MOTORING
Surprisingly as it may seem within the mighty arsenal of Seat products they were
lacking until very recently a vehicle to enter the hotly contested SUV market. That
is no longer the situation and although it is a late arrival at the car scene with most
of the other manufactures already producing vehicles for this important market
place, for example think Nissan Qashqai, Kia Sportage, Renault Kadjar, the list
goes on and on and so Seat has decided they need one of these vehicles in the
arsenal of their range, writes Bob Hickman.
If you look carefully and closely
you will see is there a significance
between the mighty VAG stable
of Audi Q3 and Volkswagen
Tiguan and if you thought there
was a degree slightly of similarity
and you wouldn’t be far wrong
because they do actually share
the same platform.
The Ateca is neat and composed
and a vehicle that you feel at
home with, inside it is a roomy and
well designed vehicle, there can
be no escape however from the
factor that this vehicle is part of
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the mighty VAG. Its DNA is there,
it does share certain aspects
which Skoda’s, Volkswagens and
Audi’s but that is not meant to be
a criticism, it is a compliment to
how the parts bin can be raided
and give a vehicle that enables
a multitude of people to be
satisfied.
also a bonus not having to get the
handbook out at all times to find
out just what it does and how.
From a driving perspective the
instrumentation is contained
within a binnacle directly in
front of the driver and it has its
speedometer, rev counter, which
are clear to understand and
the instrumentation contained
As in all SUV’s you sit quite high in
within the centre of the binnacle
the Ateca and that is a pleasant
is a multi-option to give you
factor. It has an unfussy interior
and I really do like that. Everything speed, average miles, miles still
to cover, and all this is controlled
you expect to find is there, it is
clearly, easily understood and it is as you would expect from a