That is absolutely crazy performance for a 3 cylinder 115bhp engine! 0-60 in 8 seconds. My old Audi A3 1.8t with 150hp did it in 8.2 seconds and I thought that was quick.
I don't understand the point of reviewing a budget car with its top end model. Costs are a key factor in this class. If you review the basic model that's gonna be helpful
There is a contradiction in your saying. Budget cars don't offer trims with high-end equipment. Moreover there is nothing budget like in a car debuting technologies and novelties, not to mention that it comes first in its class in many aspects namely with its roomy cabin amd trunk, and leaving aside its looks.
How can we decide if we want certrain options when they review the most barebone car? I get how you think but a reviewer with a fully loaded car could better say if certain options are worth it by testing them. I would agree to let them drive the strongest and weakest engine so they can advice if a engine is powerful enough.
I have the new Leon and it is truly an outstanding car. The FR Model is so worth it and the comfort and power is very impressive. SEAT have really improved both Leon and Ibiza over previous versions. A Leon is FANTASTIC
Matt was pretty harsh on this review and I don’t understand why. With every generation, the Ibiza was a way cooler car than the Polo, but somehow he seems to like that Polo so much, he is willing to bash the Ibiza. I think this is a gorgeous car and as of now, everybody seems to be on the same page given that it is Car Of the Year 2018. Good job Seat!
I just drove 4.000 kilometers on my holiday with this Seat as a rental. I quite liked it. It's a nice, smart and fast enough car. Accelation is fine and I took it to 200km/h in Germany. Lots of sensors, parking assist and rear view camera for your safety. It all feels very good for a car in this price range. If I ever need to buy a car again, I would definitely consider this one.
Matthew Hall Correct. Ive had a few 3 cylinder cars. As an example, a steep road a few miles from me, climbs up a long way and in a 1.33 yaris with 4 cylinders and 99bhp, it sounded like it would blow up when accelerating up it. Boomy and very noisy, and this car was less than a year old. Tried the same road last week in my current cheapo Suzuki Celerio, 3 cylinder and about 68bhp. What a difference ! Climbed with ease, up to 50mph in 3rd gear before changing up, the sound was so much better, more refined, with character. Did not sound strained at all, and thats the thing with 3 cylinders. Compare the Kia Picanto 3 cylinder and 4 cylinder engines and the 3 cylinder is much nicer to drive. Audi A1 1 litre tfsi engine is another good one, and I agree about your Mini, although im not keen on the car, I tested one and the 1.5 is a superb engine. Lot of car makers going over to 3 cylinders now, with turbos and so much better for it.
Gotta love all the Spanish people here complaining about the way us Brits pronounce "Ibiza", Seat UK pronounce it that way which is why we do, search up Seat Ibiza UK TV advert if you want to hear it for yourself. We pronounce a lot of names differently just like other countries do, try pronouncing Jaguar. Vast majority of Spanish speaking people would pronounce it "Hag-war". Nothing wrong with pronouncing names differently, keep calm and carry on.
I only travelled into Barcelona and the surrounding area, didn't talk much with the locals and I don't know which part of the country my clients came from.
Car mad I'm not really a vw guy, but I really like the new 3 door Polo gti and gdi. To me it looks like what a modern golf mk1 would be. Really don't like the new golf's, soooo fat.
Car mad talking of LED head lights, I have a 2015 GTC, they wanted £100s of pounds for the led headlights and running lights, so I never ticked the option. Instead got the LED bulbs of EBay for a tenner in total. 2 mins to swap them out. No special inverters or the like needed. Never done the fog lights, but I don't use them. And they are harder to swap.
They can't. Ibiza is quite expensive and it has really dreadful interior fot such money. Polo, Corsa, Fiesta, 208 - all of them have soft touch plastics inside. Ibiza doesn't. Zero. Null.
I’m currently driving a 107 and love the 3 cylinder sound, much nicer sound that a harsh 4 cylinder that sounds thrashed/unrefined.. suppose that if you don’t want the 3 cylinder type you’d have to get the less efficient none turbo bigger engines
I had one of these for a week as courtesy car. Same exterior colour too. 1 ltr engine had no power as expected but had a nice sound considering. Otherwise I liked it. Good I think if you can get a good deal on one for a local runabout.
Note that in the UK you can only get the 1.0 115ps engine in FR trim. I'm considering one of these for our next car, and as someone on the wrong side of 50 it would be nice to have the Xcellence and SE (technology) options.
