Our Fleet Test Drive: Seat Leon X-perience: 7th report
Date:
30 July 2015
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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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Having covered just under a couple of thousand miles across England and France in the space of a month in the Leon, I've had plenty of time to play with the eco settings.
There's a noticeable difference in power delivery when you switch from eco mode to normal, with the latter being a more rewarding driving experience, and the former for delivering fuel savings when you're not in a rush as well as a sense of moral well-being.
It basically feels like switching from the smaller 110hp diesel in lesser Leons than our X-perience model, back to the 184hp when you take it out of the eco set-up. Deciding between economy and power is a fluid arrangemen
| Mileage 4172 miles |
| Official consumption 57.6mpg |
| Our average consumption |
38.8mpg |
| Forecast/actual CPM |
64.9p/68.5p |
| P11D price |
£30,030 |
| Model price range (X-perience) |
£24,385 - £28,870 |
| Residual value |
29.1% |
| Depreciation |
£20,440 |
| Fuel cost |
£5519 |
| SMR cost |
£2543 |
| VED |
£220 |
| CO2 tax (tax) 129g/km (23%) |
| BIK 20/40% per month |
£115/£310 |
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Verdict
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- Fuel economy could have been a touch better
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