topclick's Review of Seat Leon 1.8 180 Cupra
25th Apr 2008
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Length of ownership18 months
- Performance
- Reliability
- Year Manufactured2003
- Doors5
- Practicality
Priced well for a hot hatch. Looks great, especially in Platinum Grey.
Bad Points
Cam belt is expensive to change as i found out, If mofidied becomes quite uncontrolable due to fron wheel drive, Small boot, DO NOT BUY IF YOU PLAY GOLF.
General Comments
I bought my Seat Leon Cupra 180 03 plate, so the face lift version in nov 2006. The car had 35k on the clock and was completley standard. The car itself is sound with no major mechanical faults. After three months i was bored and wanted more power (wishing i'd bought the cupra r) so i took it to jkm and had revo stage one remap(which took the bhp to around 200-205 with 230ish lb/ft. I had an induction kit, short shifter and upper strut brace fiitted (i guess i just got carried away on the seat cupra net forum) and then things changed: 1st more power, quite a lot more actually, however, i really found it hard to not spin the front wheels when accelerating harsly in 1st, 2nd and even 3rd gear. Also found it hard to keep in a straight line when accelerating.
So to sum up, if kept standard, not a bad car.
If modified its like a pitbull on steroids let off the lead. And quite uncontrolable. My previous cars just for your information have been :
Alfa 147 2.0
Renault Megane Sport
BMW 325 Ci coupe
Golf GT Tdi 130
But now I have bought a 2003 mondeo st220.
Sy no more.
I hope this helps.
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