Cupra Ateca: Reasonably Priced Performance SUV! // Nürburgring

[@dan.chiorean]

Thank you Misha for this amazing lap and an amazing experience! It was really fast, never thought the car can go this fast on the track 😅

[@JokyGame]

Primul roman la Misha in ultimii ani, daca nu gresesc. O experienta de neuitat, cu siguranta!

[@TheLTcousins]

​@@JokyGamegresesti

[@dan.chiorean]

@@JokyGame chiar a fost o experienta unica! Din ce stiu, a mai fost anul trecut o masina de Romania😀

[@CostashMTB]

Foarte tare ❤ Congrats for the courage to go on the track!

[@dennis-stefanbratu1723]

Felicitări ❣️

[@ICEcoldNordicc]

hats off to the lady at the back seat! took it like a champ!

[@Mr.Rotala]

Anytime a video drops, I get the urge to hop in VR and do some laps on the ring.

[@raduiancu2159]

6:05 Misha is checking his smartwatch while the passengers are living their "car life moment". Epic. And good to see some Romanian cars on this channel

[@dan.chiorean]

Easy lap for him haha

[@alchemy6700]

Mishas ability to kill cars is unparalleled 😂 🏎️ 🔥

[@volvo09]

A nearly all out 'ring lap is quite a task for a street oriented car with a turbo.

[@trifoidarius4313]

Great to see a fellow romanian on the Ring with Micha ! Great car as well !

[@darcyphillips70]

I had no idea there was someone sat in the back, until she piped up going up the hill 😂

[@PMannn]

I'd love to see how Cupra Formentor behaves in green hell...

[@nielsdebakker3283]

the vz5 version?

[@PMannn]

@@nielsdebakker3283 Yeah if possible but I'm down for watching the normal VZ too. But for sure VZ5 would be more interesting especially if we could also see RSQ3 in the future.

[@t3chn0m0]

@@PMannn The VZ5 has also always the Akebono Big Brake Kit and Torque Vectoring from the RS3 which the "normal" VZ doesn't have.

[@PMannn]

@@t3chn0m0 I know that the VZ5 is better although you can get brembos and DCC as an option (in my country they're standart but maybe it is optional for others) on VZ but if we were to see VZ, we could compare how Golf R would fit in an SUV don't we? :D Besides, when I said I wanna see formentor, I meant the VZ5.

[@gds1847]

No one was able to overtake the Cupra Ateca

[@matthiasgrimm711]

11:16 Misha stopped himself doing a Brian O’Connor: „what’s the retail of one of those?“ Love your driving, passengers seemed to have fun. Very impressive it didn’t cut all the power and went into limb mode!

[@m140jam5]

Good to see a car that I have on the channel. Good all round package for the price.

[@rideepicdriveepic]

I totally want Misha to drive me in my Z.....and I totally don't want Misha to take any curbs in it because I'd cry 😂😂😂

[@mgcharoudin]

That's no problem!

[@rideepicdriveepic]

@@mgcharoudin Well in that case I'll contact you before I visit the ring again and let's arrange a drive!

[@mgcharoudin]

@@BiggerThanFrogs both

[@Herewego597]

Would love to see an 370 driven by Misha! Please make this happen!!

[@rideepicdriveepic]

@@mgcharoudin Most definitely both! 😅

[@venturerempathetic]

These videos are therapy. From Dallas,Tx 🏁

[@ottokern1001]

You got to come to the Ring yourself)

[@sammyjjoo]

The temperature was rising quite quickly till 134-136 °C

[@samserious1337]

yellow flag saved the car

[@nazarpredatorak]

That's normal on theses engines

[@nazarpredatorak]

If you watch the fl5 type r laps oil gets really hot too

[@jasonstathoom5142]

I guess if really wanna push this car, then you’d upgrade the cooling. But for a “family” suv with 2.0 300 hp I think that’s a good result.

[@volvo09]

​@@samserious1337the computer will save it anyways by limiting power.

[@sepp0rl86]

Holy moly these oil temperatures... Never had that on my Seat Leon Cupra ST 4drive from 2020 with OPF and my Curpa Ateca from 2021 after 2 laps.... Always around 115 -120°. Laps were done in July and August 2023 with around 23°

[@dan.chiorean]

I also drove the car for 2 laps on the ring and it never reached those temps. I guess it is also about the way it is driven as I was not able to push the car as hard as Misha did.

