Seat Altea Ecomotive 1.6 TDI 105hp: Test Drive Review
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Seat Altea Ecomotive 1.6 TDI 105hp: Test Drive Review
Date:
31 August 2010
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Category:
Mini-MPV
P11D price:
£17,970
Key rival:
Ford C-max
Now even Mini-MPVs are getting down to under 121g/km. The Seat Altea and its bigger-booted Altea XL sibling are both available in 119g/km Ecomotive form. Ford's C-max also creeps into the 13% benefit-in-kind boundary, but there's not much else that can offer the space versatility of the Altea at that tax point.
The official combined economy figure from the 105hp 1.6 diesel is 62.8mpg, achieved employing an array of CO2-reducing measures such as stop-start and braking energy recovery.
Refinement, performance and ride quality are all good without being exceptional, while a cost per mile figure of 42.6p is a decent result for the sector and a reflection on the fuel economy as much as anything. KwikCarCost predicts a 30.8% retained residual value after three years and 60,000 miles.