This is Tech in the Car and I'm driving the 2021 CUPRA Leon hatchback this is the VZ2 model
with 300 horsepower 400 newton meters of torque the CUPRA Leon hatch is a lot of fun to drive
it's fun to go into the corners it makes a good noise I heard a couple of bangs back there which
took me by surprise! I love the exhaust and this is a two liter engine with 300 horsepower the estate
has 310 so slightly more power but this is a bit easier to park it doesn't feel quite as sharp as
the estate which is a bit of a surprise if i'm honest because the estate is a lot bigger car
but still it's a really fun car to drive it's got all the latest technology we've got a massive
touchscreen display we've got a digital driver's Cockpit we've got all the features you could want
the safety features and it's just great to drive you know if i go through the modes on this car
i have absolutely no complaints whatsoever over how i handle so
right now in CUPRA mode if i change the mode to a different mode let's say we go to
comfort and in comfort the car gets a lot quieter but it doesn't feel much different to drive it's
quieter it's not quite as fast accelerate when we put it into sport the exhaust gets a bit louder
and it definitely feels a bit more precise and sport is where most people's cars live right
and then we've got our CUPRA mode which makes it a bit louder still at least inside i don't know
what it's like outside but it feels a bit louder when you look at it it says DCC CUPRA, steering
CUPRA, engine CUPRA, engine sound CUPRA I mean what does that mean like what what does that mean
i mean i understand it's the car and it's the brand but what is a CUPRA sound a good question
i don't know it's more sporty than sport that's the point and it's very cool to have a CUPRA mode
and i like that a lot the modes feel very similar in terms of suspension and handling
sharper in sport than comfort and CUPRA is sharper than sport to drive i would definitely
check out a layout both the hatch and the estate because they've got everything you
can need and the options seem to be really good value as well to get a safety pack for 220 pounds
is a really good value option without costing a lot more this is the CUPRA leon hatch this car has
a seven speed automatic gearbox 300 horsepower 400 newton meters of torque because there's zero to 62
in 5.7 seconds now you might be wondering what's the difference between the vz1 the vz2 the vz3
so the answer to that is these cars come with a lot of standard equipment anyway but with
the vz2 you get 19 inch machined black and silver alloy wheels the cooper dynamic and comfort pack
and if you have the e-hybrid you get the mode 2 charging cable and then with the vz3 you get
19-inch aerodynamic machined black and silver alloys wireless phone charger heated front
seats leather upholstery power seat with the memory and powered lumber adjustment
and then the cooper leather flat bottom heated steering wheel which is a really cool one and
then the CUPRA dynamic comfort pack virtual pedal with electric tailgate for the estate
which you've seen on the estate and again a mode two charging cable if you have the e-hybrid
model so everything else i haven't mentioned on there is standard and that's what makes these cars
really good value we've got the same design on the headlights
the same front grille the same adaptive cruise control sensor we've got the 19 inch
alloy wheels and just like on the estate which would make sense you've got this really cool
design line which comes across here and down in a v and then the doors kind of have a curve to them
and then we've got that v design line again down here aloe wheels and then the rear car again has
a 300 ps CUPRA it's got your quad exhaust pipes and you'll also notice this has got a colored
red diffuser which wasn't any of the cars i've seen we got the distinctive rear light design
and it opens up like this and that is the boot space and there is 380 litres of boot space
in this car and you can quite easily see you've got your tether points
and ability to hook shopping et cetera and i've got some camera equipment in here and we have
no issue at all with that i'm in the cupra leon estate this is the vz3 310 horsepower
four-wheel drive estate from cooper this estate feels incredibly sporty it's very easy to forget
that you're even in an estate i don't notice the fact that there's enough space for you know the
dog in the shopping and a whole family behind me i feel like i'm driving a much smaller car
and that's pretty impressive not to mention that the technology in here is absolutely fantastic
we've got this super sporty steering wheel which is absolutely incredible it just needs some
alcantara to be the perfect steering wheel really that these steering wheels in the coopers uh
are awesome the display in this layout estate is 10 inches compared to the for mentor which
is 12 inches if you've seen my video it's a bit smaller so going from one to the other
i wish it was an extra two inches but it's the same exact infotainment system we've got wireless
android auto we've got wireless apple carplay we've got a really cool dashboard they use to
display what's going on in your infotainment system which is really really easy to use
and looks really great and then you've got like i said this amazing steering wheel and
the noise now this makes a good noise there is some fake noise being pumped into the car i
