This review comes from reader Nicholas Naylor, who rented a Seat Altea XL for a recent trip to Spain.My wife and I attended a wedding in southern Spain recently, along with another couple who are close friends of ours. We’re all taller than average, and being that we’re attending a wedding, the luggage load was heavy. So my idea of renting something small and Euro chic was out of the
The ALTEA van has been in production from 2004 to 2015. The car was available with different petrol or diesel engines. It received various awards, such as the red dot best of the best design award, as well as the Auto Trophy 2004 by the Autozeitung-Leserwahl. The Altea came in several versions: Altea FR, XL and Freetrack.The diesel range starts with the tried and tested 1.9 TDI which is used across the Volkswagen, Skoda, SEAT and Audi ranges. This has 105bhp and although it’s pretty noisy and not very refined, it does average an impressive 52mpg overall. But the best engine in the range – for a blend of performance and economy – is the 2.0 TDI with 140bhp. The power behind the Seat Altea S 1.6 TDI CR Ecomotive 5dr is a competent 1.6-litre, 4-cylinder, 16v 1598cc diesel engine. Very eager on all road surfaces, the engine produces 104bhp and torque figures of 184 lb-ft at 1500 rpm, which is respectable given the car’s size. It responds nimbly when revved hard and feels strong in a sporty way, at Read the latest Seat new car reviews, put through their paces by our team of expert road testers, covering performance, depreciation, servicing cost, reliability and buying advice. The Altea's dramatic curves benefit from bright colours, with red proving to be a particularly good choice - especially if you want to emphasise the car's sporty nature. Inside, the cabin is typical Volkswagen Group sombre, as most of the cabin plastics are very dark or black. SEAT Altea 2009-Present pecs, photos, engines, years, launch date and history But the minivan revolution was over and the car sales dropped. The SEAT Altea was introduced in 2004 and it was an 1htJKj.