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2013 Seat Toledo UK – Price £12,495

Seat has announced the price list for the all-new 2013 Toledo model range. The entry-level starts from Toledo E 1.2 12V is priced from £12,495, while the top-of-range Toledo SE 1.6 TDI CR Ecomotive is £17,840. The new Toledo is available to order now at all SEAT dealerships, with first deliveries expected from 1 December.

“The combination of price and packaging that the Toledo offers is second to none,” commented SEAT UK Product Manager Simon Bradley.

“Very few cars, if any, offer the same combination of space, flexibility, affordability, value and style as the new Toledo. We’ve positioned the range so that it offers something for everyone, with the entry-level E model providing exceptional value in terms of the space on offer for the price, while the SE specification car is loaded with useful equipment. Whatever version is chosen, every Toledo customer will enjoy outstandingly low running costs because of the car’s excellent fuel economy and low CO₂ emissions across the range, as well as very reasonable insurance groupings, and BIK ratings as low as 14%. All-in-all, the Toledo is a car that makes sense whichever way you look at it,” he added

The new Toledo is available in three trim levels – E,S and SE. The standard equipment includes 15-inch steel wheels; black door handles and wing mirrors; front electric windows; MP3 CD player with AUX-in; four speakers; Electronic Stability Control (ESC); driver and front passenger airbag; passenger airbag disconnect; front side and curtain airbags; front seatbelt reminders; ISOFIX points with Top Tether.

Toledo S adds: Body coloured door handles and mirrors; electric heated door mirrors; rear windscreen wiper; air conditioning; Bluetooth with voice control; USB port; remote audio controls; six speakers; trip computer; split folding rear seats; height-adjustable driver’s seat; sun visor mirrors; space saver spare wheel; alarm and remote central locking.

Toledo SE adds: 16” alloy wheels; front fog lights with cornering; climate control; refrigerated glove box; cruise control; rear electric windows; leather steering wheel and gear knob; front and rear armrests; new hangers and fixing rings in boot; boot storage compartments; height-adjustable passenger seat.

Options list includes:

16” or 17” alloy wheels; rear parking sensors; SEAT Media System 2.2 including sat nav, colour touchscreen, DAB radio tuner and Bluetooth audio streaming; Hill Hold Control; Storage Pack including front/rear armrests, hangers, nets and boot fixing rings; Winter Pack including heated front seats, headlight washer system and heated front washer nozzles; Comfort Drive Pack including cruise control and front fog lights with cornering; dark tinted rear windows; detachable tow bar.

Source: Seat

October 5, 2012

2013 Seat Toledo finally revealed

2013 Seat Toledo has just been unveiled with its new dynamics, elegant and modern design, and highly efficient TSI and TDI engines.

This attractive design is combined with practical characteristic: this new Seat model features generous space, a high degree of flexibility and outstanding efficiency.

All in all it has a length of 4.48 metres, which makes the new Toledo four centimetres longer than its predecessor. This means that it will offer enough space for all its passengers. Despite its saloon-like profile, this model has a large, wide-opening rear hatch.

As you can see this Seat Toledo has a powerful and solid stance, with clear and precisely defined surfaces, lines and edges. The current design philosophy of the brand can be seen through the broad, angular headlamps.

Combined with thee trapezoidal and slender grille, the lower air intake and the horizontal rear light clusters, bring added visual elegance this Seat. Furthermore, the designers have refined the roofline as well: it runs in an elegant arc to the broad C-pillar, which rises smoothly from the rear side portion.

More importantly, the engines featured here are offered in wide range: the most impressive ones are the highly efficient TSI petrol engines in 1.2 and 1.4 displacements, and a 1.6 common-rail TDI unit. Moreover, the seven-speed dual-shift gearbox (DSG) can be seen mated to the most powerful petrol variants. The petrol engines produce between 55 kW (75 PS) and 90 kW (122 PS). The petrol Ecomotive version boasts CO2 emissions of just 116 g/km.

The Ecomotive version of the TDI diesel engine – which generates 77 kW (105 PS) from a displacement of 1.6 litres –and in addition also delivers best-in-class CO2 figure of 104 g/km. It is promised that in the 2013 the range of engines will be expanded with a 66 kW (90 PS) TDI one.