I've been saving up since I was 15 to get my first car and I'm turning 21 next month, thinking of getting it for my birthday, this is the car that I think I'm set on at the moment, but do you know if the newer models of the ibiza are much better than this one? Should I consider the newer versions ?
i love how small cars start to be good looking we nice gadgets and good engines and nice handlings this can saw to us a healthy competition wich is good for us
Personally I think it's a beautiful design! About the engines, as always it's all about the money! So please Mat when you will next compare the new supermini's please pick a price and review the cars from the same price! In this way people will know ( and understand ) what they get for their money!
With this car, you HAVE TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT COLOUR. When I was buying my Ibiza, I looked at some they had at the lot, and some colours made the car look plastic and cheap. I personally like the grey colour mine is. In my opinion it makes the car look way better than the dark blue they offer. The other colours were a bit odd... Unless you like the off gold colour
I'm a true Ford Fiesta fan.. But what they have done to the Fiesta breaks my heart:(. But this Ibiza is amazing looking! To bad it only has 115pk. I might consider the FR in fhe future.
HappyKiller drove the Ibiza Fr and the Fiesta St line. For me the Ibiza looked very cheap in the Interior in comparison to the Fiesta. Cheap plastic all around. No bit of soft Touch,... Bought the st line today. Looks better then the normal Fiesta in my opinion.
It's strange that they scrimped on the quality of the binnacle interactive display - this is full colour high-res on the Leon, but here it looks like a 1980s video game - a bit naff. Otherwise it looks like a really nice car and much better looking than the outgoing model - obviously much more in common with the Leon.
0-62 mph in 8s for a 115 hp car OMG Then the 150 HP might do 60 in 6.2-6.5s, crazy, the Leon FR might do 60 in under 5.6s, making even the FR as fast as a Type R, thats nuts, fast
very impressive, really snazzy little car. Although the upcoming polo is just as nice I'd imagine it'll cost a wee bit more than this. VW have done a great job with Skoda and now it looks like they'll be giving Seat some of the love.
I'm liking the seat stuff. If I decide on the diesel Vrs I'm going to get the seat leon st FR instead. But I think I'm going petrol next, and the Leon doesn't have a fast petrol. Outside the cupra,and I cant stretch to that. Them "character lines" seem to of been brought over from the new skoda range.
Stephen Butler Do they not offer the 1.8 TSI any more in the Leon? I have a Leon SC FR with the 1.8 and it's a great engine, almost certainly underrated for power, easy to do sub 7 second 0-62 runs (timed a 6.6 on a GPS app). I almost went for the 1.4 TSI but the 1.8 is very different and certainly faster despite the similar outputs on paper.
Stephen Butler I would definitely look into it, I test drove pretty much the whole engine range when I was buying mine and the 1.8 was the only one I wanted in the end. The 1.4 is decent but the 1.8 is more mature and noticeably faster. Actual output is between 190 and 200 HP going by the dyno results I've seen.
Glad to see that you said your height in centimeters. You can start saying fuel consumption in litres per km from now on, since only you brits use that measuring system. But your audience is way bigger that England, Matt!
Dunno how good the build quality or interior quality is given it's a Seat, but I have to say that the design itself inside and out is really rather excellent for that class of car! Those bold angular lines of the interior (especially the door handles) sorta remind me of the eighties, but in a good way :D Also, dunno what Mat is on about with the engine noise. To me that actually sounds better than the average four pots. Almost like a sporty six-cylinder engine. Though I guess that might be just because the audio might sound different in the video than it is in real life. Still, looks like a surprisingly likeable little car!
Whenever the Skoda Fabia sits on the new platform, firstly the 'new platform' won't be that new any more (LOL) and secondly Skoda will not make more than SEAT out of it. SEAT has already made it up to its limits. The most exciting though is that you will need to ...wait 3 or more years at least, given that the current Fabia was launched in 2014 which makes it a 3 years old model. Supposedly you will want to punish yourself and go for the Fabia after the long waiting.
Rob Dundon I think the 1.5 will end up being just as good on fuel as the 1L in real life... as with the 1L it'll take more effort to keep up with traffic... I also know most new VW Tsi 4 cylinder engines can turn off 2 cylinders when at cruising speed to basically used half the fuel. Where as the 3 cylinder can't
my friend has this car. In the city it makes 5.5 L/100km as a petrol. Hmm, I don't know if that is true or Volkswagen just subtracts 2 or 3 liters from the real number. Also the engine is not noisy at all if you drive normally, which 99% of people do.
