Cupra
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| legal form | SAU (Sociedad Anónima Unipersonal) ( public company ) |
| founding | 1985 (Seat Sport SA) 2018 (Seat Cupra SAU) |
| Seat |
Martorell , Spain
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| Number of employees | 35 |
| Branch | Automobile manufacturer , automobile industry |
| Website | cupraofficial.de |
Seat Cupra SAU is a Martorell- based subsidiary of the Spanish car manufacturer Seat , which sells cars under the Cupra brand ( proper spelling : CUPRA ). With the introduction of the Cupra brand at the beginning of 2018, all motorsport activities were continued under this new brand. The Cupra TCR racing car was presented for the 2018 touring car season.
history
As part of its involvement in automobile sport , Seat founded a "department for special vehicles" in 1971. At the international level, the Seat 124 achieved a respectable success in 1977 , when the drivers Antonio Zanini and Salvador Cañellas senior finished third and fourth in the world championship run of the prestigious Monte Carlo Rally . The company was founded in 1985 as Seat Sport and is particularly responsible for the activities of this brand in motorsport .
After taking part primarily in rallying at first , the activities in the more recent past have concentrated on circuit racing with touring cars . The greatest successes include winning the World Rally Championship three times in the 2-liter class with the Seat Ibiza Kit Car from 1996 to 1998 as well as two titles each in the constructors 'and drivers ' championships in the World Touring Car Championship in 2008 and 2009 with the Seat Leon .
With the introduction of the Cupra brand in early 2018, all motorsport activities were continued under the new brand. The Cupra TCR racing car was presented for the 2018 touring car season.
Cupra (vehicle brand)
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On January 31, 2018, Seat SA announced that the official market launch would begin on February 22. For this purpose, Seat developed its own logo, which replaces the Seat logo on the vehicles. In addition to Seat, Cupra is to be managed largely independently and to double vehicle sales by 2023.
So far, Seat has offered the Leon model range in different Cupra versions. At the Geneva Motor Show 2018, Cupra presented the Ateca, the brand's first independent model. In addition, with the Ibiza and the Arona, the brand is showing a first preview of the sports versions that were still presented as studies.
In addition, an electrically powered concept racing car was presented with the Cupra TCR, the successor to the Seat Leon Cup Racer and the Cupra E-TCR.
A near-series concept vehicle of an SUV coupé was presented at the Geneva Motor Show 2019 with the Cupra Formentor . The production model was originally supposed to be presented at the Geneva Motor Show 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the exhibition was canceled, which is why the premiere took place on the Internet. The Formentor should go on sale at the end of 2020.
Another SUV coupé concept vehicle with the battery-electric powered Cupra Tavascan was presented at the 2019 International Motor Show.
The Cupra Leon and Cupra Leon ST should be available in the fourth quarter of 2020 .
The Cupra el-Born , based on the VW ID.3 , has been announced for 2021 .
Technical specifications
| Leon | Ateca | ||
| 2.0 TSI Cupra 300 | 2.0 TSI Cupra R | 2.0 TSI Cupra 300 | |
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| Construction period | since 02/2017 | since 11/2017 | since 12/2018 |
| Engine characteristics | |||
| Engine code | CJXC | DNUE | |
| Motor series | VW EA888 | ||
| Engine type and number of cylinders | R4 petrol engine | ||
| Valves | 16 | ||
| Mixture preparation | Direct injection | ||
| Engine charging | turbocharger | ||
| Displacement | 1984 cc | ||
| Max. power | 221 kW (300 hp) at 5500-6200 rpm | 228 kW (310 hp) at 5800-6500 rpm | 221 kW (300 hp) at 5300-6500 rpm |
| Max. Torque | 380 Nm at 1800-5500 rpm | 380 Nm at 1800-5700 rpm | 400 Nm at 2000-5200 rpm |
| Power transmission | |||
| Drive, as standard | Front wheel drive | all wheel drive | |
| Drive, optional | All-wheel drive (only ST) | - | |
| Rear axle | Multi-link axle | ||
| Gearbox, as standard | 6-speed manual transmission | 7-speed DSG | |
| Gearbox, optional | 6-speed DSG | 6-speed DSG | - |
| Readings | |||
| Top speed | 250 km / h | 247 km / h | |
| Acceleration, 0-100 km / h | 5.7 s [5.6 s] (4.9 s) |
5.8 s | 5.2 s |
| Fuel consumption over 100 km (combined) | 6.9 l Super Plus [6.8 l Super Plus] (7.2 l Super Plus) |
7.3 l super plus | 7.4 l Super Plus |
| CO 2 emissions (combined) | 158 g / km [156 g / km] (164 g / km) |
170 g / km | 168 g / km |
| Emission standard according to EU classification | Euro 6 | Euro 6d-TEMP | |
- Values in square [..] brackets apply to vehicles with DSG.
