SEAT Ibiza

Ibiza vied with Fiesta for best supermini crown when they arrived. Can it see off the new Clio?

Sam Naylor

Running costs 44.0mpg (on test) £51 fill-up/£145 or 24% tax Practicality Boot (seats up/down) 355 litres/N/A Performance 0-60mph/top speed 10.2 seconds/113mph Braking 70-0/60-0/30-0mph 48.0/35.6/8.9m MODEL TESTED: SEAT Ibiza 1.0 TSI 95 SE Technology PRICE: £16,735 ENGINE: 1.0-litre 3cyl turbo, 94bhp ALONG with the Fiesta, it’s the Ibiza the Clio has to beat if it wants to take class honours – and looking at the price of this £16,735 1.0 TSI 95 car in SE Technology trim, the SEAT could prove to be closer competition than the Ford. Design & engineering THE Ibiza is based on the A0 version of the MQB platform that cemented the fortunes of parent company, the Volkswagen Group. It’s the same platform that underpins other superminis, such as the VW Polo. That means that, as in…

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