The Swiss have gone power crazy. Power crazy for tuning up the hardly-underendowed Seat Leon Cupra.

Seat of Switzerland has beefed up the 237bhp Cupra to create the Leon Copa, a 281bhp double-hot hatch with racing stripes and, presumably, an appetite for adverse cambers.

Yes, 281bhp. Through the front wheels. The Copa retains the Cupra's two-litre TFSI engine, but gets uprated springs, brakes and a new bodykit. It'll hit 62mph in just 5.9 seconds - a full half a second quicker than the Cupra.

It's all in celebration of the Seat Supercopa race series - the European equivalent of the BTCC-supporting Cupra Cup - which kicked off last weekend in Hockenheim.

Just three bits of bad news for you. One: just 55 Copas will be produced. Two: they'll cost you £31,000 a pop. Three: they'll only be on sale in Switzerland.

Top Gear senses an Alpine summer holiday coming on.