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Seat Ibiza New Car Lease Review

Third time is often the charm, but this wasn’t the case for the Seat Ibiza. Now in its fifth generation, Seat have finally produced a car worthy of taking on the titans of the hatchback industry; the Renault Clio, Vauxhall Corsa and perhaps the greatest of all, the Ford Fiesta.

Within this supermini-sized package, there’s an assortment of tech, safety and performance features plucked from other cars in Volkswagen Group’s hatchback line-ups, namely the Audi A1, Volkswagen Polo and Skoda Fabia.

The 1.0 litre engine may lack the turbocharger featured on the 1.0 TSI 95 model, but is still ample to feel nippy around town and comfortably get up to speed on the motorway. The ride is one of the best in class, smoother than the Ford or Skoda over both imperfect roads and when cruising on the motorway.

The top end of the arrangement of superminis is dominated by cars that handle well: The Ford Focus, Mini, and Polo, and the Ibiza is well within its rights to join this line up. The car handles with sophistication and above all oozes comfortability.

Inside the Car

In the cabin you’ll enjoy the Ibiza if you enjoy a lower driving position. The sharp styling hasn’t come at the cost of forward visibility either, the pillars aren’t that obtrusive, even when edging from a corner and the windows are tall enough.

Air-con comes as standard, so too does a 8.0 inch infotainment system that includes Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as well as a DAB radio and a satnav.

The large touchscreen follows the trend set by all other features of this car, its amongst the best in class, being big, bright and responsive, as well as easy to operate.

As a result, legroom in the back seats has increased by 35mm, while headroom has increased by 17mm in the back and 24mm in the front. The seats are 42mm wider and the boot area is 63-litres bigger, bringing total capacity up to a class-leading 355-litre figure. The loading height has also been lowered. Other things you'll notice inside include the fact that the controls and instruments are now more driver-orientated and the cabin feels of higher quality, thanks to colour-personalisable LED lighting, an 8-inch centre-dash touchscreen and a 'Full Link' connectivity system.

Whilst being supermini on the outside, the Seat Ibiza is far from on the inside. Even if you’re a six-footer, you’ll have to have some serious elevation on your hairstyle to feel it brush the roof. The seats in the front also slide back to the point where any long-legged people will fit comfortably.

On the Outside

In the rear, space doesn’t come at a premium, beating out the Ford Fiesta and Skoda Fabia in that respect.

Whilst the car is far from the optimal choice for transporting a team of rugby players to an away game, it will manage three, reasonably sized adults without that much of a struggle for shoulder room.

The front and rear overhangs are very short and at the front of the car, triangular full-LED headlights dominate. The longer wheelbase and window graphics accentuate the size of this model too. Under the skin, the car is based on the Volkswagen Group's latest MQB platform, which will also be used in next-generation versions of Volkswagen's Polo and Skoda's Fabia.

The Ibiza is also bigger this time round, 87mm wider than before, while the 2,564mm distance between the axles represents a 95mm increase.

Seat claims the boot is larger than that of the Ford Focus, a true family hatchback, which whilst slightly optimistic, the Ibiza is once again best in class for bootspace, outdoing even the Volkswagen Polo and Ford Fiesta, with space for a couple of large suitcases.

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Being able to dip into the Volkswagen Group parts bin for the niftiest tech usually means a very low overall cost of ownership and that's certainly the case here.

The base 1.0 MPI variant manages 57.6mpg on the combined cycle and 112g/km of CO2. The 1.0-litre TSI petrol models are capable of nearly 60.1mpg on the combined cycle and a CO2 figure of as little as 106g/km - so who needs a diesel? A start/stop system, which switches off the engine when the vehicle is at a standstill, is available on all models. What else? Well there's SEAT's usual three year/60,000 mile warranty.

The big question is how does the Seat Ibiza stack up from a Personal Car Leasing or Business Contract Hire perspective, LetsTalk's Car Leasing Comparison tools enable easy comparison.

Searching for a Personal Lease based on a 3 Year Contract, 10,000 miles per year and 6 months initial rental the Seat Ibiza would cost £174 inc vat which is one of the cheapest Hatchbacks around.

Ibiza's important to Spain - and this one certainly is to SEAT. Over 5.4 million examples of this car have been sold since the original first generation model's introduction back in 1984. If SEAT can promote this fifth generation car properly, then it stands a chance of gaining a place somewhere near the top of the rather over-stuffed shortlists that most browsing supermini buyers will be working through.

An inherent product rightness certainly counts in this Ibiza's favour, borne from a real attention to detail that's come through development of this model line over a quarter of a century.

In summary, we're looking here at a car that, like its brand, has matured nicely. One mindful of the fact that modernday Spaniards need to balance Latin spirit with sober sense. In this Ibiza, they've a small car that does exactly that.

Everything about the Seat Ibiza follows the trend of being best in class, for the best lease deals on the Seat Ibiza, visit our limited time special offer or search our hundreds of other car leasing special offers to find the best deals on the market for personal leases or company cars.