- Values in round (..) brackets apply to vehicles with 4Drive (all-wheel drive).
Timeline
| Timeline of the Cupra models since 2018 | |||
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| Type | 2010s | 2020s | |
| 8th | 9 | 0 | |
| Compact class | Leon | ||
| SUV | Ateca | ||
| Formentor | |||
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Cupra Racing (Motorsport)
rally
After separating from Fiat in the early 1980s, Seat decided to start over and founded Seat Sport in 1985.
The Ibiza 6K developed into the most victorious series from Seat in world-class rallying . Seat Sport won the FIA World Rally Championship in the 2-liter class with the Ibiza Kit Car three years in a row (1996, 1997, 1998) .
On the occasion of the San Remo rally in 1997 it was announced that in future it would also participate in the highest class of rally sport, the FIA World Rally Championship WRC . In 1998 Seat Sport made its debut with its first World Rally Car at Rally Finland . But the Seat Cordoba could not build on the successes in the 2-liter class: Overall, Seat Sport achieved three podium finishes in the WRC races with drivers such as Harri Rovanperä , Toni Gardemeister and the former world rally champion Didier Auriol before the end Retired from international rallying in 2000.
Touring car
Seat Sport has been manufacturing touring cars since 2002, which compete in various racing series . From 2003 to 2009, Seat Sport also competed as a works team for Seat. In addition, the company still functions as a supplier for private teams and - in the brand cups - as a series organizer or its supplier.
FIA competitions
Seat Sport participated in the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) from 2003 with the Seat Toledo Cupra . This competition was replaced in 2005 by the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC); Seat Sport started here in the first races exclusively with the Toledo Cupra, before the Seat Leon WTCC made its debut at the Oschersleben race .
Due to the high body, the car has high air resistance . From 2007 , Seat relied on 2.0 TDI diesel engines and was able to celebrate its first successes in its debut year. For the 2008 season , Seat developed the TDI of the Leon 1P further. This TDI had an output of 209 kW (284 hp) and a torque of 450 Nm. Thanks to this further development, Seat succeeded in winning the WTCC titles in 2008 (driver: Yvan Muller ) and 2009 (driver: Gabriele Tarquini ) in the driver and team standings. Even after Seat exited the factory in the 2010 season , the Leon 1P is still represented in the World Touring Car Championship - since mid- 2011 it has been preferred as a gasoline version with a 1.6-liter turbo engine.
Brand cups
In 2002, Seat Sport launched a national one-make cup with the Seat Leon Supercopa, which was initially only held in Spain, but later also in other countries such as Germany. There was also an international one-make cup with the Seat Leon Eurocup from 2008 to 2010.
Seat Leon Supercopa
From 2004 to 2011, Seat hosted the Seat Leon Supercopa brand cup in Germany , which initially took place on the Beru Top10 weekends and later as part of the DTM supporting program . A season last consisted of eight racing events with free practice, qualification training and two 30-minute races each. Only Seat Leons of the “Supercopa” type were allowed to be used. The racing car had a 2-liter four-cylinder turbo engine that developed 300 hp. 24 cars regularly took part in the races. In addition, there was a changing VIP driver .
Other series of this name existed or existed in Spain, Italy and France. In the United Kingdom, the Seat Cupra Championship was a series of Seat Leon Cupra vehicles. In addition, championships under the name Seat Leon Cup were held in Hungary and Turkey .
