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New SEAT Leon Cupra R

Insomniac — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:18:01 +0000

Die hard Seat fans have waited a long time for the return of the Leon Cupra R, but with an expected release in 2010 at around £20,000 it may have been worth the wait.

For a little more than the price of a current Seat Leon Cupra owners will get a fettled 2.0 16V T FSI engine producing 263bhp, a 0-62 mph time of 6.1 seconds and a top speed of 155 mph. Midly impressive compared to the Cupra’s 236bhp, 6.2 second 0-62 and 153 mph top speed. The tweaks help more than the performance though as the Cupra R gains an extra 1mpg over the current Cupra’s 34mpg on a combined cycle. There is no indication whether Seat have managed to drop the CO2 emissions however.

Aesthetically the Cupra R will be splashed with liberal amounts of Cupra and R motifs inside and out… just in case you forget what your driving.

I’ve always liked the new Seat Leon, I would have had one too if I wasn’t about to be a father and my Mazda wasn’t such a steal.

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Seat Leon Cupra R Exterior

Seat Leon Cupra R Interior

Seat Leon Cupra R Engine

Return of the Spyder

Insomniac — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:14 +0000

Auto Express reveals that Porsche are set to bring back one of their most iconic sports cars: the Spyder. Based on the VW Bluesport the Spyder will be smaller and more efficient than any of the current crop of Porsche models, being more of a roadster than its nearest sibling the Boxster.

Due to its size power will be drawn from an efficient mid mounted 4 cylinder engine, most likely to be the 200bhp Volkswagen/Audi 2.0 TFSi with a tuned version likely to arrive shortly after its release in 2013.

New 2nd Gen Yaris Turbo?

Insomniac — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:00:24 +0000

Could there be a hot new Yaris Turbo headed to the UK? On the face of it an article by Auto Express in January may suggest it is true, however it is more likely to be a Japanese Vitz Turbo. The UK has recently seen the release of the normally aspirated 1.8l Yaris SR which makes the addition of a more powerful 1.5l Turbo model seem unlikely.

You can read the full Auto Express article here: Red alert for turbo Yaris

Finding hard information on this model is proving difficult, not least because I don’t speak Japanese.? I have however managed to find the Yaris TRD Sports M model which looks close.

From what I can gleam it appears to be a 1.5 litre Gen 2, here are some more details:

Capacity: 1.496cc

Bore: 75mm

Stroke: 84.7mm

Compression Ratio: 10.5:1

Power: 88KW/119Ps @ 6000rpm

Source (http://toyota.jp/customize/vitz/trdsportsm/spec2.html)

From the above it looks like this isn’t the 1.5 turbo, the suggested power falls short of that mentioned in the Auto Express article and the stated compression ratio is more common in normally aspirated cars, turbo’d or supercharged cars tend to run a lower compresion ration of around 8.5:1.