Seat Leon Cupra Sub 8 onboard | evo Track Car of the Year

The Seat Leon Cupra Sub 8 performance pack brings with it uprated brakes and tyres, as well as a 7min 58.4sec Nürburgring lap time.
For a time, it was the fastest front-wheel drive car around the Nordschleife. Join evo's Jethro Bovingdon here as it laps Blyton park.
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[@Itsallagame1984]

Great car and well presented Jethro single handedly keeping evo alive...

[@300ZCorradoVR6Z]

I like Henry also.

[@regfeener]

Jethro Bovingdon.. You got da skills mate.. Good drive..

[@amigodesigns]

So, in conclusion, this is a perfect car for mountain roads.

[@runnerbaba]

It really is, going uphill with this beast is just pleasure.

[@owismeal92]

the BRZ or toyota GT86 is the best car for mountain roads, it is RWD, it has low center of gravity and it has precise as fuck steering and it also sounds like heaven.

[@tekkaboy80]

Then by those standards the S2000 is better then the BRZ/GT86.

[@owismeal92]

Matthew Clarke the BRZ is more practical and looks better (in my opinion) and some people don't like soft roof cars (like me) so i'd go with the BRZ everyday

[@bogdan135]

The Leon Cupra is more practical and looks better (in my opinion) and some people don't like low grip and weak torque (like me) so i'd go with Cupra everyday Just kidding, it's not for sale in USA

[@bestofblocket]

Yes, it is a nice car :-)

[@cjones7854]

I wish we had more hot hatches in the states. We are getting there slowly

[@timmietz]

Wow! That's some driving!!!!

[@Dannyjones1]

Iv ordered a 290.... I seem to have made a good choice?

[@luciasoler6234]

I drove the car and t think is the best currently hot hatch

[@robinmarples5198]

I ve got a 265 megane cup and had a r26 f1... All fwd but so exiting to drive compare to awd or rwd. Why? Because I can go completely mad on road without f1's pilot skills

[@peterbennpan7288]

Thinking about changing a seat leon fr 184 manual for a cupra 290 dsg black edition !!!!! Should i do it? 😷

[@roystubbs251]

yes

[@martijntalma]

what does the "sub 8" stand for?? did it go round the nürburgring in under 8 mins?

[@drivelinetime]

yup

[@Itsallagame1984]

+drivelinetime with a bit of fettling I imagine 😉

[@Random63R400]

+LtheYAK Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 (like the Megane Trophy R) Brembo brakes and some parts lighter but with rear seats and all the rest not a full blown lightweight weapon like the Renault

[@jochem1986]

Please put this up against the Focus RS.

[@steveb9658]

I'd just be a little worried about the tyre pressure warning!! Guess maybe to do with the heat in the tyres? I Hope anyway!

[@martin_in_the_alps]

Don't worry. You can feel it quite well, if the tyres are fading/too hot/too much or too less pressure on track. A good rule of thumb for fwd cars is to put about 1.8 bar cold in front and rear and then adjust the pressure on grip and wear. I normally adjust the rear pressure after the front. It's easier to get a bit of an oversteery bias.

[@runnerbaba]

I think: They reduced tyre pressure before Racing or after Racing 1,2,3 Laps! Like most Driver on Racetracks do, because of the heat while Racing, to letr the traction stay in the optimum. So they let some air out, and NOT CALIBRATE it new (press one button...). So After some time, the Tyre Pressure Warning System (cheap system works with ABS-ESP Sensor only) will get you this warning. Nothing serious...no problem, just forgot to calibrate the lowered tyre pressure;)

[@steveb9658]

That makes sense. Cheers

[@fabianwrc158]

no lift off oversteer ?!

[@TheEryk03]

Megane vs Leon is like Hellcat vs GT-R.

[@HesteBremse]

Naaa not really

[@orlandowalker3993]

Silverstone ?

[@danmc17]

Blyton Park

[@rfouR_4]

Wat...

[@Nemoticon]

Nürburgring

[@rfouR_4]

Rogue Qall Nah fam. It's that new proposed circuit on Mars.

[@Dylan-C]

This Seat over a bmw M2 on the track ?

[@HesteBremse]

Yes it might be so, we will have to wait and see - I would though still take the M2 over the SEAT even that the Seat is a super hot hatch and I also like how it looks.

[@Rottensteam]

FIRST!

[@mariorma8900]

Congratulations.

[@jaromor8808]

mad props