That is absolutely crazy performance for a 3 cylinder 115bhp engine! 0-60 in 8 seconds. My old Audi A3 1.8t with 150hp did it in 8.2 seconds and I thought that was quick.
In my opinion, 3 cylinders make all the right noises. Revving one out puts a smile on my face every time.
SAEAT Leon and Ateca have artificial revving noise in Sport mode. It is just an audio signal. I wonder if it is the sane here.
I find it annoying on my mom’s car
I don't understand the point of reviewing a budget car with its top end model. Costs are a key factor in this class.
If you review the basic model that's gonna be helpful
There is a contradiction in your saying.
Budget cars don't offer trims with high-end equipment.
Moreover there is nothing budget like in a car debuting technologies and novelties, not to mention that it comes first in its class in many aspects namely with its roomy cabin amd trunk, and leaving aside its looks.
How can we decide if we want certrain options when they review the most barebone car? I get how you think but a reviewer with a fully loaded car could better say if certain options are worth it by testing them. I would agree to let them drive the strongest and weakest engine so they can advice if a engine is powerful enough.
Seat gave him a top trim to make it look better than it is
In some countries top-spec models make much more sense.
often because the basic models are shit and at the end of the day they want you to buy a car
I didn't like the look of this car... untill I saw that clip with that red Ibiza. Unbelievable what a color can do to a car!
All we need now... is to have CARWOW in/for The Netherlands!
It's not just the color, it's also the trim. That red Ibiza is the FR version, which makes a big difference.
Bernard van Asselt aaa
The white one is BOMB!!!!🤍🤍🤩🤩
I have the new Leon and it is truly an outstanding car. The FR Model is so worth it and the comfort and power is very impressive. SEAT have really improved both Leon and Ibiza over previous versions. A Leon is FANTASTIC
Having sold several millions across all generations since 1984, you would hardly call it the SEAT Ibiza a non-success.
Giorgos Papaspyros That's what I was thinking, I see them much more frequently than Fabias and probably Polos too.
And if im not mistaken, Seat Ibiza is the number 1 car selling in Spain for the last few years...
Matt was pretty harsh on this review and I don’t understand why. With every generation, the Ibiza was a way cooler car than the Polo, but somehow he seems to like that Polo so much, he is willing to bash the Ibiza. I think this is a gorgeous car and as of now, everybody seems to be on the same page given that it is Car Of the Year 2018. Good job Seat!
the colour of the car, so iphone goldish
Ikr
I just drove 4.000 kilometers on my holiday with this Seat as a rental. I quite liked it. It's a nice, smart and fast enough car. Accelation is fine and I took it to 200km/h in Germany. Lots of sensors, parking assist and rear view camera for your safety. It all feels very good for a car in this price range. If I ever need to buy a car again, I would definitely consider this one.
I disagree about the 3cyl noise; they sound raspy and have more character than 4cyls. My wife's 3cyl Mini Cooper is a riot.
Matthew Hall Correct. Ive had a few 3 cylinder cars. As an example, a steep road a few miles from me, climbs up a long way and in a 1.33 yaris with 4 cylinders and 99bhp, it sounded like it would blow up when accelerating up it. Boomy and very noisy, and this car was less than a year old. Tried the same road last week in my current cheapo Suzuki Celerio, 3 cylinder and about 68bhp. What a difference ! Climbed with ease, up to 50mph in 3rd gear before changing up, the sound was so much better, more refined, with character. Did not sound strained at all, and thats the thing with 3 cylinders. Compare the Kia Picanto 3 cylinder and 4 cylinder engines and the 3 cylinder is much nicer to drive. Audi A1 1 litre tfsi engine is another good one, and I agree about your Mini, although im not keen on the car, I tested one and the 1.5 is a superb engine. Lot of car makers going over to 3 cylinders now, with turbos and so much better for it.
Maybe I’ll just go to the hardware store if I want raspy :-)
Budget v6
Gotta love all the Spanish people here complaining about the way us Brits pronounce "Ibiza", Seat UK pronounce it that way which is why we do, search up Seat Ibiza UK TV advert if you want to hear it for yourself.
We pronounce a lot of names differently just like other countries do, try pronouncing Jaguar. Vast majority of Spanish speaking people would pronounce it "Hag-war".
Nothing wrong with pronouncing names differently, keep calm and carry on.
