Seat Ibiza 1.4S

Having done 60000 km,i have to say that i am satisfied.Until now,the only problem i had was just a small problem in the suspension,which cost only 80 euros.Its interior materials didn't excite me,but they seem tolerant,and i haven't had any problems.There is enough space for a family,and it has a good averagely boot.The only thing i didn't like was its performance.You can't use it to travel in the highway,it will difficultly get over 150 km/h.But overally,it is a good car,and i recommend it.

The car is a very nice drive, I have modified certain parts such as the suspension for handling and air/fuel injection system but overall a very nice car.I love my car and hope to have it for a while to come. The only bad things I have found with my car so far is the availability of parts. Having the spanish porsche engine the spare engine parts are very hard to come by.

I bought a 2000 Seat Ibiza 1.4 si City Car. I thought it was great, until it started to break down on a regular basis. Funny thing is a few months later my best friend bought one and had similar problems. Not just little problems either.

Firstly the breaks gave up, no warning they would just fail once in a while. Then the gear box died. Then the engine power assistance died. The air con never worked as the outside temp gage gave up on the first day. Fuel consuption with air con on was awful.

Given the car had a 3 year full waranty the dealer was very unhelpful, so I went to another dealer who was equally unhelpful. Services were expensive and quality was poor.

Funnily enough the dealer said they weren't going to provide a warranty on the electics on future models. I expect fixing all the problems was costing too much.

The Seat Ibiza 1.4S is a good general all round car with reasonable sevice charges, External temperature gauge has failed twice, rear wiper wash has just failed, I hope to have these fixed in the next service which is due in december 2003.