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How do you say ‘Golf’ in Spanish or Catalan? Relying on who you ask, they may really say ‘Leon’.

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Spanish automaker Cupra has given its tackle the Volkswagen Golf a mid-life facelift, and it returns to Australia hoping to get an even bigger slice of the premium small-car pie – nevertheless it has its work minimize out for it.

The Cupra model remains to be discovering its ft in Australia, the place it’s much less identified in comparison with its different Volkswagen Group stablemates, largely as a result of its Seat mum or dad hasn’t had a presence right here in a really, very very long time. Nonetheless, the corporate tends to supply a spicier tackle its German and Czech compatriots’ merchandise, just like the 2026 Cupra Leon you see right here.

Refreshed seems, extra user-friendly tech, and elevated cabin atmosphere headline the up to date Leon vary, together with the introduction of the Sportstourer – wagon lovers, rejoice!

There’s extra – the Leon Sportstourer debuts the VW Group’s second-generation ‘e-Hybrid’ plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain with over 120km of WLTP-certified driving vary, and there’s a PHEV hatch coming early subsequent yr forward of a 245kW AWD wagon efficiency hero in mid-2026.

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