Seat Arosa 1.0

I have had and lived with my little 1.0 Arosa for 5 and a half years now and what a car she is. The little 1 litre engine is not a powerful beast but is more than adequat for the type of driving I do, mainly to a from work and the occasional longer trip. The fuel economy is fantastic if you use it on longer runs and I can get a good 240 miles from a 28 litre fill up and that is driving to a from work and lots of short trips. When I drove to Brize Norton from Plymouth doing a steady 60mph (had lots of time to wait there!) I managed a very impressive 300 miles out of the tank (including a quarter of the tank being used at 'faster' speeds on the return ...  Read the complete review

~ ~ Seat, the Spanish car manufacturer, have recently launched the new 2001 version of their very popular 1.0 litre Arosa. What has caused most stir in the motoring press has been its new ”look”, said to be very similar to a BMW in the design of the front lights and grille. They have seemingly “borrowed” from yet another luxury car for the rear view, where the light cluster is nearly identical to the baby Lexus, the IS200. ~ ~ The brand new image has had significant imput from designer Walter de Silva, who has just moved to Seat from Alfa Romeo, where he was the chief stylist. Alfa’s big success story of recent times, the ...  Read the complete review