Cupra Leon VZx Sportswagon: Australian pricing announced for 245kW wagon

Cupra Australia has announced local pricing for the new Leon VZx Sportstourer, which is due on our shores from September 2026. Indirectly replacing the Volkswagen Golf R wagon, which left Australian shores in July 2023, the Leon VZx Sportstourer uses the same platform and 245kW 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine as the Golf R – but dresses it in sexier Spanish styling.

Sitting atop the Leon range for performance, which includes the 200kW plug-in hybrid VZe Sportstourer already on sale, the VZx Sportstourer will be priced from $67,490 plus on-road costs, or $72,490 driveaway.

Unlike all other Leon variants currently available in Australia, the VZx wagon uses an all-wheel drive layout and makes 245kW of power and 420Nm of torque, which is a big jump from the 221kW/400Nm – and front-wheel drive – VZx hatchback. As a result, its claimed 0-100km/h sprint time is just 4.8 seconds, which is 0.9 seconds faster than the smaller and lighter hatchback.

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Like the related Formentor VZx small SUV, and the Golf R, the Leon VZx Sportstourer will include rear torque-vectoring tech that can send up to 50 per cent of power to the rear wheels and 100 per cent of that to either rear wheel, as well as a dedicated drift mode.

As a wagon, the Leon VZx Sportstourer can hold up to 620 litres of cargo with the rear seats in place, which is larger than medium SUVs like the Hyundai Tucson and Toyota RAV4.

Cupra is yet to announce full specifications for the VZx Sportstourer, but standard equipment is likely to mirror the VZe Sportstourer with 19-inch alloy wheels, adaptive dampers, a power tailgate, leather upholstery, a 12-speaker Sennheiser sound system, electric front seats with heating and memory functionality, a 12.9-inch touchscreen and a digital driver’s display.

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Options available for the VZx Sportstourer include $650 premium paint, $2650 matte paint, a $2000 panoramic sunroof and a $7600 Extreme Package, which adds Matrix LED headlights with adaptive high beam, dark gloss exterior trims, Sabelt Cup front bucket seats, fabric and suede seat upholstery and six-piston Akebono front brake calipers.

2026 Cupra Leon pricing (plus on-road costs):

The first deliveries for the Cupra Leon VZx Sportstourer will commence from September 2026.