Test drive Seat Toledo 1999 - 2004 sedan

With "automatic" calmer

The will of Volkswagen AG Spanish Seat Toledo defines a sports image. Having equipped this golf class sedan with an automatic transmission, the designers donated a bit of dynamism in favor of more comfortable control.
 
Someone sings the madness of the brave, and we are the style of Seat Toledo. The fourth year has gone since the appearance of this compact sedan, but it still pleases the gaze of the harmony of verified forms. Traditional elegance and expression of Spanish design are complemented by the model with the thoroughness, reliability and quality inherent in German machines.
 
Recall, Seat is one of the Volkswagen divisions. On the TOLEDO platform is unified with VW Bora. For temperamental and at the same time practical nature, this car is a find. However, he has many fans among people who need comfort. It is they who addressed the version equipped with an automatic transmission.
 
The four-speed automatic gearbox is conjured (in our case) with a 125-horsepower gasoline engine of 1.8 liters. Two additional seconds of accelerated dynamics (compared with 10.5-second receipt of a similar sedan with a manual gearbox) are more than paying off the convenience of control. The transmission works smoothly, without stumbling on the steps. It seems that the car is trying to simulate the manner of driving its balanced owner.
 
However, the automatic version is capable of hot blood. If you sincerely bother the accelerator, Toledo will allow no worse than the enraged VAZ nine. True, at the same time, the engine will without any hesitations with a well -delivered baritone express its discontent about the use of the whip.
 
A curious feature: Kik-Down is activated here (say, during overtaking or jerking from a traffic light) located under the gas pedal with a floor button.
 
Like the twigs (VW Bora, Rkoda Octavia), Seat Toledo has a rather stiff but elastic suspension, so that the car holds perfectly in corners. Adequately reacting to a sharp steering wheel, the sedan allows the driver to feel the connection of the front drive wheels with the road.
 
As for the machinations of potholes in the asphalt, the breakdown of the suspension can not be afraid. But the speed on the chipboard - for the sake of comfort - it is more advisable to reduce. Moreover, the brakes of the car are first -class.
 
During a measured ride in the cabin, an atmosphere of universal prosperity reigns. Toledo inhabitants remains to enjoy the convenience of a well -developed interior. The relative poverty of the space in the back seat compensates for the excellent layout and equipment of the car (in our case, the equipment is signo). The crew of the electric package, climatic installation, an audio system with CD and, importantly, a roomy trunk.
 
The automatic Seat Toledo 22600 euros. This amount by 900 euros exceeds the price of a sedan with mechanics, but is quite consistent with the provided basket of consumer qualities of the machine. And then, with a machine gun, it is calmer.
 
Text: Igor Kuznetsov
 

Source: Magazine 5 wheel [05/2002]