Well, this afternoon (fora variety of reasons) I've pretty much done an impromptu group test starting with about 40 miles in my Toledo, then 50 miles in a brand new Leon, and finishing off with 40 more in SWMBO's Ibiza.
To be more specific that's a Toledo TSi105, a Leon TSi110 and an Ibiza 1.4/85.
So you all already know the Toledo, roomy (for 4), fairly old-tech but good value all the same. I like the looks, the amount of kit and how it drives, so hows the Leon?
At first look, it's roomy (for 5), modern and comes with a different selection of goodies, LED lights, new media system, colour maxidot, but no climate control or parking sensors being the most obvious differences. I was expecting a higher quality interior than the plasticky ones in my cars, but this was disappointing owing to it being inconsistent in quality, the doors are better finished but much of the dash and centre console in particular look as cheap as the other two cars if not worse.. So I was not all that keen on the interior, and this got worse when I found that the centre console digs into my leg all the time; this does not happen in either of the others. Also vision out of the Leon seemed worst of the 3 and the door mirrors were clearly least effective and a bit of a Marmite design. Finally I really dislike the Seat Media Plus. We already have Seat Media 2.2 and Seat Portable System and both have clearer mapping, less cluttered displays and more intuitive controls. nuff said on that I think.
To be more specific that's a Toledo TSi105, a Leon TSi110 and an Ibiza 1.4/85.
So you all already know the Toledo, roomy (for 4), fairly old-tech but good value all the same. I like the looks, the amount of kit and how it drives, so hows the Leon?
At first look, it's roomy (for 5), modern and comes with a different selection of goodies, LED lights, new media system, colour maxidot, but no climate control or parking sensors being the most obvious differences. I was expecting a higher quality interior than the plasticky ones in my cars, but this was disappointing owing to it being inconsistent in quality, the doors are better finished but much of the dash and centre console in particular look as cheap as the other two cars if not worse.. So I was not all that keen on the interior, and this got worse when I found that the centre console digs into my leg all the time; this does not happen in either of the others. Also vision out of the Leon seemed worst of the 3 and the door mirrors were clearly least effective and a bit of a Marmite design. Finally I really dislike the Seat Media Plus. We already have Seat Media 2.2 and Seat Portable System and both have clearer mapping, less cluttered displays and more intuitive controls. nuff said on that I think.
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