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  SEAT Leon 2013 Road Test 23 Nov 2012 (roadtest)
  New SEATs have been bit thin on the ground in the past few years. Sure, there have been new cars, but these have either been shared models with other Volkswagen Group cars ( Alhambra , Mii
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  SEAT Toledo 2012 Road Test 13 Sep 2012 (roadtest)
  After a few years absence, the SEAT Toledo is back. The model survived a midlife crisis when it turned into the ugly cousin of the Altea, but now it's slimmed down and once again is very much its own model. SEAT has gone back to a traditional saloon shape - like the popular second
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  SEAT Alhambra 2010 Road Test 15 Sep 2010 (roadtest)
  This is really two tests in one. Because just about anything I write about the new SEAT Alhambra will almost equally apply to the new VW Sharan. There is, of course, a price difference. A slight weight difference. A possible difference in noise
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  SEAT Exeo 2009 Road Test 15 Jun 2009 (roadtest)
  Under its skin, the SEAT Exeo is, of course an Audi A4 By. And over the model life of the Audi A4 B6 and B7, what started out as an attractive, solidly built, yet sometimes unwieldy and hard riding car turned into quite a good one. It was almost as if criticisms
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  SEAT Ibiza 2008 Road Test 20 Jul 2008 (roadtest)
  Good news, everybody. VAG has finally come up with a new floorpan that’s the equal of the class-leading Toyota Yaris. And the first car you’ll find on top of it is the very pretty, spacious and comfortable new SEAT Ibiza IV. It’s the first car
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  SEAT Leon 2006 Road Test 5 May 2006 (roadtest)
  The look of the 2006 SEAT Leon is down to Walter d’Silva. He designed the Alfa 156 and 147. Opening the garage doors to one of those is a bit like waking next to the face of a woman so beautiful you forgive her almost anything. Which can be the case with these Alfas
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  SEAT Altea 2004 Road Test 11 Jun 2004 (roadtest)
  we ate charcoal grilled mackerel with chilled red wine. But instead of launching the Altea in Altea, SEAT chose Watford. Why? Well it just so happens that The Grove hotel in Watford’s green belt is probably the finest art hotel in Britain if not the finest
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  SEAT Mii Electric 2020 Road Test 13 Nov 2019 (roadtest)
  At £19,300 (after the £3,500 Plug In Car Grant) the SEAT Mii electric makes a lot of sense to a lot of people, not least the people who actually make it. It’s a 5-door 4-seater with a maximum fair weather range of 162 miles, which is more than enough for most commuters, suburban
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  SEAT Ibiza Cupra 2016 Road Test 18 Jul 2016 (roadtest)
  Buyers looking for a small, exciting car have never had it so good. There's a better selection of hot hatches than ever before. That means competition is stiff though – so SEAT has made some significant changes to the Ibiza Cupra, including a new, more
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  SEAT Leon ST 2014 Road Test 25 Nov 2013 (roadtest)
  SEAT is not a manufacturer that you would normally associate with family estates. Indeed, the Spanish firm is better known for its performance models than load luggers, which begs the question, why has it decided to enter the space race with the Leon
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  SEAT Leon SC 2013 Road Test 15 May 2013 (roadtest)
  The three-door Leon SC is finally here – a car that SEAT should have built years ago.  And, in line with the current trend, SEAT hasn't called it a three-door. It's a Sport Coupe, or SC. This trend began with estates taking names like Sports Tourer, ST or Sport
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  SEAT Ibiza Cupra 2013 Road Test 20 Feb 2013 (roadtest)
  SEAT has always done hot hatches brilliantly and now one of its most iconic - the Ibiza Cupra - has had a facelift to bring it up-to-date with the rest of the Ibiza range
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  SEAT Altea Freetrack 2007 Road Test 20 Oct 2007 (roadtest)
  When I first drove the ordinary 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
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  SEAT Arona 1.0 TSI 2018 Road Test 18 Oct 2017 (roadtest)
  It’s like buses - you wait years for  SEAT  to make an SUV and then two come along at once. Say hello to the Arona, which is SEAT’s answer to the Nissan Juke and, on first impressions, one of the best compact crossovers around. It’s
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  SEAT Alhambra 2.0 TDI 2015 Road Test 10 Jul 2015 (roadtest)
  Say hello to the revised SEAT Alhambra. No, really, it has been revised - but you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. Cosmetically the tweaks are barely noticeable - there is a new grille and some new lights, front and rear. Thankfully the team at SEAT has done a little more
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  SEAT Ibiza 1.4 TDI 2015 Road Test 8 Jun 2015 (roadtest)
  Leonisation. That’s what SEAT calls the latest update to the Ibiza, which is now more like the tremendously popular SEAT Leon - not that you can tell at a glance. That’s because the Ibiza looks exactly like it did before. Thankfully the changes inside and under the bonnet
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  SEAT Leon ST Cupra 2015 Road Test 12 Feb 2015 (roadtest)
  Ford did if first with the Focus ST estate and now, in a confusion of nomenclature, SEAT has done the same with its Leon ST Cupra. The difference is 30 extra PS, and 111 more litres of load space. Enough for the SEAT to outdrag as well as outbag the Ford
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  SEAT Leon X-Perience 2014 Road Test 29 Oct 2014 (roadtest)
  The SEAT Leon X-PERIENCE is a Haldex clutched four-wheel drive version of the SEAT Leon ST, tested by Dan Powell here . It’s SEAT’s equivalent of the slightly larger Skoda Octavia Scout and comes
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  SEAT Ibiza ST facelift 2012 Road Test 31 Mar 2012 (roadtest)
  The SEAT Ibiza ST has just had a facelift for 2012. And, happily, the restyle by new design chief Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos has not undone the excellent work of Luc Donckerwolke. The lights with combined LED DRLs are more exciting, grille is a bit flatter
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  SEAT Leon Cupra R 2010 Road Test 19 Apr 2010 (roadtest)
  My first impression of the SEAT Leon Cupra 240 was disappointment. The steering felt too light. The brakes felt over servoed. But perhaps a run from Weybridge to The NEC wasn’t going to show it in its best light anyway. What it did allow