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SEAT Altea Sport 2.0 TDI CR manual road test

An image of the SEAT Altea. Launched back in 2004, the was ’s fresh take on the small family MPV. With innovative styling and a slightly sporting demeanour it was heralded as being more than ‘just a family workhorse’. The has now been treated to a refreshed exterior and interior with new engine options.

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The £19,000 Altea Sport has a 3yr/60,000m mechanical warranty and a two-year Europe-wide rescue service along with dual-zone climate control, cruise control, electric windows front and rear, an MP3-compatible CD audio system with ‘aux’ inputs and a trip computer. My test car was also loaded with over £2,000-worth of options which included a Technology and Convenience Pack, a Media System and rear seat entertainment with roof-mounted screen. Fuel consumption is quoted at a surprisingly economic 50.4mpg combined, along with 146g/km of CO2 (£125 annual road tax) and group 11E insurance. Aside from a high waistline which young kids might find hard to peer out over, the Altea Sport is annoyingly hard to fault.

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Lee Sibbald, November 18, 2009
Filed under: Fleet news,RoadTestReports.co.uk,SEAT

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