Cupra celebrates its motorsport CV with a couple of special-edition Leons, one rather more special than the other
Being the inheritor of a long line of memorable hot hatchbacks, the Cupra Leon has been suffering with something of a hierarchy problem. For the past few years, you’ve had to buy the bigger Leon Estate if you’ve wanted the 329bhp, Volkswagen Golf R-spec engine. But fans of fast Leon hatchbacks won’t be left hanging for much longer. Two special versions of the car, each due in 2026, will help put the five-door back on top of the performance pile: the Leon VZ and Leon VZ TCR.The VZ comes first, the VZ TCR a little later – and both are road-legal, despite what the latter name might suggest. For now, we’ve driven only the VZ.