Winner of the Seat Leon Supercopa Germany
| season | driver |
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| 2004 |
 Sebastian Stahl
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| 2005 |
Thomas Marshal
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| 2006 |
Florian Gruber
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| 2007 |
Thomas Marshal
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| 2008 |
 Nicki Thiim
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| 2009 |
Thomas Marshal
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| 2010 |
 Andreas Simonsen
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| 2011 |
Elia Erhart
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Former Formula 1 driver Nicolas Kiesa (2007), former DTM drivers Peter Terting (2004), Stefan Neuberger (2006), Klaus Niedzwiedz (2006) and Christian Abt (2009) and the later DTM Champion René Rast (2006) and the future Mercedes DTM driver Felix Rosenqvist (2009). Several women also competed in the series: Catharina Felser (2004), Christina Surer (2004–2011), Sabine Schmitz (2004), Kati Droste (2005, 2007), Margit Abt (2005), Vanina Ickx (2005), Gina-Maria Adenauer (2006), Cora Schumacher (2006), Sabrina Hungerbühler (2007), Nicole Müllenmeister (2008–2009, 2011) and Jasmin Rubatto (2009). Other well-known drivers were the Nordic combined rider Ronny Ackermann (2005), the ski jumper Sven Hannawald (2005-2007), the musician Rodrigo González (2006), the actor Axel Stein (2007) and the cook Mario Kotaska (2010).
Seat Leon Eurocup
From 2008 to 2010 the Seat Leon Eurocup was also held, which was part of the WTCC. In 2008 and 2009, the respective weekend winners were put at the wheel of a private seat belonging to the Sunred Engineering team on the following WTCC race weekend ; In 2010 there was prize money instead. The vehicles were technically improved; they now had a new electronic gearshift control that made gear changes faster and smoother.
Models
So far, Seat Sport has used the following models in various motorsport classes:
- Seat Ibiza Bimotor Proto
- Seat Ibiza 1.5 GLX Gr. B.
- Seat Marbella Proto
- Seat Toledo podium
- Seat Toledo Sport
- Seat Toledo Olimpico
- Seat Toledo Supertourisme
- Seat Toledo Marathon
- Seat Ibiza Gr. N
- Seat Ibiza Gr. A.
- Seat Ibiza Kit car
- Seat Cordoba WRC
- Seat Ibiza Junior Gr. A.
- Seat Cordoba WRC Evo 3
- Seat Dakar TDI
- Seat Ibiza TDI Gr. N
- Seat Cordoba silhouette
- Seat Toledo GT
- Seat Toledo Cupra ETCC
- Seat Cupra GT
- Seat Cupra GT
- Seat Leon Supercopa
- Seat Ibiza Proto 4x4
- Seat Toledo WTCC
- Seat Cordoba WRC Evo 3
- Seat Leon Supercopa
- Seat Leon WTCC
- Seat Leon TDI WTCC
- Seat Leon BTCC
- Seat Leon TDI WTCC
- Seat Leon TCR
- Cupra TCR
- Cupra E-TCR
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b fabio: SEAT launches CUPRA as its sporting and racing brand. Retrieved March 7, 2018 (UK English).
- ↑ Impressive appearance by SEAT and CUPRA . ( seat-mediacenter.de [accessed on March 7, 2018]).
- ↑ New brand celebrates debut with power compact SUV . ( auto-motor-und-sport.de [accessed on February 22, 2018]).
- ↑ All information about the Cupra Ibiza . ( autobild.de [accessed on February 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Cupra Ateca (2018): Test, price, pictures, engine, PS - Seat Ateca with 300 PS? Cupra Ateca! In: autobild.de . ( autobild.de [accessed on February 24, 2018]).
- ↑ Geneva 2018: Cupra e-Racer as a pioneer . In: autosprint.ch . ( autosprint.ch [accessed on March 9, 2018]).
- ↑ Uli Baumann: Cupra Formentor (2020): SUV coupé with 300 PS. In: auto-motor-und-sport.de. February 22, 2019, accessed February 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Bernd Conrad: Electric SUV at the IAA. In: autonotizen.de. September 3, 2019, accessed September 3, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.autobild.de/artikel/cupra-leon-2020-st-r-vorstellung-plug-in-hybrid-16360743.html
- ↑ Bernd Conrad, Uli Baumann, Holger Wittich: Seat El Born: Elektro-Spanier only starts as a Cupra. In: auto-motor-und-sport.de. July 8, 2020, accessed July 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Official: The diesel engine is now excluded. motorsport-aktuell.com, July 9, 2011, archived from the original on September 4, 2012 ; Retrieved March 29, 2012 .
- ↑ IKmedia has gasoline in its blood. team-marschall.com, January 27, 2012, accessed March 29, 2012 .
- ↑ Regulations 2008 (PDF; 1.5 MB)
- ↑ Media guide for the 2008 season (PDF; 2.9 MB)
- ↑ 3. dogusotomotiv.com.tr, accessed on March 29, 2012 .