The hills are alive with the sound of the SEAT Leon Cupra R World Champion Edition. Yes, Switzerland is getting its own limited edition of  SEAT’s fastest ever hot hatch. Now the Swiss are not known for their love of the motor car, with strict enforcement of speed limits and some very tight regulation of noise and emissions, but for some reason they have...

Seat’s German customers are being treated to a tarted up version of the three-door Ibiza SC (Sport Coupe). The new Ibiza Sport Limited comes in a very Lamborgini-esque shade of “Lumina Orange”, complete with black 17-inch alloys, roof and door mirrors. Other changes include a new front bumper, side skirts and roof spoiler. The new rear bumper...

SEAT dealers are getting ready for the arrival of their most powerful, quickest accelerating and fastest production car of all time, the new 262bhp SEAT Leon Cupra R. Surprisingly it’s been four years since we last saw the Cupra R badge on a Leon, and back then it could only manage 225bhp from a turbocharged 1.8-litre unit. Now the engine capacity is up...

For a while now Seat have been creating fun, yet frugal, versions of their sporty hatchbacks. Both the Leon and Ibiza have had FR badged models that sport diesel engines under the bonnet, and they manage to combine miserly running costs with half-decent performance. Now the latest Seat Ibiza has been given the FR TDi treatment. This time it’s powered by a...

The Volkswagen group are on a bit of a roll. There’s a potent new Audi RS3 in the pipeline, Volkswagen have just announced their most powerful Golf R and now, with the Leon Cupra R Seat have got their most powerful hot hatch ever. Using a modified version of the 2.0-litre TSI that appeared in the previous Golf GTI, the Cupra R offers 265bhp and 350Nm of...

These are the first official photos of the eagerly anticipated Seat Leon Cupra R, a 265bhp hot hatch that will be revealed at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Using the increasingly common 2.0TSI from the VW parts bin, the Leon Cupra R will be dishing out 265bhp when it hits the streets. That beats the standard Cupra by 25bhp and is achieved through the...

Seat are currently enjoying a bit of success in the WTCC, with the Leon TDI heading the field in 2008. They have high hopes for 2009, and have released the following commercial to show just how calmly they’re taking to the track. All together now: ‘La cucaracha, la...

Seat have announced the pricing for the upcoming Bocanegra ahead of its UK launch in October, as well as new pricing for the Ibiza FR and Cupra. The Ibiza FR starts off at £14,995 and comes with a 1.4-litre TSI engine that produces 150PS (149bhp) and 220Nm (162lb.ft) of torque. The TSI unit is one of VW’s twin-charger engines that combine a turbocharger...