I don’t have an
Ibiza, but from a production cost perspective, I very much doubt Seat will produce a soft touch dash top just for higher models on the model range.
VW are also cheapening out and so are Audi. VW’s T-Roc doesn’t have any soft touch plastics in the interior - not even for the performance version (T-Roc R) which has a list price of nearly £41k! The door cards in Audi‘s A1 and Q2 models are also made from hard scratchy plastic (not sure about other Audi models). Hard scratchy plastics are also the order of the day in VW’s all electric ID3.
I have just recently got a new VW Polo GTI+. It does have a soft touch dash top but the door cards are hard plastic - the previous generation car had a fabric panel on the door cards and the cost to VW to incorporate a similar panel in the current Polo’s door cards would‘ve only cost them a few pounds extra. It’s all about ‘managing‘ cost and maximising profits these days though.
The hard plastic door cards in my new car don’t really bother me, although they are a very visible cost cutting measure compared to the previous generation model. There are also other little cost cutting measure I’ve noticed on my new car compared to the previous one; no interior grab handles above the doors, the tailgate catch on the boot sill used to have a little spring loaded cover - that’s gone too. Also the plastic engine cover no longer has a VW emblem on it - the emblem may have been dropped on other VAG brands too so the same ‘anonymous’ cover can be used across all VAG brands.