Goot we pronounce Jaguar like this: "Jaguar" :v
I drove to Spain last year and the clients I worked with all called my car "Hag-war" :P
To which part did u travel? , here the accents change a lot
I only travelled into Barcelona and the surrounding area, didn't talk much with the locals and I don't know which part of the country my clients came from.
Agreed. We say Paris but the French say Pa-ree.
I actually like the 3 Cylinder noise, more than a 4 banger, sounds like a BMW i6 cut in half :P
i3 and i8 are 3-cylinder too
Lukas 4cylinder
Bmw i6 ? Seen it now have to wait till 2021
Chris Hart he meant inline 6
What a beautiful car!!!! Polo and Corsa can say bye bye to their sales now ahahaa
Car mad I'm not really a vw guy, but I really like the new 3 door Polo gti and gdi. To me it looks like what a modern golf mk1 would be. Really don't like the new golf's, soooo fat.
Stephen Butler yeah me too but I'm liking the new LED head lights on the golf and the interior but other than that, they made the design look so ugly.
Car mad talking of LED head lights, I have a 2015 GTC, they wanted £100s of pounds for the led headlights and running lights, so I never ticked the option. Instead got the LED bulbs of EBay for a tenner in total. 2 mins to swap them out. No special inverters or the like needed.
Never done the fog lights, but I don't use them. And they are harder to swap.
wait for new fiesta:)
They can't. Ibiza is quite expensive and it has really dreadful interior fot such money. Polo, Corsa, Fiesta, 208 - all of them have soft touch plastics inside. Ibiza doesn't. Zero. Null.
Looking more & more like the Leon Every year.
Just want to thank you , just ordered my Ibiza fr 115 and saved £3000 on it thanks to you guys
I’m currently driving a 107 and love the 3 cylinder sound, much nicer sound that a harsh 4 cylinder that sounds thrashed/unrefined.. suppose that if you don’t want the 3 cylinder type you’d have to get the less efficient none turbo bigger engines
Loved the sandwich comparison
Best enjoy it now before it goes stale.
You mean *sale*?
Sergiu Gabriel No, stale. Pick up a dictionary. It means before goin' bad.
Sergiu Gabriel Yes, they meant, "sale.". It's already at £84 on eBay.
Yes if your presenting to 5 years olds, i think adults can work it out in a second.
Damn, what a beautiful car! I never thought an entry level hatchback could look so good! I love the paint as well! Really sets the car apart.
Great looks inside out.Huge improvement from the last one.Whats with the colour though...it looks much better in red or blue.Especially the fr trim.
both leon and ibiza most beautifull design in the last years
This will be my first car 🚙 ❤️❤️
Any good? I want one
This is my second car! Feels awesome
@@Rickert_V goed gedaan rickert
It’s incredible how they managed to make more room inside the car by making it longer and wider! 🤔
Im sure those quality problems will be ironed out once it reaches full production. Usual for launch cars.
I've been looking at this car to replace my 2015 Audi A1 1.2 TFSi. I personally love the sound the 3 cylinder engine makes
The Sandwitch demonstration was really hilarious
Please review more italian cars, i'm very curious to see if they are all as low quality as everyone thinks they are
That is the best and easiest analogy to understand I have ever heard
I had one of these for a week as courtesy car. Same exterior colour too. 1 ltr engine had no power as expected but had a nice sound considering. Otherwise I liked it. Good I think if you can get a good deal on one for a local runabout.
Note that in the UK you can only get the 1.0 115ps engine in FR trim. I'm considering one of these for our next car, and as someone on the wrong side of 50 it would be nice to have the Xcellence and SE (technology) options.
that new seat ibiza is going to be one of my fav car of all time :)
Review Leon!
Give me strength with this guy's presentation.
Car looks so stunning. Timeless design like the new Hyundai i10 when it first came out.
Looks gorgeous in the red, well made, runs an absolute dream, worth every penny you can spend on this car
I've been saving up since I was 15 to get my first car and I'm turning 21 next month, thinking of getting it for my birthday, this is the car that I think I'm set on at the moment, but do you know if the newer models of the ibiza are much better than this one? Should I consider the newer versions ?
I drive a '14 Ibiza SC FR 1.2 TSI and i think it's a mighty nice car. Might need to give the new one a spin when they come out
i love how small cars start to be good looking we nice gadgets and good engines and nice handlings this can saw to us a healthy competition wich is good for us
Fantastic looking little car!
1:50 is curb rash an optional?
It's an extra 750 euros
I love the new air vents, the round ones looks funny
i hope that we will see the same change in the new Audi A3 !