[@dan.chiorean]

@@KeyBrosUK Yes, I have no complains about the car. I actually did a stage 1 tune which made it a bit more fun. It is a great daily car which can be fun if you step on it. One of the reason why I went with a SUV (instead of the Leon) is that the roads in Romania are also broken 🤣 and I can say that I don't regret the decision. Might have been a bit more fun around twisty roads but you need to compromise sometimes.

[@dan.chiorean]

@@KeyBrosUK For sure 300Hp is more than enough but I wanted to unlock the full potential of the engine and also make the gear changes snappier 😀 also another big plus is the AWD system for snowy conditions (really hard to lose traction). Cheers and enjoy your car!

[@dan.chiorean]

@@KeyBrosUK I want to improve the cooling as well before taking it to the ring again haha. I don’t have plans for going to the ring this year as it is a long journey from Romania (1600 km) but next year I will probably go again 🎉

[@Chris-uv2tk]

The Back-Cam is great!!! Plz always show it in Racemode. Thanks a lot!!!

[@Gatorman_15]

Love the channel. I will be going back there this June. But that was there last June and we rented. The BMW 230 for 2 apps and it was a blast.

[@lobo1383]

Hehe another fellow romanian 🫡

[@ojmck22]

Early access is the best! Also what are the chances you upload this right as I became a member😂

[@Workhardforit-2025]

Sweet 👍🏻😊

[@jplslo8213]

That lap looked crazy fast 😮

[@ciprypop]

Finally a car from my home town ❤

[@imribiy]

Cornering speed was pretty impressive thinking that is a SUV

[@Mlippy]

It's not a SUV

[@alt5z]

Wonder if the temp guage is accurate ? Up to 136C. At that temp it was almost ready for a nuclear meltdown. 💥

[@keysersoze190]

Les voitures poussées dans leurs retranchements.. ça aide dans le choix d'une future voiture.. chaîne d'intérêt public..merci Misha

[@nielsdebakker3283]

Basically a golf r on stilts. Wiperstalk one notch down, it is now on auto and your windscreen got dirty so it thinks it is raining a bit. ps. I hope that you get to drive a cupra formentor vz5. (ateca coupe with a audi specialty under the bonnet)

[@strikejre81]

It wasn't a Panamera, it was an electric NIO ET5 Touring (very nice), I hope one day you can try it for the opinion. It's a shame that gasoline is so expensive and those cars consume a lot, now they have hybrid versions or electric CUPRA Born.

[@ChrisR90]

El CUPRA ATECA es mucho CUPRA!!

[@TheDanbuc1]

at 1:30 it´s a Nio ET5

[@a.andrei8597]

bad moment in my life, your videos are chering me up :)

[@_mo09]

Quite Cool car with good performance, and on 1:30 it is a Nio ET5 Touring, quite new car and it kinda looks like a Taycan😆

[@ZdanoG6]

0:22 Integra DC2 !!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@mgcharoudin]

Did a lap in it, vid was posted few months back

[@ZdanoG6]

Thanks !

[@carlosoruna7174]

love how the SEAT division dips into the vw.ag parts bins..

[@nordinmbarki4497]

No vw got the 5 cilinder in it kid😉

[@d1dvo1]

Super fain, bravo!! Sper sa ajung si eu in primavara la el 😁😁😁

[@nandreanalin4160]

He is Romanian of mine . yay . Great car .

[@jesusmandujano9277]

Just saw one of your old videos driving the C6 ZR1 and it’s one of my dream cars. Was wondering if you could make a new video driving a c6 zr1

[@DrSlump87]

I hope one day you can drive a Cupra formentor VZ 🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️

[@ArcheoFighter]

6:23 what a beauty

[@Terraxox]

ouch oil temps

[@5fake]

yeah strange

[@ridingtherr0502]

135C is pretty nice for a stock car. Reduced drain interval for sure but still acceptable. (let’s hope the oil has decent HTHS)

[@Terraxox]

@@ridingtherr0502 Probably the stock 5W30. I would definitely get an oil change on it..

