megane'da performans paketi ustune performans paketi tanitarak iyice gundelik kullanimdan uzak arabalar olusturdular
+Barış Yılmaz why DSG ? the drivers who do these laps get better time with manuals
+Owismael no they don't
ThatGuyNamedScott. C yes they do. They said that in various interviews. The dsg is not track tuned. Sometimes it can't do what the driver wants. So they do the récord laps with the manual gearbox. Look at the Golf clubsport s. New nurburgring record, manual gearbox AGAIN.
indeed, I have a seat leon FR from 2017 and the DSG can sometimes be a bit laggy
Esta vez, el futuro Focus RS se las vera duro para superar a este Cupra
They even hid the Seat logo on the wheel! o_o
Seat is disigning a new logo for the cupra, so they what to hide it.
wouldn't it be faster with DSG rather than mechanical gearbox?
The normal gearbox is lighter.
Alberto Sánchez Prieto even if it is, the difference would be insignificant
Well, we are talking about difference of seconds in a circuit of 20km, may be not insignificant...
HOT HATCH
Semi Slick cela n’existe pas, et cela na jamais exister, c'est pneus réservé a la compétions ou pas, les Michelin pilote sport cup 2 sont des pneus homologué route a caractère ultra sport, pas de semi slick
De plus plus rien n'est contestable, puisque le collège des commissaires du Nordschleife a homologué ce record pour une voiture de série, et même deja inscrit au tableau des records du Ring. Seat pour leurs première tentative 10 secondes de moins que le précédent record, pour une sportive polyvalente bravos
seat is faster because is a never car and has a better engine and suspension is not tuned everything is stock.
Semi slick ?
sure should be. other way no possible.
Sergey Popov
The record can't be validated unless the tyres are stock or offered in option with the car, and the current cupra doesn't come with semi slick tyres, but high quality sport tyres
Michelin pilot sport cup 2
it is street tyres the sport cup 2 to be more exact as you've mentioned, which cost like 300€ per tire : (the car cost 32kish€
ngoht088
yes, with the performance pack 280hp and the new LSD
They used better Tyres and a better Performance Brake, but no more Power than 280 HP
Michelin pilot sport cup 2 tyres and Performance brakes are part of an optional package called Performance pack that will be available on the production Cupra.
pero727 Indeed, and I don't get the what the fuss is all about. The cost of these michelin tyres is not much more than top range eco tyres. They are not extreme in any way and are street legal.
Rickard Boberg yes they are kind of extreme, they last just 5000km and they are horible in wet condition
I'm on my second Cupra, my first 280 SC was putting out 316hp on a reliable dyno. VW group have a habit of messing with figures! My new Cupra 290 '2019' with GPF restrictions is putting out 320 with 7 speed DSG. Dunno how VAG group measures things!
Renault Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy-R Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record (full version) #UNDER8
Woww
Is it not fastest front wheel drive? Just what seat salesman told me.
+stuart pirie No, at the moment there are at least two faster cars in Nurburgring: Renault Megane Trophy (sort of a road-legal race car) and the Civic Type R which is much more powerful. When it goes on sale, the new generation Focus ST will probably be faster too (though I'm not sure if it's AWD or FWD). But when it started selling, the Cupra was indeed the fastest FWD car in the green hell.
whooowww
il a caher le logo de la voiture :/ mnt ont a du mal reconnaître la voiture mince :/
Megane RS275!! :D
Ha,ha,ha thats really good for such a car ...... far better than the super sport alfa romeo 4c ...
It's all nice, but it's not stock. This car has non-stock tires, non-stock brakes, and clearly as you can hear a modified exhaust. These tires alone are almost 1 second per kilometer faster than those on the Megane RS. This car being completely stock with regular road tires (as on other tested hatchbacks) would do a lap time of about 8:15, which is still very fast regardless. But think of how is this car 20 seconds per lap faster than the Golf R or Audi S3 who have more power from the same engine, and 4WD? Most people don't realize how much differences tires make. This case is the same as with Corvette and all those other american cars tested on nurburgring, who use semi-slick track tires and then compare lap times to cars who used regular road tires...of course its faster that way.
This car is STOCK, because is equipped with an optional pack which will be offered by Seat, like Renault with the Megane RS "Cup Pack"
derbigpr500 you are lying.
they made a lap with the normal pack that best the megane rs.
and another with a optional pack to make less than 7:00
you can buy it with that pack
AC IS OFF for sure
nice nice veeery nice car a very fast !
Lisez cet article, très bon papier résumant le chrono de la Seat Leon sur le Nurburgring www.speedfans.fr/2014/03/04/seat-leon-cupra-sous-les-8-minutes-au-nurburgring-la-megane-r-s-enterree/
ce record n'a aucune valeur pourquoi seat n'a t'il pas utiliser sa cupra version 265ch ainsi que les bridgestones re050a pour etre sur le meme pied d'égalité que la megane rs 3 trophy tricheur.
