{"id":160129,"date":"2025-11-26T05:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T05:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/160129\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T05:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T05:56:09","slug":"cupra-reveals-most-powerful-leon-yet-with-the-vz-tcr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/160129\/","title":{"rendered":"Cupra reveals most powerful Leon yet with the VZ TCR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cupra VZ TCR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SN Cupra VZ.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Cupra VZ TCR<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Cupra has unveiled its most hardcore variant of the Leon hot hatch with the new VZ TCR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The latest pocket rocket pays tribute to Cupra\u2019s Leon VZ TCR race car and comes equipped with a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder turbo-charged petrol engine that develops 320bhp and 420Nm of torque, making it the most powerful front-wheel-drive Leon ever. It can hit 100kmh in 5.2 seconds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The chassis has been tuned and features Cupra\u2019s Adaptive Chassis Control, which electronically adapts the car\u2019s shock absorbers to improve ride comfort and handling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">There are also Akebono performance brakes with six-piston call\u00adipers, quad copper exhaust pipes, lightweight alloy wheels, perform\u00adance tyres, a larger rear spoiler, front and rear splitters, side skirts and a diffuser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Inside, there are removable rear seats, a strut bar and rear netting, while the front features racing \u201cCupBucket\u201d seats with four-strap harnesses for track days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cupra VZ TCR Cupra has unveiled its most hardcore variant of the Leon hot hatch with the new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,898,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-160129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-latest-news-ticker","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}