think that's really common but it still has a deep growl coming from the engine and from the exhaust
and it's noticeable even without the pumped in noise this is a lot of fun i'm you know it's
i've never been an estate person myself i know many many people swear by estates
i've never been a safe person and although i openly admit that this is a fantastic looking
car and other fast estates look really really good i've just never wanted one
but this car is making me think an estate might be really good
except for parking it we still need bigger parking spaces but but in terms of the flexibility
and the amount of room you have in the back you can't beat an estate there's there's no
question about that how's this hard to drive well i'm coming to roundabout now and when i
push it into the corner what happens is it doesn't feel like it's a big estate car
it feels like it's a much smaller car than it is and that is saying something about how cooper have
tuned this car to make it so it doesn't feel like it's bigger than it is in fact so it feels smaller
than it is and that is some accomplishment to do that there's no doubt about that how does
the four-wheel drive system handle the road well absolutely unashamedly confidently there's no
even close to uncertainty on the road in the rain and that's to be expected from a vw group
four-wheel drive system but it's always good to drive it in these different circumstances and bad
weather some places unfortunately like england you have it let's have a look around the inside
of the cupra leon estate so just like the formentor we've got this fantastic
steering wheel which i really really love with the cooper button with the engine start start button
with lots of controls on the steering wheel for the cruise control and adaptive lane
assist adjusting the distance between the cars turn the volume up and down
this lets you adjust the side of the digital drive support in a second voice activation changing the
view going through the menus skip tracks and heat stereo so there's a lot going on on this steering
wheel but it looks really cool and really sporty we've got our 10 inch display here
which is great to see which has got the same system as on all the other coopers this screen
is 10 inches and we can go into carplay carplay is already activated it's wireless there's no
phone anywhere down here which is really cool and it works with wireless android auto
as well looking at the dashboard here i really love these CUPRA dashboards they've got
this angular look to them with a five-sided pentagon or hexagon depending on what it is
over there for the vents bit lamborghini a bit also like the new audis but i really like
this i think this makes it look and it got this textured finish it looks really really good to me
some of the models there's even some stitching along the top here of the dashboard to make it
even further and more classy this car has the massive panoramic sunroof which is an option
and then we have our fantastic sport seats here which are really comfortable and fully
electric as well i cannot get fully electric sport seats in my own car
hopefully the new rs3 will have those but i love these seats they're really comfortable
i got them and immediately they're comfortable and they're a lot more supportive than the seats in my
car down here we have our new generation vw group gear toggle works really easily simple enough to
use and then i do love the fact that there's this space here for you to charge your phone and it
obviously will work with wireless android auto and carplay if we turn the car on for the first time
it brings up the digital driver's display and then again you can see how i can tap the view button
to go through different views
very easy i've got it set up here with the torque and pound one side and the g
meter on the other side
and here we go here's how the interior looks
on the outside there are the electric adjustable seats with memory function
let's have a look at the outside of the cupraleon estate four drive 310 horsepower dsg so two
liter seven speed automatic 310 horsepower 400 newton meters of torque we've got 620
liters of space in the boot which we'll have a look at in a second and it's got this lower nose
and smaller grille which is really good and then you've got the adaptive cruise control down there
and they're just very very very sporty the way these cars look if we look at these wheels so
these are really interesting wheels these are standard wheels these are not on option
and they've got a really curious design which i think personally looks very very interesting
i've never seen wheels like that but they look very cool they look almost like
the kind of wheels you see on an electric car except for it's not electric car so there's an
interesting line down the side here of the car if you look you can see this line coming down here
you might not be able to see it on the camera but it's kind of like a v-shaped line
and it comes down the body on the side of the estate through to the back and then you've got
at the back here you've got some wheel arches and here's a return of that v shape which then
comes out to the back of the car where the boot is and then again we've got this new leon style
rear light bar it does light up in the middle this car has a powered tailgate which goes up like that