Last month, Seat announced the Cupra as a new
standalone brand. Here are the first images of the first Cupra model – the
Cupra Ibiza, courtesy autopista.es. Seat says that the car is still a concept,
but things look nearly production-ready.
The first-ever Cupra Ibiza is essentially the
performance variant of the fifth-gen Seat Ibiza that arrived early last year.
It swaps Seat logos with the new Cupra logos, and features diamond-shaped
grille inserts, distinctive rear spoiler, twin exhaust tips and a rear
diffuser. It looks like Cupra has used carbon-fiber trim for some parts to
enhance the styling.
For the interior of the Cupra Ibiza, Cupra has used
premium materials like Alcantara and leather. The most important change here is
the usage of a virtual instrument cluster, a feature unavailable in the Seat
Ibiza. It’s probably the 10.5-inch display borrowed from the sixth-gen VW Polo.
The Cupra Ibiza sports the latest VW Polo GTI’s 2.0-litre TSI
petrol engine that develops 200 PS and 320 Nm of torque. The turbocharged
four-cylinder engine is coupled to the 6-speed DSG dual-clutch automatic
transmission.