[@Terraxox]

They do run hot yes. Blame emissions for that too - a decent mapper will correct that ever so beneficial@@KeyBrosUK​

[@dan.chiorean]

@@TerraxoxI changed the oil after this lap 😅

[@Watsmypwrlvl]

embarrassed everyone else on track misha, that's an amazing little suv.

[@Vypell]

03:18 Misha ese auto pasó muy cerca o es efecto de la cámara ?

[@FastbackN]

@1:30 neither of both. It’s a nio et5 Touring

[@whatchis1120]

My daily driver I can't get here in the US, meanwhile I'm stuck with the 1.5t in my Taos aka Ateca. I can only imagine the blast this little suv is for a daily commuter, mines pretty zippy for the 158hp especially around town no problem lighting the tires up. I could get the Golf R, but lose the cargo space this has I'd have to go to an Audi SQ5 for the same equivalence essentially which is more maintenance and higher running cost I don't want.

[@TheYBGOON]

No golf r estate? Or Skoda superb 280? They have the space but not the height

[@whatchis1120]

@@TheYBGOON No estates we lost it in 2019 with a 1.4t only, and Skoda isn't available here. Basically gotta go to Audi if you want something more interesting beyond a Golf R, or some other sports car.

[@DesSaints]

What a great driver!!

[@t3chn0m0]

Misha, will you be able to get a hand on the Ioniq 5N? Seems pretty promising, even though it seems to be really slow > 200 Km/h.

[@ztranier7968]

ahoy Misha, would you take a stock Ibiza 1,5 tsi for a spin?

[@mgcharoudin]

I think it's a bad idea (brakes etc)

[@ztranier7968]

ohh, but the Brake calipers are painted red ;) they need to be good for a couple of corners @@mgcharoudin

[@ztranier7968]

i didn`t expect you to answere that stupid question, soo big thanks dear racer @@mgcharoudin

[@halfonso_0871]

1:28 NIO ET5 touring

[@bedirhan5561]

is it tct integra ? 0:20

[@supraman160]

Could this be like a modern day forester sti?

[@R19Robbin]

Lifted Golf R 👌

[@dan.chiorean]

True 😀

[@noshari]

that's a NIO ET5 at 1:30

[@martinchapman2168]

Good video

[@josefinkjellsson7051]

VW dsg always upshift in manual mode AND kickdown😂😂 The kickdown in M-mode is the first thing you de-program, and the auto-upshift ONLY if track the car so it bounce on the rev limiter. If you, like me, are a autobahn racer you leave the auto-upshift 😂😂

[@dan.chiorean]

So it’s not that manual 😂

[@josefinkjellsson7051]

@@dan.chiorean correct my friend, but it’s a fast and reliable box I would say. The clutch can take a lot of launches and 600Nm in 1st and 2nd gear, and you can fine tune it to 60ms, I’d prefer it before the ZF 8 speed in my M140i, where I had to reduce 1st to 500Nm and 2nd to 550Nm and it’s doesn’t like several launches in a short period of time.

[@peterreynders5639]

Send this video to the factory of cupra and they sales figures increase with....percent.😄👍

[@Ramboonrs]

Where is ite i8 Video, Misha!?

[@Workhardforit-2025]

Very square and very new lol, lets see what it can do!! 🙏🏻💯

[@rel04ding58]

7:40 Is that a supra??🤣

[@micheltebraake7915]

Is het verstandig om de motorolie te verversen als die zo heet is geweest?

[@djisch]

i dont really understand how these cars work with these oil temperatures with 0w-20 recommended

[@gergelyb1409]

Formentor VZ5 please! :)

[@nazarpredatorak]

So would you say the PS5 are better than PS4S? The latter are supposedly grippier and sportier

[@sub7up.]

And bether wet rating apperantly, tried to get the PS4S here but could "only" get PS5 now...

[@AK_Catholic_Traditional]

Correct. PS5 are better in wet and everyday driving. Great channel on tyres: @tyrereviews

[@pablerasss]

People in Porsches trying to understand why fruit deliverer is so hurry (haters: I have a cupra ateca, indeed).

[@Nismo400RGT1]

How come you drove it in standard mode instead of cupra mode? Your gears say M instead of S. Cupra mode is definitely more responsive and you get free popcorn!

[@pokest225]

M is manual mode (gear lever to the right). Doesn't matter if you are in Normal, sport, or Cupra mode.

