I'm very sad to say this but my A4 is going to another owner very shortly.

I will be picking up a brand new Ibiza Cupra 1.8T 180 bhp. I know it's not AUDI but it is a fine motor and goes like stink in the Ibiza due to size and "weight" difference.

I did'nt really get into this forum much but thanks to the help I asked for over the last year or so.

A big bye bye and happy cruising to all of ya!!!

Andy

 

What the hell is an Ibiza Cupra?

Never heard of that....

 

It's a Seat (Say-yot), which I think might be a rebadged Alfa Romeo 147. Seat is a Spanish automaker and I'm 99% sure they've never been sold in the US.

 

Alfa Romeo is nothing to do with Seat. Seat uses the VAG enignes, chassis etc and are up there with rest of VAG quality.

I would never buy an Alfa...SEAT are originally a Spanish maker but VW now owns them....so your guaranteed a certain amount of quality.

If they were sold in the USA I am 110% sure they would be a hit. You get the german engineering in solid but lighter cars compared to that of Audi and VW etc making for quicker cars.

I will be getting a red Cupra, yellow is just to in ya face and black I am not crazy for either.

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The Seat is on Gran Turismo 4. Im nuts for that game. If they're as close to real stats as they say they are the Ibiza is sick car. There as fast or faster, handle as well or better then 95% of the fwds 4cylinder cars in the game atleast. Believe me I've ran time trial laps in them all. Like I said I'm nuts for that game. But I do realize that It's not 100% fact.

 

I think the Ibizas in Grant T 4 are raced tuned.

Saying that in real life the Cupra whether it be the Ibiza or Leon (slightly bigger version than the Ibiza) are fast and handle well.

 

NO the one on the game is stock. There's no race version on the game. And like I said I don't take the game for fact. More of a interactive semi realistic car guys guide to the automotive world that we can't get anywhere else.

 

I think VW don't want Seat in the States because they would probably loose sales with their own VW models. Do you guys have Skoda?

 

Well sod me a quick little update here.

Thanks to my job I may well be getting an A3 2.0T or the Golf GTI 2.0T....Will have to wait until this afternoon to see whether my contact can offer me a special price (fingers and toes crossed!!!)

Laters,

 

No, they don't sell Skoda's in the U.S.