Posted April 27, 200321 yr CUPRA GT 500bhp GT car tops SEAT's range SEAT goes from strength to strength (happy now CupriBri?) and has revealed one of its most exciting sporting projects to date at the Barcelona Motor Show. The Cupra GT is the result of joint design and development work by SEAT Sport and the SEAT Design Centre. Under the swooping body is a 3 litre twin turbo V6 borrowed from Audi which pumps out almost 500bhp - good for 180mph. The engine is mid mounted and is mated to a six speed 'box. Spoked 18" alloy wheels, secured with a single bolt for speed of change are mounted over dark titanium coloured AP brake callipers. The front wheels are shod with 265/650 tyres and the rear, 285/680. To complete the sporting picture, the whole carbon fibre chassis is painted a vivid metallic orange with titanium coloured wheels, headlamp casings, grille surround, twin tailpipes and spoiler brackets. Any car to be used for GT racing needs to be rigid and the Cupra GT achieves that through use of a tubular structure with intertwining anti-roll bars. At the front, the sub-chassis is reinforced by the arch formed by the dashboard beam and windscreen frame. The reinforced rear lends rigidity to the central section and the tubular structure, reinforced with a series of buttresses distributes stress in several directions. The solid sub-chassis is the anchorage point for the rear suspension system. The final version of the SEAT Cupra GT is expected to race in this year’s Spanish GT series and SEAT Sport will commence building GTs to customer order later this year. Seat's transformation from building Panda clones to supercars is complete. It's a testament to the VAG Group's marketing skills that they have turned around the brand so dramatically. i want one
April 28, 200321 yr from the topic title i thought you'd bought some new seats for the project car and they were so expensive you were going to p/x the ibiza for them!!!!!!
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