Seat Leon Reviews

Given that SEAT shares so much with the Skoda Octavia – which finished well up our chart – this is a hard result to fathom.

Only four cars have a worse ride than the Leon, while comfort and ease of driving could be better.

Reliability and build quality are poor – 81st place for the latter suggests that Skoda is well ahead.

Overall owner rating :

88.04% (18th overall in Driver Power 2010)

Owners who would buy an Leon Mkii again:

87%

Owners who would buy another Seat again:

96%

Disagree? Tell us about your car in Driver Power 2011

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NEW REVIEWS (3 results)
SEAT Leon The likeable Leon brings a dash of Spanish style to the family hatchback sector.	Sep 2009
SEAT Leon Cupra	Apr 2007
SEAT Leon	Dec 2006

FIRST DRIVES (26 results)
SEAT Leon FR+ Supercopa New SEAT Leon FR+ Supercopa special edition celebrates Spanish hot hatchback's motorsport pedigree	Mar 2012
SEAT Leon TwinDrive	Nov 2011
SEAT Leon FR+	Sep 2011
SEAT Leon FR	Aug 2011
SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI	Nov 2010
SEAT Leon Cupra R	Jun 2010
Seat Leon Ecomotive	Jun 2010
Seat Leon FR TDI	Jan 2010
SEAT Leon Ecomotive	Dec 2009
SEAT Leon Cupra R	Oct 2009
See all 26 First Drives results

LONG TERM TESTS (11 results)
Seat Leon FR TDI Our Spanish star has been clocking up the miles recently - but has it proved the perfect long-distance companion?	Mar 2011
SEAT Leon	Aug 2010
SEAT Leon FR TDI	Apr 2010
SEAT Leon	Feb 2010
SEAT Leon Cupra	Sep 2008
SEAT Leon Cupra	Feb 2008
SEAT Leon FR	Sep 2007
SEAT Leon FR TDI	Jun 2007
SEAT Leon FR TDI	Jan 2007
SEAT Leon Cupra R	May 2003
See all 11 Long Term Tests results

CAR GROUP TESTS (4 results)
SEAT Leon Cupra R vs Rivals First there was Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon. Then the World Cup.Now can Spain top off its success in the hot hatch class with SEAT’s new Leon Cupra R? We test it against Renault and Mazda rivals.	Jul 2010
Renault Megane Cup vs SEAT Leon Cupra	Jan 2010
Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback vs SEAT Leon	Dec 2008
Hot hatchbacks	Sep 2006

USED CAR TESTS (1 result)
SEAT Leon Introduced in 2000, the SEAT Leon is like a Volkswagen Golf in a party frock. Underneath the skin it uses the same platform, engines and suspension components as the VW, but from the outside it looks far more purposeful and distinctive.	Jan 2003

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