I’d probably take the Cupra. I had one, lots of fun and too underrated

Golf R owner was a right doyle.

I have a 2019 Cupra 290 and it pops and bangs on the overrun in Sport or Cupra mode so he must have had it in Comfort.

Not a fan of the Golf R owner’s smugness

Rolling race the cupra gaps the golf r everytime

Good video. Keep them up. I've got a 290 Cupra with 4000 miles on the clock and the exhaust definitely 'beds in' and I get loads of pops and bangs, even with the GPF. I'd also recommend introducing a more real world test of in gear performance, such as 30-70. I have a feeling the weight / 4wd combination would have given and interesting result here. I'm happy to do a follow up video taking these factors into account. I also have a friend with a stage 1 M235i who is intrigued to comparing the cars. Finally the cupra is 290 ps so only 286hp so the hp/ton figure you gave is slightly off

Even if the Golf is a clear winner, i would take the Cupra , c'se it's more beautiful.

I'm sure it's been said but Cupras have identical engine hardware and software map seems to give golf R power as well. I just had my 2016 Cupra 290 remapped to APR stage 1. The stock run was 317hp and 303lbft. I know you can't take dyno as gospel but a golf R went on the dyno after mine and made 309hp and 301lbft.

When I see you two guys, I can't imagine you with that cars!! 0-100 km/h with 2 different drive (front vs 4x4)?! Why didn't you tried 100-200, than you will see real winner!

The Cupra looks more sleek with the door mounted side mirrors and the continuous windows on the driver and passenger front.

Been waiting for this for a while, love the cupra!!

Do a rolling race and I bet that Cupra would've won. They defo don't put out 290 standard either(more like 300), they weigh 100kg lighter but have the same engine and dsg box for a lot less money.

Interesting video, I have a Cupra 300 and while off the line slip, in the real world in gear acceleration whilst rolling is fantastic and should have done some 30-50 and 50-70 runs, also going to a race track should have done some lap times, but did seem loaded towards to Golf R

When you do a kerb weight do you take into account that the cat removed is less weight than the decatted straight pipe?

Tyres would and will make a HUGE difference, especially in a front wheel drive. I have a 2016 Golf GTI Performance and the original Bridgestones where really awful. I'm surprised VW fit then from new 😳 I changed them to the MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 and it completely transformed the car. The grip is amazing, you can now launch it with minimal wheel hop and the wet grip is so much better. To say tryes won't make much of a difference means you just haven't experienced it. Great comparison video 👍🏻😊

As an owner of a Cupra 290 I can honestly say on 2 occasions I have floored an R from a rolling start. No mods pure stock model. Some of these comparisons are not real world, however all the other tests and challenges between these cars proves the Cupra to come out on top in agility and speed round a track FOR A FW drive car. Maybe next time test that....

Does anyone know if the cupras now have ambient lighting in the back passengers doors now or is it just the front ones?

I gave this vid a dislike and here is why; 1) is loud = better? You already knew the cupra has been forced to sound less loud, so why test it? 2) from standing to 100, 2wheel vs 4 wheel, why at all test that? 3) this vid seems more like a vw showoff vid where an opponent is chosen where you knew you would win, you even chosen someone who doesnt seem excited about the car. 4) the whole vid, the cupra is spoken about like “its ok” and “not bad”. 5) handling is t testet at all. 6) a point is given simply for the fact that the power to weight ratio on paper is higher for the vw ... ? Who came up with this test? When i find a new channel, i see a few vids before i chose wether to follow or not. This vid decided it for me: do not follow.

Absolutely, loving cupra guys I was so loved golf before but now huge fan of seat Leon what a good suspension look at design and how it manufactured.

What app do you use to measure 0-60 times.

The lad with the Golf is a complete pratt. The way he compares a 4WD car to a FWD car is just moronic and yet he looks so gleeful and happy with himself for pointing out the obvious. The way he has set up the whole video is like it is just a video to put down the Seat. Very very frustrating to watch

How long does the cupra 290 take to bed in, before you can hear the pops and bangs from the exhaust?

Hey, what kind of GPS tracker are u using for ur timetracking? And app as well. Thx

you can pretty much get the cupra for half the price of the golf R on a private lease. I like the golf R a little more but not enough to justify paying double.

Acctually quite similar cars....sounds absolutely 👌.

Thanks for letting me know to get the 2018 model! Much love

You can still get the pops and bangs in the cupra it just has to be in sport or cupra mode, I had a test drive in one over the weekend and you can get the sounds, big selling point so I ended up getting one within 2 months

Great video as always Luke but you need to finish the wrap inside your car door mate !!

