Our chief photographer needs a practical car for work, but still wants to have fun behind the wheel. Can his CUPRA_UK Leon long-termer deliver in both areas?
only by a set of heavily contoured sports seats with Alcantara upholstery, and Cupra’s signature copper-coloured detailing.
Contrasting with all this subtlety and fitness-for-purpose, my Leon’s multicolour ambient lighting seemed a little off-brief at first; I thought having pretty glowing bits in such a workmanlike machine were a bit like installing a cupholder in the cockpit of a Formula One car. When I learned, though, that the system is linked to the blindspot assistance system, my mind was forever changed.
When the car detects another vehicle in my blind spot, rather than a bulb in the door mirror lighting up, the forward section of ambient lighting in the door itself glows vividly, and that's much easier to spot in my peripheral vision. It’s a rare – and excellent – case of style enabling function, and it's saved my bacon a few times in fast-moving traffic.
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