[@dan.chiorean]

The car was in Cupra mode and the gearbox was in manual mode 😀

[@GaraGentor0815]

If my Octavia RS 500 HP+ ist ready this year, may Misha want to drive it?

[@sub7up.]

He probarly will, but heard he's now implementing overheating penalities....

[@GaraGentor0815]

@@sub7up. Why that?

[@Peter-nj5mv]

@@GaraGentor0815 you didn’t get the joke I guess

[@GaraGentor0815]

@@Peter-nj5mv 🤦‍♂️😂

[@elavaro09]

Nice ateca cupra

[@I_love_oldschool]

Please import it to Korea 🙏 😢

[@vlmxs]

So, please explain me - do you have to pay Misha so he takes you on a lap in your car? I am impressed by Ateca, did not know this is such a beast!!!

[@coolguy_2997]

As far as I understand - quite the contrary - Misha basically pays for the track entry for your car because he buys the track pass card for the whole year - so you just give him a nice car to test and create the content and you just get laps for free plus his driving

[@bingchilling2864]

No, as coolguy already mentioned, Misha uses his season card to get on the ring and the content he gets from it will pay that off. Although in his last video on his second channel he mentioned that the rules for 2024 will change, meaning his passengers would have to pay the lap ticket (which is 30-35 euro depending on whether it's a weekday or friday/weekend)

[@volvo09]

​@@bingchilling2864yeah, going forward it seems a passenger lap won't be free.

[@pedromonteiro2644]

@@bingchilling2864 that money is likely for Misha, not for a ticket

[@bingchilling2864]

@@pedromonteiro2644 The 30-35? He said the passenger will have to pay for the lap ticket so that would go to the ticket. Misha just gets the ad revenue from the video

[@supernotnatural]

Only ATECA I can buy is 1.5 TSI 150hp in my country 4x2 . SAD!

[@sendboi_9726]

136 oil temp, yeah no biggie 💀💀

[@MrLince-hr4of]

of coure it is a seat

[@marwit660]

Cupra Formentor

[@eddienuta]

I would love to see Misha in a VZ5! If no one gets to him, I will do it myself in the fall..

[@Sevcen23]

Yo bro, is that a Cupra?

[@xyic0re714]

The driving position of this thing feels like you are behind the wheel of a bus, I had one as a rental. Otherwise its quite nice for a road car

[@outforaripper]

definitely hope he changed the oil after that, LOL

[@jdeejaxGmbH]

romania..frumos.

[@Diac13]

This is no stand alone cupra. It's just a seat ateca rebranded.

[@dan.chiorean]

But it is sold under Cupra name not Seat. It is indeed still a Seat

[@Diac13]

@@dan.chiorean that's true. I like the car. Glad you enjoyed the lap.

[@Diac13]

@@dan.chiorean btw, please get an oil change. Your oil got wrecked during this lap with these temps haha.

[@dan.chiorean]

⁠@@Diac13 Thank you! I did an oil change shortly after this lap.

[@neuromancerES]

NIO ET5 Touring

[@OPTCO1]

Is that a gas pedal press indicator ? Kinda useless for such thing to be in a car i think.

[@andreabotti99]

It's a power indicator, it tells you when the car is developing full power/torque in the rpm range

[@XD-jz7lq]

perfect car for soy latte starbucks enjoyers in pantyhose

[@KeyBrosUK]

Well if anyone knows what pantyhose wearing soy latte drinkers do, it’s you huh😅

[@nielsdebakker3283]

what is starbucks?

[@TheSlash389]

Now he needs new tires again 😂

[@billybuxtonleeds11]

Why is there no sport seats ? An the alloys looked basic 🤔

[@teriyaky22]

Sport seats were optional in this model, standard on the facelift model. Copper wheels are an option.

[@billybuxtonleeds11]

@teriyaky22 couldn't work it out mine cane with the wheels an sport seats standard 👍🏻

[@teriyaky22]

@@billybuxtonleeds11 maybe in that is in the Uk. I can talk about spanish market, I asume romanian will be similar seeing the spec.

