Seat Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 Petrol Manual (2020 pre-facelift)
Picked this up in July due to the diesel Tiguan I ordered back in February still not being available.
I was hoping to get the diesel version but when Motability re-opened July 2nd it had been removed from the scheme and as I had no car at the time I had to take what I could get quickly.
There’s nothing really wrong with it, I find it comfortable enough to drive, I’m just over 6′ 5″ and have worsening mobility problems. The only criticisms would be the lack of grip in snow (19″ alloys) and the adaptive cruise control is overly sensitive to parked cars, cars slowing 2-300yds ahead etc. and hammering the brakes on unnecessarily.
Internal room is pretty good, I have a 6′ 2″ son who sometimes prefers to sit in the back where he can’t be seen (Autism) and there’s a good amount of leg and headroom for him with the front passenger seat pushed forward.
I do wish I’d got the Tiguan or diesel version of the Ateca, the 1.5TSI isn’t a bad engine but has poor torque, pulling away in 2nd in snow isn’t an option, it just dies. Fuel economy is about the same as my previous 1.2 petrol Yeti, about 35 round the doors and up to 38 on longer runs. I have to do a 115 mile round trip (which will be my longest journey in it) next month so I’ll see how it performs then.
I think my overall description of it would be “bland”, there’s nothing majorly wrong with it, lots of toys in it but nothing that makes me want to jump in and drive it. I’m already looking at what will replace it, I don’t think it’ll be another Ateca.
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!