SEAT is withinside the subsequent segment of its story, bringing new cars, green and electrified engines, new requirements of connectivity, and extra emphasis on layout, with the all-new SEAT Leon the present day version brought to the line-up.
Priced from simply £19,855, the brand new Leon is unmistakably a part of the family, however takes a big bounce ahead in each generation and first-rate. Customers that buy a brand new Leon will even advantage from low coverage institution ratings, with the SE fashions rated as 18E, growing to 22E for the FR (1.five 150PS eTSI (MHEV) DSG) fashions.
And following buy, after 36 months years and 60,000 miles, the Leon 1.five-litre TSI 130PS FR will preserve forty two consistent with cent of its value, consistent with CAP HPI, greater than ever earlier than.
The all-new SEAT Leon is the present day automobile on this lineage, designed, evolved and constructed at SEAT's centers in Martorell, Barcelona.
The hatch and Estate region of the marketplace is an increasing number of competitive, with new entrants and a pass toward large cars; however, the all-new SEAT Leon, with a robust layout evolution, extra practicality, connectivity and green, electrified powertrains, meets the challenge.
"The SEAT Leon has been enhancing technology after technology having the ability to overcome new clients. In 2019, the Leon became the high-satisfactory-promoting automobile for SEAT with greater than 150,900 cars added, in addition to being the high-satisfactory-promoting automobile in Spain in the course of the beyond 5 years," stated SEAT's Executive Vice-president for Sales and advertising and CUPRA CEO, Wayne Griffiths. "We have now created the high-satisfactory Leon ever. The new Leon has been designed retaining the "created in Barcelona" spirit and on the identical time being the most secure, maximum related and with the widest variety of engines the logo has ever visible. We agree with we've got all of the components to make of the brand new Leon a first rate desire now no longer simplest for non-public clients however additionally for company fleets."In an ever greater related global, the following-technology Leon offers occupants extra possibility to take their virtual lives with them.
The all-new SEAT Leon is the logo's first absolutely-related automobile. In the auto, Full Link gives seamless Android Auto and wi-fi Apple CarPlay connections. Away from the automobile, customers can get admission to their automobile's statistics remotely through SEAT CONNECT in addition to control the battery charging and manage the digital air conditioning (Plug-in Hybrid fashions simplest).
The all-new SEAT Leon additionally capabilities Car2X connectivity - a cloud-primarily based totally generation that permits drivers to get hold of superior caution at the repute of upcoming site visitors lighting or an incident on a dual carriageway similarly up the street, or whether or not site visitors lighting are approximately to show from inexperienced to red, with site visitors records performing in actual time on display.
A suite of latest powertrain technology; petrol (TSI), diesel (TDI), slight-hybrid (eTSI), and plug-in hybrid (eHybrid) manner that purchasers can pick out the automobile that maximum carefully fits their life-style and needs, whilst on the identical time imparting the performance and overall performance.
Safety is on the coronary heart of the brand new Leon. The MQB (Modular Quer Baukasten) Evo structure offers an inherently robust and stiff protection mobileular and permits the mixing of a number of the maximum superior driving force help structures to be had, along with Predictive Adaptive Cruise Control and Emergency Assist 3.zero, to make it the most secure automobile that SEAT has made to date.
Design: more suitable basic dimensions or even bolder presence
The all-new SEAT Leon mixes the layout philosophy this is center to each automobile that rolls off SEAT's manufacturing line, bringing confidence, beauty and sportiness to the compact segment, whilst including a coherence, serenity and adulthood visible in few different cars.
"Although the all-new SEAT Leon is an evolution in our layout language, it nevertheless offers itself as a bolder automobile than the preceding technology, and maintains maintain of the logo's DNA and the consultant attributes of a Leon," stated Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, Director of Design at SEAT. "The outside mixes the auto's key traits of confidence, beauty and sportiness."
Exterior
With an outside layout that exudes confidence, beauty and sportiness , the all-new SEAT Leon blessings from an evolutionary method that complements the extent and proportions of the automobile, however that stays coherent to its predecessor.
The foundation for the automobile's basic extent is the superior MQB (Modular Quer Baukasten) Evo platform, which furnished the ability the layout group required, because the all-new Leon's improved wheelbase, which interprets to 49mm more legroom for rear occupants (now 1,799mm), and period for each the 5-door and the Estate advanced the automobile's experience of proportion.
