AOL Cars RTOTY 2014: Seat Leon Cupra 280

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Our Seat Leon Cupra 280 long term test car impressed everyone who drove it during its brief six-months in AOL Cars' custody. So much so that it's made it into our exclusive Road Test of the Year lineup. Yes, a 2.0-litre hatchback against the likes of the blistering BMW M4 and rarefied Rolls-Royce Wraith. Sounds like a lamb to the slaughter? Don't be so sure...

There's a kink on the Evo Triangle, just before it blisters past the glistening Llyn Brenig Reservoir, that's a downhill left-right-left crested S-bend that's awkwardly off camber and incredibly fast. Hit it wrong and things get pretty tricky, pretty quickly. And I've just hit it fast.