The standard safety package in this vehicle is: driver and passenger airbags, front side airbags and head/thorax airbags, central locking, a two piece folding rear bench and power windows in the front.

Pricing and specifications for the 2013 Seat Toledo will be revealed closer to its on-sale date early in 2013.

Source: Seat

June 26, 2012

2012 SEAT Toledo Concept

At the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, SEAT brand will proudly present their new concept vehicle, named Toledo, which combines the proportions of a classic saloon car with a sporty, almost coupe-like design. This is a next-generation of the SEAT Toledo, which in addition is an extraordinary combination of emotion, excellent design quality and rational usability. It carries powerful and solid stance, clear surfaces and lines, and new headlamp form which is a signature feature of SEAT’s new design DNA. Furthermore the new 2012 SEAT Toledo Concept also offers spaciousness and usability within compact dimensions. Within its length of 4.48 metres, and wheelbase of 2.60 meters, the new Toledo delivers spaciousness for five people, a luggage compartment of more than 500 litres and large rear hatch and folding rear bench. These dimensions make the vehicle perfect for city driving as well as for long journeys and family transportation needs. Moreover, the luggage compartment is equally spaciously proportioned, with impressive volume. In addition, the new concept vehicle possesses a large rear hatch for optimum loading. Eventually, the folding rear seats facilitate an exceptionally long load length and give the Toledo a usability that is almost on par with that of an estate car.

With the new 2012 SEAT Toledo Concept, SEAT Design is adding an extra portion of sophistication into the design language. At first sight, one can see that the vehicle got a fine figure with its stretched proportions, clean surfaces and sculpted edges. The grille is with honeycomb mesh and retains its trapezoidal form. However its look now is wider and lower. The same pattern is applied on the large air inlet beneath the bumper. One of the characteristic elements of the new SEAT design language is the pentagonal form of the broad front headlamps. The light units come with the chromed “wing” between main headlamp and daytime running light. The broad rear lights also received the same styling, thus contributing to the entire rears impression of quality and solidity. Observed from the side, the new Toledo Concept has taut and dynamic look. This impression is achieved, thank to the clean edge runs from the headlamps across the shoulders to the rear lights. In addition to that the area around the sills has a simple, sculptural feel. Nonetheless, the most important element here is the roofline, which carves an elegant arc all the way to the powerful breadth of the C-pillar, emerging seamlessly from the rear side panel.
At last the interior of the 2012 SEAT Toledo Concept portrays the modern lines of the exterior and gives a feel for spaciousness. The cockpit delivers a feeling of ergonomic clarity, with the top of the dashboard seeming to float effortlessly above the air vents and trim elements. Furthermore, the light coloring of the interior comes with stitching of the leather seats and the leather cladding on the cockpit and doors. All this emphasizes the superb character of the new Toledo Concept.

Source: SEAT

March 2, 2012

Monster MK1 – “Frankenstein” car

Here is an interesting car – Monster MK1. Practically, it is an experiment to see, which the worst combination of car parts, ever is. As you may suggest, there are part from the whole bunch of premium models currently on the market.

The ‘body parts’ of the ‘Nightmare MK1’

Make and Model	Car part
Audi A8	Brakes
BMW M3	Suspension
MG TF	Engine
Land Rover Freelander	Gearbox
Mercedes-Benz V-Class	Ignition
Renault Megane	Electrics
SEAT Alhambra	Air-conditioning
SEAT Toledo	Heating & Cooling systems
Volvo C70	Steering system

The Warranty Direct-inspired horror vehicle would break down every other month and cost an average of £2,050 to fix each year.

The Reliability Index is a unique tool that measures car reliability by considering average cost of repair, frequency of failure, age and mileage. Overall, the Monster Mk1 claims a Reliability Index figure of over 500 – more than five times that of the average car.

“The Monster Mk1 represents the worst-performing vehicles in every sector, from suspension to electrics, on our roads today.”, commented Warranty Direct managing director, Duncan McClure Fisher.

“The wide range of cars included in our special blend highlights how mostly reliable cars can be dragged down by one problem part.”, he added.

July 12, 2011

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2013 Seat Toledo UK – Price £12,495

2013 Seat Toledo finally revealed

2012 SEAT Toledo Concept

Monster MK1 – “Frankenstein” car