The all-new SEAT Leon builds at the attraction of its predecessor however with a more potent, greater useful individual, aided with the aid of using its advanced aesthetic, easy flowing surfaces and the proper blend of curves and edges.
The new outside has been mainly evolved to beautify the automobile's basic performance with advanced aerodynamics - the drag coefficient has advanced with the aid of using round 8 consistent with cent in comparison to the preceding technology .
At the the front of the all-new SEAT Leon, the layout offers extra character, with a more potent 3-dimensional connection among the grille and headlights collectively. The LED headlights are set back, giving it deeper recognition whilst making it right away recognisable.
The bonnet is barely longer, including to the automobile's greater assertive layout and giving greater verticality to the the front-quit and useful stance of latest Leon's layout. The A-pillars had been moved rearwards, to similarly elongate the proportions of the the front of the automobile, and are greater upright enhancing visibility and the driving force's connection to the outdoor global.
The frame surfaces have evolved, with more potent shapes growing greater shift withinside the mild and shade tone throughout the frame, which collectively create a greater fashionable layout. This creates a automobile with a multi-layered, 3-dimensional aesthetic.
Interior
Inside, the all-new SEAT Leon's layout keeps its evolutionary theme, however one which places the driving force and different occupants at its centre.
The indoors is the top of functionality, minimalism and sleekness from the instant the driving force takes their seat. The easy-surfaced, slender but extensive dashboard offers the advent of lightness and looks to float. The impact is created with the assist of the ornamental mouldings that surround the dashboard and keep via into the the front doors.
The cabin has been ergonomically designed to growth comfort, with the whole thing inside decluttered, lowering the quantity of bodily buttons to a minimum, with a focal point on the principle infotainment display, which incorporates gesture popularity, imparting all key interplay and instructions from the occupants.
At the coronary heart of the Leon's indoors is the SEAT Digital Cockpit, which brings collectively a excessive-decision 10.25-inch configurable driving force tool cluster and 10-inch infotainment device. Its "diagonal" photo layout positioning receives its thought from the Diagonal road of Barcelona. It's additionally the primary time that the layout interface has been created at the brand new SEAT Digital Lab.
Interior mild is an crucial characteristic of the all-new Leon. It consists of a wraparound dashboard mild that covers its complete width and keeps via the doors. It's now no longer simplest an ambient ornamental mild, however it additionally offers some of key features consisting of blind spot detection.
A lot of interest has been located on reaching a super stability of subtle and smooth plastics, textiles and leathers to cowl seats, door panels and the dashboard.
The 5-door Leon has a boot potential of 380 litres (equal to the preceding technology), whilst the Estate offers 617 litres of storage, 30 litres greater than the preceding technology.
Personalised in your needs
The all-new SEAT Leon mixes an abundance of wellknown generation and alternatives so regardless of which of the six man or woman trims is picked - SE, SE Dynamic, FR, FR Sport, Xcellence or Xcellence Lux - the automobile will provide the whole thing the driving force needs, and is personalized to the best stage.
As a part of SEAT's easymove strategy, clients want simplest pick out the trim stage, engine and shade on the net configurator. Each has its very own particular device and all characteristic metal paint as wellknown.
Seven colors are to be had on Leon: solid (Candy White and Pure Red) and 5 metal (Nevada White, Midnight Black, Desire Red, Mystery Blue and Magnetic Grey).
All cars withinside the variety (SE) advantage from 'Kessy Go' keyless start, 2 x USB factors withinside the the front, LED headlight generation with computerized excessive beam, electric powered and heated facet mirrors, digital parking brake, an 8-inch infotainment device, fabric upholstery, leather-based guidance wheel and equipment stick, and SEAT Connect generation as wellknown. The automobile rides on Design 16-inch alloy wheels.
SE Dynamic improvements the infotainment to the SEAT Digital Cockpit with Navi, whole with 10-inch infotainment display and 10.25-inch virtual driving force binnacle, Park Assist (the front and rear sensors), tinted rear facet home windows, in addition to large Dynamic 17-inch alloy wheels.
The sportier FR trim stage provides a bunch of extra factors each inner and out, on pinnacle of the SE Dynamic trim.
