2001 Seat Leon Reviews - Page 13 of 14

Broken foglamp, which the dealer refused to fix at first.

Inoperative cigarette lighter (exactly the same problem I had with my VW Passat (both VW group products).

Driver's door mirror does not fold in as far as the passenger mirror (dealer assures me that this is normal???)

This car is outrageously quick, and appears to be nothing more than an Audi TT with a different jacket on.

Room in the back is poor.

Understeers in the wet (could do with 4wd).

Wheels are very hard to keep clean.

Braking, steering and equipment levels are all superb.

An absolute bargain of a performance car, without attracting attention.

The wing mirrors stopped folding in, the dealer was unable to fix.

A wing mirror was vandalized shortly afterwards.

The car is fast, very fast.

ABS is a little aggressive.

Tyres are expensive.

Wheels are difficult to keep clean.

Accelerator broke at 1500 miles.

Ignition barrel broke at 4000 miles - car was in the garage for 3 1/2 weeks!

This car has thundering performance - it really is the one to look out for in the sub £18k price bracket. Can only be described as a "pocket rocket".

Totally let down by the hideous reliability and dealer service!

Performed perfectly since the day I bought it.

The car was supplied with one wheel centre the wrong colour, grey instead of silver. It had not been painted. But the dealer dealt with this swiftly and has been very helpful.

This car is not a GTI flyer, but is a better long distance express, quiet, refined and always has power on tap. Without doubt the best car I have owned.

Car was not properly PDI'ed by the supplying dealer eg. tyres were set at 45PSI, the centre console had a damaged trim piece (replaced), etc.

Car was delivered with a faulty rear centre passenger headrest which can't be removed.

Front passenger side main speaker has started to crackle.

Centre console illumination keeps disappearing for short spells and then coming back again! Probably a loose connection somewhere...

Basically what you are getting is an A3 1.8T Quattro without the 4WD, but with more equipment and at two-thirds of the price! A veritable bargain since it has the same high build quality!

The engine is starting to loosen up, and when it's fully run-in with traction control switched off, a sub-7 second 0-60 time won't be out of the question. I recently drove a facelifted BMW 325 and the Leon is comfortably faster. In addition to very fine ride and handling, what surprises most people about this car is it's long distance refinement. Although not everyone likes the styling, I have to say that I personally prefer it to it's sister cars - the Golf and the A3. The only weakness of the car is the poor sound quality from the cassette deck (although the autochanger is fine).

Despite a few niggles I've had with the car, whether you want a family car, a sports car, a removal van, or long distance cruiser, this car does it all!

Also it's predicted that this car will have very good residuals too.