Luckily another member of the extended VW family remembered the key parts of the magic formula and in 2002 crafted its own take on the GTI – the SEAT Leon Cupra R. Actually, the Cupra R was more ...

On the face of it then, the SEAT Leon Cupra ST 300 Carbon Edition is little more than a Golf R Estate in carnival drag, but if you were hoping for a Golf R with a frisky Spanish overtone you might ...

Indeed, back when Cupra was still a badge on the rump of a spicy SEAT, they were sold on ... while the four-wheel drive Golf R barely outguns the Leon with 328bhp. In fact, the only other front ...