Great vid Luke.. it's crazy how much the 4drive makes a difference between the fwd and 4drive cupra st... It's 4.9secs.. be great if u could review one...

Curbed 2 months into ownership? Careless

On A RR the new 290 was putting out over 300bhp, seems to be the same output across the range, R, S3 etc. I also find launch control useless in my Cupra. Better just to floor it from tick over

I've got a cupra 300 2018 with dsg and digital cockpit. I've owned a golf r and now seat. Yes the golf r much more extras and interior as well as 4 wheel drive it is a great car but if we go value to power then I'm going with my seat everyday 👍🏻. Seat is a very fun car it struggles planting power from stand still but when rolling traction is no longer a issue and the car shifts 👌🏻 personally I love it

What decibel meter do you use

Unfortunately the owner didn’t realise that on a cold start up the 2019 Cupra as standard won’t pop and crackle. After a minute or so or when warm it will in Sport or Cupra (DSG sport). It’s loud too. Launch control flops. The Cupra can be quicker when rolling on against the R or S3 but depends on other factors too. In the wet the Cupra obviously won’t be as sure footed.

Hi, can you compare your R with Octavia VRS? Interesting to see how it will work...

I thought the 290 were closer to 305/310? As I understand it they have the same engine performance as the Golf R and the mapping isn't that exact across the two? Also you should be doing a rolling challenge if your doing 0-60. Test is a bit frigged.

30-70mph the cupra would have it. Its a strange one the Leon is one of the rare cars where the face-lift looks worse than the original. It was the same with the Integra DC5.

I've got a 2019 Cupra. I've done 18K in mine now and whilst in Cupra and Manual mode it does pop in overun even after 15min of driving when provoked but it is not that loud but that does not really bother me it sounds OK in the car with the windows open. Compare vehicles that are modern with the Petrol Particulate filter. And Kill the fake engine noise via OBD.

I have a 2017 Golf R in Lapiz Blue. We don't have Seat in the U.S., but this Cupra is a very handsome car indeed. I'd still have the Golf, mind you, solely for the AWD since even a GTI with 220 horse power spends too much of its time spinning it's front wheels... But I'd have definitely cross shopped my R against this Seat if I had the opportunity to.

5.7 seconds was very impressive!

You need to get my 300 cupra on the channel

So glad you did this I picked up my black cupra 290 today!

I have the sister car to his, cupra exactly the same..... One letter out at the end of the reg

This is the best video I ve seen in a long time, and I ve seen a lot, vrey relevant ! Keep going because you do exactly what pepople want to see/know !

FINALLLYYYYYY 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

I’m 100% a cupra fan, if my insurance wasn’t so bad I’d probs look into one. Thinking of a Leon FR next

I’ve got the “19 Cupra Lux too, if you had in Cupra the pops and bangs would’ve been happening. You’s probably had it in Comfort...

Wish the Seat was 4wd like Golf, then would be best looking and probably better to drive too. Not keen on the ST model as don't like estates, hopefully next Leon will be 4wd, hybrid even, fingers crossed.

Cupra beats the Golf R on track. Having said that, I’d still take a Golf R.....just not this one. That green wrap and green VW steering wheel badge make me feel 🤢 Pass me a bucket 🤮 And personally I prefer the 7 over the 7.5 because I can’t stand those shite digital clocks. Truly awful.

This should have been done with a Cupra 300 that overruns properly. GPF kills everything even on the new golfs.

now this is a much better head2head! in a rolling race think 290 would of won

Is that golf standard?

CUPRA FTW! LOVE THAT CAR

Compare Golf R Variant vs Cupra ST 4drive

No taking into account the price?

Car looks sick in that colour! But please get the door sills done as well 😭

Do Golf R vs Scirocco R

Not sure the Cupra owner was using launch control correctly. TC off fully (press and hold), gearbox in ‘S’. Foot on brake and wait for Launch Control Activated message on dash. Launch control will not enable on my Cupra 300 in “manual” DSG mode.

I have a 2019 wltp golf r if like my golf wait till your cupra gets to 99 or 100c them put into race or sport and then see if it Pops and over run mine does will get a video for you 😁👍

Thank you for making me waste a few minutes of my life.

Change your midpipe on the Cupra put a resonator delete 130 quid makes all the difference!

Lol I just placed an order for the 290 Lux for 290 depo 290 a month. That's cheap in my books also a win for the seat. Cracking car and cracking price. Better spec than the R

How many miles does the Golf have compared to the Cupra ? Cupra probably not even broken in.

love hot hatch;.... i have MK7 vw golf GTi with 19 inch wheels

Bit loaded to the Golf R i think , Cupra looks better will be more fun and on the move 30-70 ect probably quicker. I have a M135i N55 and see Golf Rs everywhere but when i see a Cupra its like oh look a Cupra .... mmm nice.

