SEAT Altea Freetrack 4 (2007 – 2009) Review
SEAT Altea Freetrack 4 (2007 – 2009) At A Glance
When I first drove the SEAT Altea I didn't like it.
And that was not because the launch was in Watford rather then Altea.
I couldn't get on with the way the tall body handled, the 140 diesel that bogged down then catapulted the car forward, and the coalface of a dashboard.
But since then it's been allowed to grow 13" into the XL. And now SEAT is offering a version of the XL with four-wheel drive, that they call the Freetrack 4.
Renault tried this sort of thing before, not very successfully, with the facelift Scenic RX4 that had a spare wheel on the back and used a lot of fuel.
But SEAT, being part of VWG and availing itself of VWG's parts bin, has taken a different route and fitted the Altea Freetrack 4 with the same Audi quattro-derived running gear as the Skoda Octavia Scout. And either the 170PS version of the 2.0TDI or the 200PS 2.0TSI petrol engine.
Real MPG average for a SEAT Altea Freetrack 4 (2007 – 2009)
Real MPG was created following thousands of readers telling us that their cars could not match the official figures.
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Average performance
94%
Real MPG
22–45 mpg
MPGs submitted
23
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