SEAT Leon hatchback 2013 review - CarBuyer

"The latest Leon blends a sporty drive, stylish looks and decent practicality better than ever before."

[MrEngland]

Also if you're thinking of buying this car, go for it! Not only is it value for money, but it's so smooth and it has the wow factor ! Unlike a boring old golf

[andydinwoodie]

I had a 2014 FR 2.0 TDi as a company car for about a year. Decent performance, good handling, good comfort and great level of equipment. I did just over 18000 miles of mixed motorway, A roads and B roads driving and averaged 55-56 mpg.

[JackKing]

Love these back in the day car reviews

[nO_dNAL]

That's truly incredible. 0-60 in 7.5 seconds with 65 mpg (or at least 55) and a normal one which gives 75 mpg! With all that equipment, sportiness and good ride and them looks I don't see why anyone would buy an Astra, Focus or Golf

[tenable]

The best car in it's class, affordable, comfortable, nice to drive, spacious, practical, very economical, well build and pleasant to eyes.

[samez]

i recently bought the leon 1.2 dsg.The DSG auto change is amazing.I initally did not even want a leon.I rented a manual diesel for a weekend and was unimpressed with the engine noise and it had a hard handbrake.
Turns out the handbrake on the rental was faulty and responsible for the hard feel.
After test driving the A3, golf, astra and i30 for some weird reason my wife said why not go next door and try the leon.
I did .The petrol version was simply amazing and as i said the DSG was great.You also get good gear with the SE making the most sense.Also it comes with the free tech package .Haggle well and the DSG version will only set you back less then £1000 and well worth it.
It drives like a golf and looks better.Also recent survey for 1 year old car(hard to tell its 3 year value as this generation is not there yet) has kept it % wise(residual value)in top 10 and rising beating now the golf and edging closer to the audi 3 now.
Dunno what the comment about the boot is about seems same as the golf to me when i looked around and beats some other models too.
Well worth it if you getting a new car.I paid £17400 but there was a lot of added insurance and non seat added on stuff .The price for the car was actually about £16500 which was a 1.2 dsg auto 5 door metallic paint SE  with tech and convience pack.Try speccing that on a audi 3 or a golf and you pay easily £3-4k extra.

[ivanveta]

Because of Carbuyer I bought Seat Leon thank you very much :)

[igorzdanowski]

definitely better looking car than golf

[skul]

One of the smallest boots in class Rebecca? It's the same 380 litres as in the Golf and about 65 litres bigger than the Focus! It's also 10 litres more than in the Astra!

I'll let you off though because, like the Leon you are rather beautiful! Keep up the good work racing and reviewing!

[Miki]

Ehh love the design. Friend of mine drive it and he said the car is great. I will definitely get it when I pass my driving test, it's something fresh it also looks a little bit like an Audi A3 which I love as well.

[cbcdesign]

This video does no justice to the interior at all. Rebecca says it has a quality looking dash and it really does when you see it for real but in this video it looks plain. I am glad I went to a dealership to see one for myself.

[ACS]

Germany is its biggest market (after Spain) so don't be too surprised. The new Leon's aim is to help Seat increase sales units to 800, 000 per year. In red and in FR trim, both 3 and 5 door are damn sexy versions of Audi A3. It has enough Spanish flair to keep it from being an A3 clone!

[stunninglad]

I like Seats. Good review on the latest model

[JohnnyWrong]

Seats were really good looking for a while. What happened?

[HadesJJ]

Yes, It's build on MQB platform. Actually Ibiza and Leon always gets the same platform as newest Polo and Golf platform.

[richkyraymond]

she is soo sooo soo cute! "okay, comfortable!"
:3

[rentoz]

Seat is always improving. Very impressed.

[Sauws]

New camera person? The shots were a bit too close this time, we would like to have a bit more overall view shots ... (examples, to show the backseat space and the cutaway storage montage)

[alliancemad]

I thought the boot was 380 litres same as the golf so how is that amongst the smallest in class when the focus/v40/a class all have much smaller boots

[skul]

It's not up top but lower down it's a bit scratchy! Much improved on my last generation one! This review is the cheaper version but the FR is very nice inside with nicely weighted switch gears and everything you touch regularly feels pretty good! I's say it's about Golf Mk V standard!