Our Fleet Test Drive: Seat Leon X-perience: 5th report
Date:
24 June 2015
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Author: Hugh Hunston
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Equipment: | LED headlights and taillights, automatic wipers and lights, 18in alloys, 7 airbags, 5in colour infotainment screen incorporating satnav with MP3-compatible CD player and DAB radio, rear parking sensors, directional cornering front fog lights, 18in space saver spare wheel | Options: | Metallic paint (£530), adaptive cruise control with front assist (£505), rear side airbags (£300), 10-speaker Seat sound system (£255), luggage divider net (£155 |
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A high-powered 4x4 diesel auto isn't usually the right combination for the lowest CO2 figures, but in the case of our Leon X-perience it's the best out there against rivals.
At 129g/km, the Seat gets below the vital 130g/km write-down allowance threshold, and no other specialist 4x4 estates gets to that figure. Even the Skoda Octavia Scout, which shares a lot of the same architecture as the Leon, has a CO2 output of 134g/km, despite the fact the Leon is actually slightly heavier (by 45kg).
It means that at 23% the Leon trumps the Scout, Audi A4 Allroad and Subaru Outback for the lowest benefit-in-kind rate for drivers
Mileage |
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1996 miles |
Official consumption |
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57.6mpg |
Our average consumption |
43.7mpg |
Forecast/actual CPM |
64.9p/65.7p |
P11D price |
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£30,030 |
Model price range (X-perience) £24,385 - £28,870 |
Residual value 29.1% |
Depreciation |
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£20,440 |
Fuel cost |
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£5519 |
SMR cost |
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£2543 |
VED |
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£220 |
National Insurance |
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£2624 |
CO2 tax (tax) 129g/km (23%) |
BIK 20/40% per month |
£115/£310 |
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Verdict
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- Updated VW Group satnav accepts six-character postcodes
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- Guidance system wrongly denies having requisite postcode dat
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