I won't question the result or the means they used to achieve it. I only mind one thing:
FULL-TIME UNDERSTEER!!! :(
no fuckin way that it is stock car!
vladja111 it is
Быстро, но не рулится она по-ходу совсем.
Renault know how to make a better video though all I can see in this is a dashboard and helmet
U need glasses :P
You need to learn how to drive because if this video shows anything about how this car handles then im margeret thatcher
dilawer321 so you are dead since april 8, 2013 regards!!
Pottenhässlich die Bude.
can't wait for honda to beat that with street tyres
soon...very soon....
Honda would be very red faced if they dont.
Alan Ton so would I.
On this Leon Michelon PilotSport 2 tyres street tyres ..
Alan Ton
Their last best efforts were about 30 seconds per lap slower than the best from Europe...so I don't see a reason why they'd have to achieve it now.
WE WILL SEE HOW FAST THIS SEAT REAL IS THE REAL CAR TEST, REAL CAR AND unbiased DRIVER
megan rs record not stock megan rs. dires is fake and so .....
stock meg laptimes are totaly different to fastlaps.com
Les rageux diront megane rs.
La Mégane RS qui fait 7:54 :D
+Spyker8921 the megane was cheated...they built in different windows etc...it wasnt completly stock. the cupra is (besides tires)
+NemTank Funny how there's comments on the megane video claiming how the megane is stock and that seat cheated with slick tyres.
R. elentless and the megane didnt ? ;) do some research.
NemTank I'm not saying either cheated or that they were legit. I'm just saying how it's funny that both sides of the story say that the other car cheated :)
voiture camouflée = voiture trafiquée
et le chrono en temps réel , moi aussi je peux faire un montage
encore une grosse arnaque de VAG
Peut être pas, le record de la Mégane avait aussi fait jazzer, mais apparemment le record a été fait en semi slic, et il était temps qu'un constructeur batte ce record qui était établit par une voiture dont la conception remonte a 2008 lol
Attendons la Mégane 3 rsr >:)
Pas besoin de camoufler pour modifier les performances.
j’imagine que tu possède une Megane RS non? pleure pas, dit toi que ces le moment de passer le flambeau^^.
Cristofer Novoa #Under8 !
+Mad-Max 1 an apres ce commentaire, je te dit que la Megane RS a maintenant fait 7:54 :^)
well this really means nothing,a car has to come from production line and thats it,this one maybe has 350 bhp for all we know,not to mention Michelin pilot sport cup 2,you get 10-15 sec on tyres alone
Michelin pilot sport cup 2 are part of Performance Package, as an optional on the Cupra.
well in that case renault should try one more time,in 2011 these tyres didnt exist
matrixzr Much has evolved since 2011, that is what we call progress. :)
matrixzr They already beat Seat record with Renault Megane 275RS Trophy-R.
My comment is 4 months old
Megan car may also be hollow, and a technique to be modified, and so on.
Renault record was actually true, because the car was not in the original condition, ie tires were already others and do not know what else. But Megan record was more credible than the seat-record. Megan was a very busy time and golf r 7 but this time slower Seat Cupra is still very doubtful. Seat the record does not easily believable.
NICE REKLAM
Engine sounds terrible
Can't wait untill the 2014 S3 beats this piece of junk
S3 is AWD ...
Means that audi has more grip in corners
maybe, but that record is for FWD production cars... and i dont think the s3 will be faster ;)
Why people hate seat so much? Anybody can explain me please
I don't like the way it looks, and because it is only front wheel drive
Really shitty footage.If you can't see the track going under your wheels WHILE the driver is driving,you can't really understand what of beautiful the car have,if is the power or the handling or anything else.Thumbs down
CHEAT !!!!! semi slick tires !!!!!
+xbenx87 Road legal, what's your point?
Pretty amazing!
Ok.
Now remove the plastic windows etc. (...........), put some street tires tune the car to be really stock and give it another try... Suckers.
Big fake ! Either they used racing tires or/and a boosted engine. SEAT follows the same marketing strategy that NISSAN : cheat to have a good time on Nürburgring to draw attention.
They used standard tires.. look at the spy pics
juanantenerife Maybe, but what about the engine ? As long as there is nobody to control, these results mean nothing.
Jimmy Merply It's the one that the cupra version will have, i guess it will be close to 280 hp and it sounds really good
nothing is stock this seat . SAME THING LIKE DOPING sport games. FAKE blshit
AHHAAA CUPRA VS MEGAN RS. IDIOT ! NEW VS OLD but MEGAN is real life faster not fake
this is FAKE
like nissan gt-r