[@billybuxtonleeds11]

@@teriyaky22 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@taivonen14]

RIP SEAT

[@davidcercel1895]

🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴

[@MultiNascar01]

What the tempeture? Over 130? Dont beleve

[@Draquenfull]

the cupra ateca is just a rebranded seat to sell it for a higher price, and people seem to buy them

[@ChrisR90]

Prueba uno y verás porque la gente lo compra, la puesta a punto de éste coche es 🔝 en su segmento

[@Draquenfull]

@@ChrisR90 la gente lo compra por la moda suv. Prefiero mil veces antes el león cupra. Comprar un coche sobreelevado no le aporta nada.

[@ChrisR90]

@@Draquenfull yo cambié del león st al CUPRA Ateca, y te aseguro que es más versátil, más ancho, más cómodo y mejor equipado, y la diferencia dinámica es mínima, también el león era delantera y éste 4drive, y lleva el motor gen4 del Golf R mk8 que tiene mejores prestaciones que el anterior motor gen3, luego gustos colores, pero se critica mucho el suv y casi todos son una porquería, pero los hay muy interesantes y te ofrecen más versatilidad que un compacto deportivo sin renunciar a prestaciones y dinámica, un saludo

[@Draquenfull]

@@ChrisR90 cuando dices versatilidad no sé muy bien a qué te refieres. Meterte por caminos a diario? No entiendo. El león también lo tienes en tracción total y comparte la motorización 2.0tsi con el formentor. El formentor es 4cm más ancho, lo cual veo es una desventaja para aparcar. Y en cuanto a dinamismo sí que sacrificas bastante. Darle un centro de gravedad más elevado a un coche nunca es positivo en cuanto a dinamismo. Por ponerte un ejemplo, el formentor vz5 es más lento en nurburgring que el leon teniendo este último 80cv menos (hablo de la versión vz5 de 390). Creo que tener 80cv más y ser más lento dice bastante del dinamismo que sacrifica. Pero ya no solo eso, mi comentario inicial iba referido a que esto antes te lo vendía seat. Ahora te vende lo mismo una marca nueva y todo el mundo pagando miles de euros más por lo mismo.

[@ChrisR90]

@@Draquenfull te vuelvo a decir lo mismo, prueba uno y verás porque la gente lo compra, mezclas cosas, en Nurburgring siempre irá mejor un delantera con semislick, en otros circuitos como hockeheim GP, INTA etc el Vz5 es mucho más rápido y sólo 2 décimas de segundo más lento que el nuevo RS3 sedan 400cv, dices que 4cm de anchura te limita aparcar? Pero la longitud de más que tienen los familiares largos no te limita? Es mucho más versátil el suv para uso diario, no rascas los bajos, es más fácil de aparcar por su longitud, es más cómodo de posición, es más cómodo para meter niños atrás, hablas de tiempos en circuitos que a lo mejor ni has estado, e corrido en Nurburgring y a nivel usuario es despreciable la diferencia de tiempo si tienes el coche de dayli..cómo te digo, hablas generalizando, y no has probado uno ni sabes nada de su puesta a punto, en Imola el CUPRA Ateca es 3 centésimas de segundo más lento que un Golf R mk7, siendo un SUV...la puesta a punto del Ateca es tremenda, busca información, mira la entrevista de Jordi Gené, piloto que lo puso a punto, te vas a sorprender...no te gustan los SUV y lo entiendo, pero generalizas pensando que todos los suv van como un qasqhai... Poco más que añadir, te lo dice uno que antes tuvo un león st, que ahora tiene en casa un CUPRA Ateca 300 Gen4 y un Formentor VZ 310, y que ha probado junto a Jordi Gené el Vz5 en circuito... prueba y luego seguimos la conversación...para dayli un suv de éstos te ofrece más que un compacto deportivo, y la diferencia dinámica es despreciable.. todo depende de tus necesidades

[@MiguelRJcg]

🏎👌😎🇧🇷

Why aren't you wearing polarized sunglasses, Misha? There is no safe reason not to.

[@marvinratzel3220]

Not fast 🤔

[@ChrisR90]

Ya le gustaría a tú GTI seguirlo

[@ruki7602]

Ateca is rubbish

[@gynads]

That oil temp 😬

[@stoneeh]

"Experior". MARKETING DEPARTMENTS TAKE NOTE !! Just looked for PS5 offers. Unfortunately not available for my wheel size :(