Seat Leon Cupra 280 vs Ford Focus RS

Picture of Seat Leon Cupra 280 (Mk III)
Picture of Ford Focus RS
Category Seat Leon Cupra 280Ford Focus RS
Engine layout 2.0 l R42.3 l R4
Max power (ps / bhp) 280 / 276350 / 345
Max torque (Nm / lb-ft) 350 / 258
Curb weight (kg / lb) 1351 / 29781557 / 3433
Power / tonne (ps / bhp) 207 / 204225 / 222
Average price €35,000€43,000

Acceleration

Speed & distance Seat Leon Cupra 280Ford Focus RS
0 - 40 kph 2.0 s1.3 s
0 - 50 kph 2.5 s1.6 s
0 - 60 kph 3.3 s2.1 s
0 - 80 kph 4.4 s3.4 s
0 - 100 kph 5.7 s4.7 s
0 - 120 kph 7.2 s6.6 s
0 - 130 kph 8.4 s7.5 s
0 - 140 kph 9.2 s8.5 s
0 - 160 kph 11.6 s11.2 s
0 - 180 kph 14.6 s14.2 s
0 - 200 kph 18.3 s18.6 s
1000 m 24.5 s @ 220.0 kph24.2 s @ 218.8 kph
Est. 1/8 mile 9.9 s @ 87.0 mph9.4 s @ 90.7 mph
1/4 mile 13.7 s @ 108.7 mph13.1 s

Rolling acceleration

Speed Seat Leon Cupra 280Ford Focus RS
60 - 100 kph (4) 4.2 s4.1 s
60 - 100 kph (5) 5.4 s5.6 s
80 - 120 kph (4) 4.4 s4.4 s
80 - 120 kph (5) 5.6 s5.2 s
80 - 120 kph (6) 6.7 s6.7 s
80 - 160 kph (4) 9.3 s9.5 s
80 - 160 kph (5) 12.4 s11.8 s
80 - 160 kph (6) 15.9 s14.8 s
Est. 100 - 140 kph 4.0 s3.9 s
Est. 100 - 200 kph 13.8 s15.3 s

General performance

Category Seat Leon Cupra 280Ford Focus RS
Top speed 250 kph (155 mph)268 kph (167 mph)
Est. 0 - 100 mph - 0 20.0 s @ 1683 ft20.1 s @ 1755 ft
Est. max acceleration 0.52 g (5 m/s²)0.61 g (6 m/s²)
18m slalom 71.0 kph (44.1 mph)71.1 kph (44.2 mph)
36m slalom 139.0 kph (86.4 mph)137.0 kph (85.1 mph)
Fuel economy 6.7 l/100 km (35 mpg US / 42 UK)9.9 l/100 km (24 mpg US / 29 UK)
100 kph - 0 32 m (106 ft)34 m (110 ft)
200 kph - 0 133 m (436 ft)134 m (438 ft)

Summary

Category Seat Leon Cupra 280Ford Focus RS
Track Performance 591577
Straight line speed 29363250
Total 35273827

Verdict

Focus RS is the fastest by a small margin.

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jeremyclarkson1  2m ago

That’s shocking

 

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Metatron  2m ago

The Nurburgring time though!


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jeremyclarkson1  2m ago @Metatron

Yeah… seat know what they’re doing


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Metatron  2m ago @jeremyclarkson1

Exactly. Nice cars!


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jeremyclarkson1  2m ago @Metatron

i want one of them, if i did end up buying one it would be the leon as the stories i've heard about the focus rs' reliability is scary


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Nick Harry  9y ago

The only data shown supports the opposite conclusion.

 

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RSS  6y ago

Yeah that the RS is faster