CUPRA Racing opens up on new Leon VZ and expectations for 2024
CUPRA Racing will introduce a new car which is also available as substantial upgrade on its successful Leon Competición TCR this year, the new Leon VZ TCR. CUPRA Racing’s head Xavi Serra explains the upgrades and expectations, as well as its pre-sales success.
The car has already been a hot seller, with Serra reporting “half of the planned production for 2024 is already booked”, with consideration underway to extend the planned volume. The Leon VZ TCR now becomes the only car to be built from the manufacturer’s Martelli base, which until recently also produced the Audi RS 3 LMS gen II for Audi Sport customer racing.
Title winners W2 Pro GP in TCR South America, and Expres Auto Racing in TCR Eastern Europe are the first two teams to confirm they are switching to the new car, with many others known to have been ordered. The car hasn’t had the chance to race yet, but it was it was spotted being tested by development driver Jordi Gené at Jerez last month ahead of the TCR Spain pre-season series opener.
“The new CUPRA Leon VZ TCR will have an updated design in line with the CUPRA design language of our road cars,” explained Serra.
“The car will feature new front kinematics which are intended to fit best with the latest control tyres that most of TCR series have…
