Well, an odd twist to the story is I am starting to warm to the Seat Leon, however it would HAVE to be the 2009+ model when they facelifted the interior (better steering wheel, interior and of course the same white highline as the MK6 Golf).
And of course, if diesel, they switched to Common Rail instead of PD. (The Cupra I had was a PD and quite noisey at idle)