Would it be worth waiting for the larger engine to come out if you normally have a full car? Have a feeling the 1.0 engine would struggle
Personally I think it's a beautiful design! About the engines, as always it's all about the money! So please Mat when you will next compare the new supermini's please pick a price and review the cars from the same price! In this way people will know ( and understand ) what they get for their money!
With this car, you HAVE TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT COLOUR. When I was buying my Ibiza, I looked at some they had at the lot, and some colours made the car look plastic and cheap. I personally like the grey colour mine is. In my opinion it makes the car look way better than the dark blue they offer. The other colours were a bit odd... Unless you like the off gold colour
WOW, Great Hatchback Car 🚗 👍...
Also Great Review By Mat, As Always 😀
Never really liked the Seat Ibeefa, but my opinion changed a lot due to this video. Good job on the new Ibeefa, Seat!
matt smashed the platform share metaphor 😉
Omg he said ibiza not ibisa, finally someone said it right!!
Love your reviews. They're awesome. What do you think of 2014 1.4 Ibizas? Local garage has one with low mileage/decent price...
2:25 and 4:25
manual looks better
Can you make a comparison video of the fiesta, ibiza and polo?
It looks very sharp I like it! One of the best looking for sure at the moment in the B segment.
I've had one for 2 weeks I love it only I can sometimes feel the clutch vibrate a bit, apparently that's normal
The cars stock sound system, is it any good? I’ve been everywhere and can not find an answer. Highly wanting this car too..
Really sharp looking ride, saw one back in Feb and it had Mexico plates on it.
My god that paint job O.o
so ww3 or nah?
Just wait it out comrade ;)
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Hello Croat Petrolhead. :)
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I'm a true Ford Fiesta fan.. But what they have done to the Fiesta breaks my heart:(. But this Ibiza is amazing looking! To bad it only has 115pk. I might consider the FR in fhe future.
HappyKiller drove the Ibiza Fr and the Fiesta St line. For me the Ibiza looked very cheap in the Interior in comparison to the Fiesta. Cheap plastic all around. No bit of soft Touch,... Bought the st line today. Looks better then the normal Fiesta in my opinion.
Josch thx for your opinion.. I might give the st-line a second opinion.. I really love my current ST- Fiesta! I hope the new one is as nice as well
This is quite a surprise. It seems they've done a great job.
From 0-100, this is not the 3 cylinder engine. Sounds like a 4 cylinder. Definitely like my 1.4 TSI Leon. And I think it got more than 115hp.
FloW
The 150hp tsi does 8 seconds on 0 to 60 so yeah you're right
1.5 TSI doesnt exist with a DSG transmission
It's strange that they scrimped on the quality of the binnacle interactive display - this is full colour high-res on the Leon, but here it looks like a 1980s video game - a bit naff. Otherwise it looks like a really nice car and much better looking than the outgoing model - obviously much more in common with the Leon.
I have seat ibiza 3 doors 2008 (1400 turbo) and still prefer the old design than the new ones
So confident and articulate!
0-62 mph in 8s for a 115 hp car OMG
Then the 150 HP might do 60 in 6.2-6.5s, crazy, the Leon FR might do 60 in under 5.6s, making even the FR as fast as a Type R, thats nuts, fast
The interior is a huge improvement on Seats of old, the only disadvantage to the current Leon is the angular dash, not to my taste.
very impressive, really snazzy little car. Although the upcoming polo is just as nice I'd imagine it'll cost a wee bit more than this. VW have done a great job with Skoda and now it looks like they'll be giving Seat some of the love.
Great review Mat. If I get one, I'm going to chuck away the TurtleWax and use Encona. I'll then have my hot hatch!
This vs the new fiesta will be a really interesting head to head!
I get shivers when british people say "ibiTa"
I'd love to have this car in the city in Vancouver Canada
I love the thrummy 3 cylinder noise! It makes you want to rev the nuts off it everywhere. Need it with a manual though...
I'm liking the seat stuff. If I decide on the diesel Vrs I'm going to get the seat leon st FR instead. But I think I'm going petrol next, and the Leon doesn't have a fast petrol. Outside the cupra,and I cant stretch to that.
Them "character lines" seem to of been brought over from the new skoda range.
Stephen Butler Do they not offer the 1.8 TSI any more in the Leon? I have a Leon SC FR with the 1.8 and it's a great engine, almost certainly underrated for power, easy to do sub 7 second 0-62 runs (timed a 6.6 on a GPS app). I almost went for the 1.4 TSI but the 1.8 is very different and certainly faster despite the similar outputs on paper.
