SEAT Toledo Concept Unveiled

[Bobanegra]

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/261575/

Looks as though SEAT are going to go with a full range of new cars at the Geneva Motorshow... got a feeling they're going to hold something special back such as the new Leon or an Ibiza Cupra too

As far as the Toledo goes though, think it looks pretty good!

 

[m0rk]

20 hrs late Had it on the main site since last night

 

[Bobanegra]

Ah well, at least it was only 20

 

[Muttley]

I like the looks (apart from the wheels, but there are lots of wheels to be had). Full rear hatch like the Mk.1, but this will come with a weight penalty that the Mk.2 avoided. Ah well, it'll be a few years before they come down to my price levels.

 

[Phillips1795]

Really like the look of this but as Muttley said it will be a few years before it come into my price range

 

[GazGT]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/motorshows/geneva-motor-show/279607/new_seat_toledo_revealed.html

Based on the above description it sounds more like a cordoba than a toledo. As wide as an ibiza but as long as a leon?

 

[Tolly 150]

Only small capacity engines too

 

[GazGT]

I checked and the current leon is only 4.32m long, so about 7-8" shorter than the figure they quote. The figure they quote also makes it longer than the mk3 toledo. (4.46m)

Surely there will be a 2.0 TDI? I wouldn't mind one for a company car, it would suit my needs well, especially by returning to the hatchback style of the mk1.

 

[markmeus]

Interesting comments on SCN, given that the Auto Express readership is more akin to general public than SCN members which will obviously be biased.

I think this comment sums it up nicely.

Seat now has one rebadged Audi (exeo), one rebadged VW (alhambra) and one rebadged skoda (this being the mission L which was clearly a skoda development given the crease lines and interior) oh and to top it off one shared VW/Seat/Skoda - the up/Mii/Citigo triplets leaving Seat with the aging Leon and Altea and Ibiza as the only cars in their product range fully designed by them. VW was once a master of platform and parts sharing, still managing to give each brand its own identity, but this is a joke. How is Seat supposed to have it's own identity.

It's a pity that just as SEAT starts to do really well certainly in the UK, VW start messing with the formula. Even more annoying is that they keep releasing amazing looking concepts.

 

[v5er]

I don't like the look of it at all. I prefer the Exeo.

 

[Cupra Kid]

I'm going to reserve judgment on this until I see one in the flesh. I thought the Exeo was what a modern Toledo would be and from reading the review this seems more like a Cordoba.

 

[m0rk]

It is a Cordoba 'type' car - extended Ibiza platform (I was incorrect when I stated it'd be MQB)

This is good, because it'll be cheap
This is bad, because it's got the rear beam suspension

 

[mathew2233]

Thank god they've gone back to the mk2 shape


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[m0rk]

More Mk1 really

 

[Dark Andrew]

Surely there will be a 2.0 TDI? I wouldn't mind one for a company car

I think that's the problem, if they stick a 2.0 TDI engine in there then it will be competing directly with the Exeo for business users.