Seat Toledo 1.9 TDi SE 4dr

After a period of being off the road due to running another car, my Seat Toledo TDI is back on the streets. Here's her story.... I bought my Toledo TDi back in early 2004, it had 38k miles on the clock and was in very good condition. This is her story..... From the moment I set eyes on her I was impressed, sleek, curvacious and to some extent, sporty looking were my first impressions. I'd never taken any notice of seats before then apart from the Ibiza I learned to drive in so I'd not really looked at buying one. I saw her for sale at a local garage and thought i'd take a closer look. My partner at the time and I were expecting our first child, at ...  Read the complete review

Seat Toledo TDiSE - Advantages: Totally reliable, beautiful looking, so many extras - Disadvantages: small boot opening, limited rear legroom, poor residuals

After several weeks of indecision and reading of car reviews I finally decided to test drive a Seat Toledo. Previously my impression of Seat was that of the old Marbella - the Fiat Panda lookalike with horrible pink letters, however my opinion was changed as soon as I laid eyes on the car. Looks wise it's smart, modern and a bit different - something which appealed to me very much. On the technical side it's basically a cross between a Volkwagen and an Audi - it's a VW Bora with a different body and an Audi A3 interior. VW Audi Group have transformed Seat's reputation with cars like this. Some of the plastics they've used on the ...  Read the complete review

Seat have produced a vehicle which at a lower cost gives the reliabilty of VW cars - Advantages: Good size interior, Massive boot space, Good accessory spec. - Disadvantages: Limited number of main dealers