New Ibiza Launch - Amethyst SEAT 24/04/2002

[djawol]

I was invited along to the new Ibiza "Power and Passion" launch last night.

Great free (non alcoholic) cocktails
Good looking Ibiza Sport 1.4 in a deep blue (I noticed running 16's but they were wider than the 195's on the current Cupra)
Great food......

.....Some absolutely stunning PR girls :D
.....and three very lovely looking dancers (the girls not the blokes! ;))

I even got a cap, some mugs and a towel for my efforts.

Cheers Rob and the guys, twas a good laugh.

...and thanks to Bill (Badger) and his wife for a good natter while we were there.

:cheers:
Andy

[BenS1]

I got an invite too, but since I live 130 miles away i thought it would be a bit much.

Whats the new Ibiza like?

If the 1.4 is running on 205x16s then what will the Cupra be running on? 225s? I hope so.

What was your general impression of the car?

Ben

[djawol]

Originally posted by BenS1
Whats the new Ibiza like?

If the 1.4 is running on 205x16s then what will the Cupra be running on? 225s? I hope so.

What was your general impression of the car?


I thought the car was well made. The laser welding means the panel gaps are excellent. The doors have a nice well made 'clunk'. The interior is bigger but it doesn't look that bigger from the outside.
Nice supportive seats on the Sport and the drivers side was height adjustable.
Gone is the big screen, replaced with standard size stereo and with standard 8 speakers.

The only thing was the dash looks a bit mismatched with different types of plastics clashing a bit.

The Cupra should look good if they work at it.

Definitely looks better in the darker colours. There was a nice dark blue one in the showroom.

Cheers
Andy