2006 Paris Motor Show: SEAT Leon WTCC

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This is the SEAT’s entry into the FIA World Touring Car Championship, based on the SEAT Leon. The SEAT Leon WTCC was on display at the 2006 Paris Motor Show, letting us check out what inspired the recently announced 240 horsepower SEAT Leon Cupra.

The SEAT Leon WTCC was introduced in 2005, and unlike it’s 2.0 TFSI road-going Leon Cupra brother, it is powered by a 2.0 litre normally aspirated engine (a high revving unit, likely) as per WTCC rules. Power goes to the front wheels via a 6-speed DSG gearbox.

More photos with enlarged versions available after the jump.

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  • ryan_foong80 (Member) on Oct 04, 2006 at 5:58 am

    Cool!!..

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  • òmn&Ati (Member) on Oct 04, 2006 at 6:14 am

    looks like a spoon racing jazz from far…

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  • aesthari (Member) on Oct 04, 2006 at 7:17 am

    Very nice car, the rear looks similar to certain Alfa models, i forgot which. The front grille looks weird though; it's as if it's all covered. Does it have a function?

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  • Geert Pick (Member) on Oct 04, 2006 at 10:26 am

    Does rev high indeed; Power: 260 bhp / 8500 rpm

    And the grille does have a function on this car; the car is most likely a dummy (meaning no engine inside).For shows more often than not dummies are used since they do not damage/fade/wear in races. Since WTCC is a bumpercar series they tend to get damaged quite often ;)

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  • raybrig85 (Member) on Oct 04, 2006 at 3:17 pm

    aesthari…

    like alfa 147 rite???no wonder ma…same designer…walter maria de silva…hhmm…dis car is very impressive 4 this year wtcc…they let the beemer and alfa down 4 a championship cotender which dominated by alfa and beemer 4 a past years…any dealer in m'sia dun wan to sell seat car ka???this is like a cheap version of vw car…like dis leon…everything is similar to vw golf xcept d dsgla…dis is cheaper version of golf…

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  • superman (Member) on Oct 04, 2006 at 4:29 pm

    Walter de Silva was Seat's Previous Chief Designer (now Design Chief of Lamborghini) and had designed the 146/147/156..

    Also , when Audi took over Seat the aim was to turn Seat into Spain's answer to Alfa Romeo & BMW……..

    This the second year the World Touring Car Championship is in existence, previously it was a "Beemer vs Alfa" European TCC…

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  • superman (Member) on Oct 04, 2006 at 11:49 pm

    Average Malaysian don't know what a SEAT is, let alone that it is a VW Audi Group Sudsidiary. Or that is form Spain, or that it produces souped up cars.

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  • Jeffrey1977 (Member) on Oct 05, 2006 at 2:38 am

    Wau…….. Impressive. I tought touring cars wheel is a abit inside the mudguard? Looks more like a rally car than a touring car.

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  • DAN (Member) on Oct 05, 2006 at 3:47 am

    nice…nice.!

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  • szw (Member) on Oct 05, 2006 at 4:56 am

    AD07 ?

    lolz !

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  • AMG (Member) on Oct 05, 2006 at 6:39 am

    Huh!? Seat tune car like this?

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  • KingKong (Member) on Oct 06, 2006 at 6:45 am

    nice curve

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