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Seat names its price for revamped Ibiza Cupra, available now

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Author: | Updated: 01 Sep 2015 23:19

Seat’s Ibiza Cupra is available to lease right now with business contract hire deals starting from £161 a month, and £197 for personal users.

The 189bhp pocket-rocket now sprints to 62mph in 6.7 seconds - a fifth of a second quicker than its Ford Fiesta ST rival - and keeps accelerating right up to 146mph; again, 7mph more than the Ford.

Seat Ibiza Cupra MY2017 white tracking

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The key to the three-door hatchback’s performance is its 1.8-litre turbocharged petrol engine, linked to a six-speed manual gearbox.

It’s the same basic unit you’ll find in the old Cupra, but it has 12 more horses and an extra 70Nm of torque, bringing the total up to 320Nm. All that means it’s faster (in a straight line, at least) than the Fiesta ST – the car whose mantle the Seat is trying to steal.

It should be able to compete through the bends as well, Seat says, with a host of tweaks to the running gear helping the driver keep the car in check.

The Cupra drive profile seen on the larger Leon Cupra makes an appearance on the Ibiza’s list of standard features, allowing the driver to set the car’s steering, suspension and throttle response to the desired configuration for the situation.

Teamed with the XDS electronic differential lock, the high-performance brakes and the 17in alloys, the system should help the Cupra match its accomplished rivals for handling.

Equipment

Riding on 17-inch ‘Barcino’ alloys, all Ibiza Cupras come with auto lights and wipers, XDS electronic differential lock, front sports seats, electric door mirrors, climate control and cruise control.

There’s also a five-inch colour touchscreen with DAB, Bluetooth and steering wheel-mounted controls.

Cupra Black models get red callipers and a bigger 6.5-inch touchscreen with 3D map display, voice recognition and two SD card slots.

Seat Ibiza Cupra MY2017 rear white

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The sensible stuff

Performance may be the Ibiza Cupra’s raison d’etre, but Seat hasn’t completely forgotten the sensible stuff.

The addition of gizmos like autonomous emergency braking and tiredness detection mean that the Cupra achieves a five-star Euro NCAP crash test score, while the four-cylinder engine still returns 47.1mpg and there’s a range of gadgets to keep the occupants entertained.

The new dashboard incorporates a built-in infotainment system with MirrorLink smartphone compatibility software and the Seat DriveApp, which allows the vehicle’s touchscreen menu to be tailored to the driver’s requirements and can even remember where you have parked.

The Ibiza Cupra is in Seat showrooms now, priced from £18,100 OTR, or £18,900 for the ‘Cupra Black’.

Seat Ibiza Cupra 2016 Interior

Ibiza Cupra at a glance:

0-62mph: 6.7 seconds
Top speed: 146mph
Engine: 1.8-litre TSI turbocharged petrol engine
Power output: 192PS
Torque: 320Nm at 1,450-4,200rpm
Fuel economy: 47.1mpg combined
OTR price: £18,100 - £18,900
Lowest monthly leasing rate: £161 business / £197 personal
Available: March 2016

All info correct at time of writing

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