{"id":1298,"date":"2005-06-29T04:39:54","date_gmt":"2005-06-29T04:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/29\/seat-len-more-t\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:49:50","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T13:49:50","slug":"seat-len-more-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/29\/seat-len-more-t\/","title":{"rendered":"New Seat Le\u00f3n is a lot more than a flattened Altea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/seatleon.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/smgenglish.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/10118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"166\" alt=\"10118\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/10118.jpg\" width=\"250\"  \/><\/a>&nbsp; At the last Geneva Motorshow, Seat had shown a prototype of the new Le\u00f3n, now here it is in flesh, sporty, dynamic and almost identical. It strongly recalls the Altea, but offers a more slender silhouette. With its hidden rear door handles, the new Le\u00f3n looks like a 5-door coupe, in the manner of the\u2026 Alfa 147! Actually, it\u2019s not by chance, for both were drawn by Walter De Silva.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Technically speaking, the new Le\u00f3n is very similar to the Golf V, just like the previous Le\u00f3n was based on the Golf IV. We find the same engines and floorpan, but the Seat has a different suspension tune up, for it\u2019s supposed to be sportier. More charismatic than its predecessor, the new Le\u00f3n is bigger too, now 4315mm long and 1768mm wide. As a consequence, accommodation has been improved.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>The client can choose between 3 petrol engines (102bhp 1.6, 150bhp 2.0 FSI and 185bhp T-FSI) and 2 diesel engines (105bhp 1.9 TDI and 140bhp 2.0 TDI). Top units are coupled with a 6-speed gearbox, while the DSG is available on the 2.0 TDI only. The 2.0 T-FSI can reach 137mph and sprint from a standstill to 62mph in 7.8 seconds. Too bad this unit does not deliver 200bhp like on the Golf GTI. We can expect more powerful engines to be released. There\u2019s a choice of 4 trims, Reference, Sport, Stylance and Sport-up. ABS, air-conditioning, 6 airbags and CD player are standard on all models, while the dual-zone climate control or ESP require no extra pound from the Stylance trim only.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Prices will be inferior to those of the Golf: a stylish competitor for the <a href=\"http:\/\/adsauto.blogspot.com\/2005\/06\/chevrolet-6-from-adfunk-auto.html\">Vauxhall<\/a> Astra, Renault M\u00e9gane, Ford Focus, Peugeot 307 or Citro\u00ebn <a href=\"http:\/\/whacked.net\/blog\/archives\/001182.html\">C4.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smgenglish.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/seatleon_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"299\" alt=\"Seatleon_1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/seatleon_1.jpg\" width=\"450\"  \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/102131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"299\" alt=\"10213\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/10213.jpg\" width=\"450\"  \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/dscn01891.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Dscn0189\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/dscn0189.jpg\" width=\"450\"  \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; At the last Geneva Motorshow, Seat had shown a prototype of the new Le\u00f3n, now here it is in flesh, sporty, dynamic and almost identical. 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With its hidden rear door handles, the new Le\u00f3n looks like a 5-door coupe, in the manner of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":1609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Seat Le\u00f3n is a lot more than a flattened Altea - Petrol Head<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/29\/seat-len-more-t\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"New Seat Le\u00f3n is a lot more than a flattened Altea - Petrol Head\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"&nbsp; At the last Geneva Motorshow, Seat had shown a prototype of the new Le\u00f3n, now here it is in flesh, sporty, dynamic and almost identical. 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