Seat Leon Cupra 280 Sets New 'Ring Record for FWD Production Cars with 7m58.44s
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Seat Leon Cupra 280 Sets New 'Ring Record for FWD Production Cars with 7m58.44s



They didn’t tease it for nothing; Seat’s new Leon Cupra 280 has set a new Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record for front-wheel drive production cars with a time of 7m58.44s. That’s almost 10 seconds faster than the previous record for FWD production cars, set by the Renault Megane RS Trophy in 2011 (8m07.97s). Read more »




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