Sporty the front and rear bumpers, Dynamic 17-inch alloy wheels, twin exhaust pipes and a completely unique suspension set-up (15mm decrease experience top than different trims) make sure FR fashions stick out from the gang visually and aurally.
Inside the cabin, FR consists of upholstery sewing that fits the outside shade, a leather-based multifunction guidance wheel, 3-area air conditioning, wi-fi charging tray withinside the the front and extra USB factors withinside the rear.
The FR trim additionally brings complete-LED generation to the rear of the automobile along with the coast-to-coast mild and LED dynamic indicators (the front and rear), and illuminated the front and rear aluminium door plates.
FR Sport is likewise to be had, including similarly generation. Customers advantage from a Winter Pack, a choice of capabilities perfect for bloodless mornings: heated the front seats, heated guidance wheel and heated windscreen washers. A particular black indoors roof lining, microsuede fabric upholstery, the wraparound ambient lights generation and specific Performance 18-inch Machined alloy wheels whole the look.
Xcellence trim stage brings a special aesthetic, with the outside including particular bumpers, a hot-stamped Diamond grille, chrome-framed facet home windows and Dynamic 17-inch alloy wheels. Inside, the important thing surfaces are completed in microsuede fabric and consist of the wraparound ambient lights generation, whilst the driving force blessings from Predictive Adaptive Cruise Control generation in addition to the Winter Pack.
Xcellence Lux provides leather-based upholstery and Performance 18-inch Machined alloy wheels to assist it stick out from the gang.
All fashions include a number of protection technology as wellknown: six airbags, seatbelt reminders, Electronic Stability Control and Tyre Pressure Warning System.
Customers can choice an electric powered panoramic sunroof and both a set or electric powered towing hook on all trims.
All-new SEAT Leon lighting the manner withinside the segment
The all-new SEAT Leon makes use of the present day in lights generation each withinside the cabin and across the outside of the automobile to intensify its dynamic styling and produce recognition to the general layout.
The complete LED generation used withinside the headlights makes even the darkest street seen to the driving force and includes SEAT's unique sunlight hours jogging mild signature to mark it out as one of the family.
The bloodless white mild shade of the LEDs offer an unrivaled luminosity of as much as 900 lumens, (the usual LEDS offer as much as 550 lumens) way to the 22 LEDs consistent with module, and combine all of the crucial features: dipped beam, excessive beam and sunlight hours jogging lighting. The automobile's facet mirrors additionally consist of incorporated LED indicators.
The all-new SEAT Leon's layout is emphasized similarly with the inclusion of the coast-to-coast mild layout on the rear. The generation offers extra expression to the rear and makes the automobile stand out to different street customers. The all-new Leon additionally consists of dynamic indicators, making the automobile's meant path of journey clearer to different street customers and provides a similarly technical attraction to the automobile.
Inside, the following-technology Leon complements the cabin revel in with a configurable complete-LED wraparound ambient lights device, showcasing the indoors's individual growing an unbroken arc of mild . The mild wraps across the complete width of the pinnacle of the dashboard and keeps via the doors. It's now no longer simplest an ambient ornamental mild, however it additionally offers some of key features consisting of blind spot detection.
Connectivity: the logo's first absolutely related automobile
The global is greater digitalised than ever earlier than and the all-new SEAT Leon has been future-proofed - evolved because the logo's first absolutely related automobile, it'll maintain the driving force and its occupants related to the auto and the outdoor global like in no way earlier than.
At the coronary heart of the Leon's infotainment device is the SEAT Digital Cockpit, which brings collectively a excessive-decision 10.25-inch absolutely-customisable driving force tool cluster and infotainment device. The wellknown media device capabilities an 8.25-inch display with telecellsmartphone audio compatibility. The large 10-inch display Navi device (SE Dynamic upwards) gives Online Connectivity, three-D related navigation, Retina show functionality and herbal voice manage in addition to gesture popularity to simplify consumer interplay.
In the all-new Leon, a brand new voice popularity device permits a herbal knowledge of language with a view to permit the consumer to engage with the infotainment device the use of herbal instructions, making corrections and referencing preceding instructions. It is likewise viable to down load and combine smartservices, that allows you to hook up with your account and manner you may continually live in contact together along with your clever appliances.
