Seat Chooses Geneva Motor Show to Launch New Leon Sport Coupe [w/Video]

The much loved curvaceous old-generation Seat Leon is now officially defunct, and its replacement is a much more angular and Germanic-looking car. However, the Seat designers were careful to give the car its own unique personality, and while there are signs of Audi influence here and there, you couldn’t really mistake this for anything else.

Now, on the occasion of the 83rd edition of the Geneva Motor Show, Seat has revealed the two-door version of the all-new Leon, the SC (Sport Coupe), and while it’s quite conservative-looking, at least compared to the likes of the Opel/Vauxhall GTC Astra or the Renault Megane Coupe, it still attracts attention in a good way.

Furthermore, since its roofline doesn’t drop too sharply towards the rear, for the sake of styling, like on the two aforementioned coupes, it means there will be more ample room for tall adults in the back.

The front part of the car, up until the A-pillars, is exactly the same as on the five-door hatch model, but with a much more steeply-raked rear window, a lower roofline and more muscular flanks, the SC does have an appeal all of its own – it will probably look very nice once the Cupra version is made.

Boot capacity is also very good, and at 380 liters, it has the exact same load volume as its five-door counterpart.

The SC borrows the complete engine range of the regular Leon, but with a 20 kg (44 pounds) reduction in weight over the five-door model, performance will be just that little bit better – it is also around 110 kg (242 pounds) lighter all-round than the outgoing Leon.

By Andrei Nedelea

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