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The premier model of the Seat Sports Division is a Jeep Brion that connects a useful vehicle to a dual propulsion system that feeds 300 horses to asphalt. How much fun does he make for the shekel, who his customers are and who his competitors are?

Kenan Cohen

While waiting for the test travel representative and release of the Copra Atka in the Seat Showroom, at a table next to him sat a likeable guy who debated between Ibiza and Audi A1. It seemed clear to him where the better value for the price was, but the symbol, the status and that, you know ... I thought in a few minutes I was going to get off in a car that turns those paradigms and perceptions on their heads. Because Copra Atka, the senior car of the Seat Sports division, is a product that takes capabilities already in the end versions of cars from Audi, Mercedes and BMW and submits them at a much lower price, but the symbol, status and that, you know ...

Dude you made him deadly

In the white color of the test car, Copra Atka looks a bit anemic, and this is the only time you'll probably hear the word "Anemy" and "Copra Atka" in the same sentence. He seems a little too ordinary, if that's the goal - excellent, otherwise he misses the whole purpose of the decorations he gets. From the copper symbol in the front, the huge air cones, the black rims, the skirts to the rear bumper with the exhaust port quartet.

The interior looks too similar in its base to the Seat Atka on which it is based. Carbon fiber-like finishes here and there do not obscure his origin, of a relatively popular Jeepon. Whatever the case, the Alcantara seats (as part of the PRO package, as well as the dark 19-inch rims that cost NIS 17,000) are pleasing and hugely embracing the body and steering wheel, despite a nice flat and unnecessary bottom for grip. The one of the electrically adjustable driver is that of the heated passenger, the sunroof above us, an excellent BEATS audio system, a portable wireless charger, a high-display digital dashboard, an electric trunk, in short - no missing equipment. For those who sat in the back a good room, air ports and charging sockets. For luggage items 485 liters (slightly less than the regular model) and my recommendation - buy anchors, otherwise, like me, you'll have to pack twice the shopping, once at the box office and another time when you get home.

Very well equipped, from the roof to the seats

Road test: Copra Atka (Photo: Keenan Cohen, Keenan Cohen)

Don't mess with him on the winding road

You will get the marque and joy of the Copra Atka from a combination of a 2.0-liter turbocharged 300-horsepower and 40.7kg, a dual-clutch robotic gearbox with seven transfer ratios and a fixed dual propulsion system. These launch themselves into tire-mediated asphalt 245 in a very low section 40. Excellent straight line performance. Using the jump control, on a damp butterfly road, the four wheels slowed down for a split second until its wide rubber tightened grip and flipped us forward. Once, twice, three and we understood the point. If traffic light is this your thing, it will leave a lot of CO2 to other cars, even strong or powerful ones in their own eyes, probably under ideal grip conditions.

2 liter, 4 cylinder, 300 hp

Road test: Copra Atka (Photo: Keenan Cohen, Keenan Cohen)

In day-to-day conduct, there is not much compromise or sacrifice with the Copa Atka. Beyond the full safety package that the car comes with, including adaptive cruise control and other sections. Its adaptive brakes allow reasonable and higher filtration of asphalt damage in "comfort" mode, the basic of the six offered by the driving mode selector and also include "terrain", "snow", "customization", "sport" and "copra". Even driving in the final state, the hardest shows a reasonable level of comfort and in other situations is definitely a companion that does not require major compromises. Only two things bothered me, both on the vocal plane. The first is a little too noisy through the tire quickly between urban and the second is a tapping sound that could be more present. His sister with the Leon Copra sneakers, I remember as one of the four-cylinder engines with the finest sound such an engine can produce. Too bad.

The white color is sometimes too similar to the regular version

Road test: Copra Atka (Photo: Keenan Cohen, Keenan Cohen)

On the twisty road, its two-speed quick-lock steering wheel, hard suspension calibration, dual paddle and vigorous engine, with the power that starts down and runs fast and powerful - make it a very fast tool. He'll step on his head and then wipe his face with any Jeep, crossover or other gender-segregated vehicles out there. In fact, on a wet and winding road, there is a good driver behind his steering wheel, which will also make a sports car work hard to keep pace with it. Even taking into account the gaps of the higher center of gravity, which is rocking another 200 kg over Leon Copra, that the steering wheel communication can be better - is simply excellent at an unbearable level. Relative to its capabilities, even 9.5 km per liter fuel consumption Test driving is plausible.

When you see it behind you, you better move a path

Road test: Copra Atka (Photo: Keenan Cohen, Keenan Cohen)

Still, for me the situation is not perfect. I personally have a car that is just so absolutely good, less does it. Because it lowers the demands of her driver skills, flattering him and there is simply a scorn of why I like sports cars, of driving - the reason we gathered here today. This is also my claim for Leon Copper, Nissan GTR and to some extent for the new Porsche 911, a kind of plague of so many cars today. I want a sports car to challenge me, to flip me over if I'm not behaving well. It is one thing to marry the education counselor's daughter, but what a fun time to go out with the student who turns her table in response to her suspension.

Road test: Copra Atka (Photo: Keenan Cohen, Keenan Cohen)

Summary

In many ways, the Atra Copra is the Yamaha T Max of the car world. That scooter that showed so many motorcycles where the exhaust pissed. Combining superb dynamic capabilities with daily scooter usability. Real motorcyclists will not dare to do it, but quietly, with a hand on their heart and when no one hears they will admit that he is a tool bomb. Like him, the Copra Atka is a very unique car offering with very high dynamic capabilities, with no compromise in usability - but to say it's really a sports car or a direct replacement for it? Hard.

When it comes to price, NIS 250,000 may sound like a lot to a compact Jeep, but feel free to turn around and come back to me with something close to it, for its performance and capabilities in the range of NIS 100,000. Look for good, even among the cushions of the couch, you will not find.

Road test: Copra Atka (Photo: Keenan Cohen, Keenan Cohen)

On the technical side: Copra Atka

Engine, propulsion: gasoline, turbo, 4 cylinder, dual
Volume: 1,984 cc
Power / rpm (kW): 5,300 / 300
Torque / rpm (kg): 2,000 / 40.7
Gearbox: automatic, dual clutch, 7 gears

Measurements:
Length (cm): 436
Width (cm): 184
Height (cm): 161
Wheelbase (cm): 263
Trunk (liters): 485

Performence:
0-100 acceleration: 4.9 seconds
Maximum speed: 245 mph

Competitors:
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price:
NIS 267,000 (test), NIS 250,000 (base)