With the Full Link device, clients are capable of seamlessly join their smartphones and get admission to their virtual lives regardless of what tool they use - both wi-fi Apple CarPlay (primarily based totally on Bluetooth or WLAN) or Android Auto the use of a cabled connection.
The Full Link device is the gateway to connectivity, permitting customers to attach their cellular gadgets to the automobile's infotainment device and get admission to to get directions (through Apple Maps), make calls with get admission to in your complete touch list, ship and get hold of messages, and concentrate in your tune playlists. Full Link may be accessed through the infotainment device or the multifunction guidance wheel.
Leon is likewise now to be had with wi-fi telecellsmartphone charging withinside the decrease centre console, to make sure your (compatible) tool stays charged geared up for the following a part of your adventure.
Online Connecitvity through the embedded SIM (eSIM) manner that the all-new SEAT Leon will in no way lose its connection to the virtual global and permits customers get admission to to the present day infotainment apps, in addition to be capable of provide new virtual services and products in the course of its lifetime.
The integrated eSIM can provide the eCall service, which immediately contacts emergency offerings have to an incident occur, including but some other stage of protection to the automobile. If an eCall is triggered, crucial statistics is despatched to the emergency offerings additionally, along with position (primarily based totally on GPS statistics), engine type, and quantity of passengers, making it less difficult for them to assist.
Online Connectivity additionally permits a few infotainment features to apply actual time records from the cloud, improving the conventional navigation device. Real-time site visitors records will re-course the navigation if there's an incident ahead, in addition to informing the driving force of the location, beginning instances and cutting-edge expenses of each automobile parks and gas stations. For folks that do not need to be restricted to the radio they concentrate to, new Leon provides on-line radio into the cabin, permitting the consumer to concentrate to any on-line radio station they pick out, even supposing it is from a special country.
The all-new SEAT Leon additionally capabilities Car2X connectivity - a cloud-primarily based totally generation that permits drivers to get hold of superior caution at the repute of upcoming site visitors lighting or an incident on a dual carriageway similarly up the street, with site visitors records performing in actual time on display.
The subsequent stage of connectivity is being made to be had to Leon clients with the creation of the SEAT Connect app. Downloadable in your clever tool, it offers far flung manage to a number of features so as to maximise possession leisure and enhance protection.
From the SEAT Connect app, customers can remotely get admission to riding statistics of preceding trips and closing variety, parking position, lock and release the doors, installation pace signals so that you may be warned if a person the use of your cars is riding too fast, be alerted in case your automobile has been stolen, or prompt the horn and flip alerts to discover the auto greater effortlessly in a crowded automobile park.
In Plug-in Hybrid variations, the driving force can overview and control the charging method through the e-Manager, put together the cabin for a adventure with the aid of using controlling the digital air conditioning, in addition to control departure instances all from the telecellsmartphone app.
The quantity of in-automobile and on-line offerings will develop via the existence of the automobile because the virtual eco-device expands, improving consumer revel in.
Powertrains: extensive variety of the maximum superior engines
The all-new SEAT Leon has been evolved with actual-global riding in mind, with a number of powertrains that now additionally consists of electrified variations to enhance performance. The new-technology automobile is to be had in petrol (TSI), diesel (TDI), slight-hybrid (eTSI) and plug-in hybrid (eHybrid) gadgets, every designed to supply the best stages of overall performance and driveability.
The engines may be mated to a six-pace guide or a seven-pace DSG (direct shift gearbox) transmission.
Models that use the DSG computerized transmission now advantage from shift-with the aid of using-cord generation. The device is designed in order that the equipment selector is now no longer routinely related to the gearbox, as an alternative the use of digital alerts to signify a shift. This now no longer simplest complements performance however additionally gives a greater attractive drive.
In FR and FR Sport fashions, further to the riding mode presets - Eco, Normal and Sport - drivers can use a sliding scale of adjustments to evolve the all-new SEAT Leon to their precise requirements, imparting a totally extensive quantity of possibilities.
Petrol (TSI)
The new Leon's petrol engines are all direct-injection, turbocharged gadgets and offer energy outputs among 110PS and 190PS.