You should add a category to your test; price when new; the Cupra would win that by a good margin. And that’s why it’s actually the winner over the Golf. You get 99.9% of a Golf’s performance, the same interior, and a far more handsome looking car, for a lot less. Given the cost of fuel today, and not to mention the Cupra is better on mpg, the balance can go into the tank, so you’ve got incredible value for money. Also, given that Golf is 4wd, I’d be interested to see what a 2wd GTI’s performance would be. I suspect a lot closer if not worse than the Cupra.

7:10 looks like dad and his son lmao

my 300 sounds so much better than the new 290, even before the res delete, although the 2nd gen digital cockpit is nice than the 1st gen :(

Its a pity they didnt make this Cupra hatchback AWD. I believe it was a decision so as not to take buyers away from the R and S3 as it would have been a lot cheaper. My choice would be the estate version 300 ST to get the AWD.

Seat is a better looking car, that R looks like a tired booger.

Nice video, and nice cars! The 2019 Cupra 290 does pop on the overrun though: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rcd2n82inL-paIU.html Maybe not as loud as the Golf R, but there's definitely pops.

Exactly the same car pretty much, only the cupra is about 10 grand cheaper for near enough the same performance. & the golf r doesnt have 310 hp. it's actually 298.

cupra 4k cheaper?

Why did the cupra not pop? They do pop mine popps 🙄

And u forget The Rolling race? And The price? Both Will The cupra win a golf R

Surely you mean "290" hp compared to 310. Everyone knows the cupra has the same power as the R. Please do it again with a Pre-ppf car with a res-delete as the results will be much more comparable

Opf cars are actually better programmed to pop and bang cause injecting fuel into the exhaust and making it pop cleans the opf. The owner sis not have his car in cupra mode.

I'd take the cupra because it's a sleeper and nobody expects it. The R has a name for itself and people know what it is. On a rolling start the Cupra is also quicker as you lose the 4wd advantage and the R is over 100kg heavier with drivetrain losses too.

The Cupra will be my next car

Turned off when you said “been a minute”.

I have a cupra 300 and it sounds way better than this even on standstill no mods.

Really interested in the cupra's. I'll be changing my 2011 BMW 325d in 2 years ish and WAS looking at diesel, so 330d naturally for fuel consumption. I do quite a lot of miles, over 10k a year but tbh when you're driving 3.0 diesels fuel economy is less of a factor. And I wouldn't drive a 2.0 diesel because they're way too slow, I'm 23, cant be driving a car that slow yet 😅 I'm getting on average 42-44mpg when driving without any regard for fuel economy. Can get close to 50mpg on a really long run sat at the speed limit (not my usual 80) but that's boring and don't do it often. Also because mine is 8 years old and 80k miles I fill up with premium diesel which is a lot more than even premium petrol, so the price difference comes right down. I also dont want the dpf blocking up driving slow and economically so I drive it a bit harder. So really moving to a cupra, getting anywhere above 30mpg and filling up 50/50 with normal and premium fuel which is what I do on my motorcycle there wont be that much in it I dont think. Plus I can actually drive a decent quick car, win win really. Although by the time I'm looking at changing cars the 4x4 cupra might have dropped a few grand to my budget😎 now THAT I like

I'd have the cupra if it was a mk2

Personally I don’t want my car popping like a 17 year old boy racer’s. The Cupra is better looking, understated, and fwd more fun to drive much like the golf gti, it’s a more grown up car. Cheaper insurance and not a magnet for car thiefs. The Golf R is for sheer speed and brute force while the Cupra and gti are more a drivers car.

Scirocco r vs golf r

Bro i have a leon curpa r290 and first of all you have a timer in the cor for countdown 0-100 and second you need to know how to drive the car 0-100 is not 5 i done less much less and i have it manual

The Cupra is more quiet at high rpm than a Porsche 997 in indle 😂

Do a head to head with a s3

Nothing beats good old NA engines with a lot of capacity in terms of pure sound. Everything is fake these days 🥵

DSG 😍

Curbed his wheel after 2 months 😭

0:25 keep pressing the time on my comment, thank me later

Do a roll Race se what happens then

Always find these comparison videos bizarre

Better Golf ?? Its moss expensive 50%.. I dont think the same. The track say another thing.

The lad who owns the cupra is a bit clueless imo...

That golf isnt standard so no really a good review..

Shame is every man and his dog got a golf r these days. Don’t see many cupra’s around.

Theirs only 1 winner ( vw )

Easy win for the r better in every single way