***** not that I'm aware of, but they may??
Stephen Butler I would definitely look into it, I test drove pretty much the whole engine range when I was buying mine and the 1.8 was the only one I wanted in the end. The 1.4 is decent but the 1.8 is more mature and noticeably faster. Actual output is between 190 and 200 HP going by the dyno results I've seen.
***** who h is the SC? I'm after the ST (estate).
Just seen its the Coupe. I currently have the GTC. Im so over not having back doors lol.
How about a review of the new Seat Leon fr ??? please Matt
Other reviews mention the wind up windows in the back of the fr trim which is not mentioned here.
I really wish Seat was here in the US, they would sell loads of cars.
Saw this but the SEAT site doesn't have an automatic option for the Xcellence trim :(
that is such a lovley car! for a seat ibiza.. WOW!!! talk about stepping up in the game.
Glad to see that you said your height in centimeters. You can start saying fuel consumption in litres per km from now on, since only you brits use that measuring system. But your audience is way bigger that England, Matt!
Dunno how good the build quality or interior quality is given it's a Seat, but I have to say that the design itself inside and out is really rather excellent for that class of car! Those bold angular lines of the interior (especially the door handles) sorta remind me of the eighties, but in a good way :D
Also, dunno what Mat is on about with the engine noise. To me that actually sounds better than the average four pots. Almost like a sporty six-cylinder engine. Though I guess that might be just because the audio might sound different in the video than it is in real life.
Still, looks like a surprisingly likeable little car!
Definitely the most beautiful car in the polo segment.
Review the seat leon cupra 300 PLEASEEE
Looks like the rear of the pre-facelift 1 Series with the colour of the Peugeot 208 Rose Quartz!
Mike Tyson: Seat Ibitha
hahaha 😂😂
Doupik
Nailed it
Mike Tython
I was at 5:39 when I read your comment
In my country seat ibizas are literally EVERYWHERE
I’m guessing Spain?
the ibiza and the polo look really simmilar inside and outside i think the new fiesta its better ever with the new changew
It's actually quite beautiful. Good job.
Is it worth paying extra for a automatic one of these ?
Hi mat.. does seat ibiza fr has disk brakes in front and rear?
I'm watching this from the future, 2020. There's a Hollywood style pandemic.
You are to lait for your comments man from the future;)
Motorcyclists like 3 cylinder and even twin or single cyclinder engines because they've got "character" :)
Have you reviewed the new Seat Leon?
Now you’re driving on the right side of the road
I'm waiting for the next Skoda Fabia. If using the new platform makes such a difference even on an Ibiza, what will Skoda be doing with it...
Whenever the Skoda Fabia sits on the new platform,
firstly the 'new platform' won't be that new any more (LOL)
and secondly Skoda will not make more than SEAT out of it.
SEAT has already made it up to its limits.
The most exciting though is that you will need to ...wait 3 or more years at least,
given that the current Fabia was launched in 2014 which makes it a 3 years old model.
Supposedly you will want to punish yourself and go for the Fabia after the long waiting.
I am looking forwards to the CNG version of this.
This was a great review, thank you very much. +1
5:27 laughed so hard LOL
...So are the three cylinders to be avoided? What about diesel options? The 1.5 petrol may be the pick but is the economy much reduced?
Rob Dundon I think the 1.5 will end up being just as good on fuel as the 1L in real life... as with the 1L it'll take more effort to keep up with traffic...
I also know most new VW Tsi 4 cylinder engines can turn off 2 cylinders when at cruising speed to basically used half the fuel. Where as the 3 cylinder can't
Daniel Fawcett Good point. Hopefully we won't have to wait too long until it becomes available.
Can you do a comparison with this car, 5 door Mini and the Fiesta 5 door.
Maybe Skoda will bring such affordable neat-looking hatchback to russian market? Till then, Kia and Hyundai own the segment with their entry sedans...
You wouldnt trade handlign (FR version) for comfort... but you like the 1.5L engine more... and it only comes in the FR version... hmm.
my friend has this car. In the city it makes 5.5 L/100km as a petrol. Hmm, I don't know if that is true or Volkswagen just subtracts 2 or 3 liters from the real number.
Also the engine is not noisy at all if you drive normally, which 99% of people do.
not a bad car for its price. A lot better than the American cars in the same price range.
They finaly went with the Leon headlights and upgraded those ugly rear lights, The new model looks pretty damn good