For the primary time, Leon is to be had with a 1.zero-litre 3-cylinder 110PS TSI engine and six-pace guide. Also to be had, as a 130PS and 150PS output, is the bigger 1.five-litre TSI four-cylinder unit - mated to a six-pace guide - which complements overall performance with out impacting performance.
Both engines use a Miller-cycle combustion method and variable geometry turbocharger to make sure overall performance and performance , as does the incorporated Active Cylinder Management. The Miller-cycle optimises valvetrain manage with early closure of the inlets which, mixed with a better compression price and turbocharging, higher manage the air-gas aggregate and enhance gas performance with the aid of using up to ten consistent with cent.
A 190PS 2.zero-litre TSI unit connected to the twin-grab seven-pace DSG transmission is likewise to be had.
Diesel (TDI)
Diesel stays an crucial generation in lowering carbon emissions, and the all-new SEAT Leon blessings from diesel powertrain alternatives, each 2.zero litre TDI gadgets.
Both the 5-door and Estate variations are to be had with both outputs of 115PS or 150PS and a six-pace guide transmission. The diesel engine introduces a brand new Selective Catalytic Reduction device that consists of twin AdBlue injectors to seriously lessen NOx emissions in comparison to preceding technology diesel engines. The end result is a number of diesel engines that meet the stern requirement of the present day emissions requirements.
Mild Hybrid (eTSI)
The all-new SEAT Leon also can be detailed with slight hybrid generation (eTSI), similarly improving performance. The device, that is to be had with the 1.zero TSI 110PS and the 1.five litre TSI 150PS petrol gadgets, buddies 48-volt slight-hybrid generation to the combustion engine.
The generation makes use of a 48V starter-generator and lithium-ion battery allowing the automobile to coast (no pedal enter from the driving force) with the engine switched off (whilst preserving all key electric powered features, consisting of energy guidance), harvest electricity beneathneath deceleration and offer electric torque help in the course of acceleration.
Plug-in Hybrid (eHybrid)
SEAT will even increase its line-up of electrified cars with a plug-in hybrid electric powered model of the Leon. A 1.4-litre TSI petrol engine electric powered motor, 13kWh lithium-ion battery percent and six-pace DSG transmission integrate to supply 150kW/204PS of energy and is recharged through a 3.6kW AC inlet. New Leon may be absolutely charged from zero% in much less than 3.five hours.
The plug-in hybrid model additionally permits customers to driving force Leon through electric powered energy simplest, emitting no emissions and giving a usable variety of 60km (38 miles) - ideal for towns in which air first-rate guidelines are stricter. The plug-in hybrid model may be provided on each the 5-door and Estate fashions.
Safety: introducing highly-evolved help structures
The all-new SEAT Leon is the most secure automobile the logo has ever evolved; designed to peer greater of its environment and react to limitations on the street or unexpected actions with the aid of using different drivers way to the mixing of a collection of up to date and absolutely new superior driving force help structures (ADAS).
"The all-new SEAT Leon has been designed and evolved to be the maximum progressive product the logo ever made - except its on-line connectivity it additionally gives today's riding help structures. It evokes ardour and awakens some thing inner humans after they study it, you simply need to watch and allow the automobile carry its essence," stated Axel Andorff, Executive Vice-president for Research and Development at SEAT. "It is all approximately touching and feeling the brand new Leon."
The new ADAS technology usually experience the surroundings to provide the best safety regardless of what state of affairs takes place while you are in the back of the wheel.
The all-new SEAT Leon brings collectively predictive Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Emergency Assist 3.zero to defend the automobile and its occupants whilst riding or stationary.
Predictive Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) makes use of feeds from GPS statistics added from the navigation device and enter from the the front-set up digital digicam and Traffic Sign Recognition, permitting it to proactively amend the cruise pace relying on the street format ahead - bends, roundabouts, junctions, adjustments in pace limits and constructed-up areas. This reduces the requirement for driving force enter and mitigates in opposition to unexpected pace adjustments and manoeuvres.
To keep protection and meet felony requirements, the driving force have to usually display the device and their environment, retaining at the least one hand at the guidance wheel. If the automobile senses that the driving force has taken each fingers off the wheel for greater than 15 seconds, they'll get hold of audible and visible warnings. A braking jolt may be given. If the driving force keeps to fail to respond, the Emergency Assist 3.zero device can convey the Leon to a whole stop.
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