SEAT Altea (2004 – 2015) Review
SEAT Altea (2004 – 2015) At A Glance
I have very fond memories of Altea. It's a pretty artist's town on a turquoise sea between Benidorm and Calpe. I had a girlfriend there when I was about 20. Her mama was a painter, and took me to a wonderful restaurant called Pepe's in an old building by the sea where 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 hotel full stop. Everything, from the wall of keys behind reception to the Perspex case of butterflies in my room, is an accessible kind of art that delights even sceptics like me. And the sun shone almost as intensely as it does on the Costa Blanca. So the scene was certainly set to launch a car SEAT wants us to appreciate for its style and form.
Real MPG average for a SEAT Altea (2004 – 2015)
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Average performance
87%
Real MPG
28–59 mpg
MPGs submitted
189
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