New 2014 SEAT Leon Cupra: in pictures

Stop! Move away from the Volkswagen website. Before you place an order for a new Golf GTI, you might just want to take a look at the all-new 2014 SEAT Leon Cupra - which includes the most powerful series production car the Spanish marque has ever made.

It's like the Golf GTI has been tucked a way in a health spa since Christmas, shedding a few pounds, having a nip here and a tuck there, and then emerging as a chiselled and svelte looking SEAT Leon Cupra. Ladies and gentlemen, pull up a chair, the intensity of the hot hatch arms race just went up a level.

Please click the image above to read more about the new 2014 SEAT Leon Cupra

By Gavin Braithwaite-Smith, contributor, MSN Cars