The updates of the compact Arona and Ibiza make their debut, completing the 2021 novelties of the Seat family.
The best-selling models of the Spanish house follow the older relatives not only with some stylistic retouching but, above all, by adopting the most advanced technologies regarding driving support, safety and digitization. In this sense, they also align with the similar models of the other brands of the Volkswagen group, namely the restyled Polo and the new generation of the Skoda Fabia now also based on the Mqb A0 architecture, exploiting economies of scale to prevent technological enrichment. weight the final cost.
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In the case of the renewed Arona and Ibiza, the hi-tech turning point is gradually introduced into the individual configurations, up to the point of offering level 2 semi-assisted driving as standard on the more equipped variants. Thus, the price lists do not change compared to to those of the previous models, which start, in the case of the Arona, at about over 19 thousand euros and go up to about 26 thousand and from 16,350 thousand euros in the Ibiza one up to 23,600 euros. The new series of Seat compacts do away with turbodiesel engines. So, the offer that continues to be non-electrified, rests on the three-cylinder 1-liter gasoline turbo with 80, 95 and 110 horsepower and the native 90 horsepower methane, as well as the 1.5-liter supercharged turbo 1,500. 150 horsepower with automatic deactivation of two cylinders.
The small Arona suv also offers the new Xperience cross-country style set-up, which conveys the evolution of the species well, while the aesthetic restyling of the Ibiza sedan is marginal, so much so that only a good glance can see the luminous signatures of the lights. Led.
Inside, on the other hand, the metamorphosis is impressed by the new furniture design that creates more welcoming interiors thanks to less invasiveness, more refined and hi-tech mold, due to the presence of the 12.5 “digital cockpit and the display that reaches up to to 9.2 ”of the infotainment system. The latter is always connected, can also offer numerous online services, integrates the virtual assistant (Hola, Hola) and offers wireless connectivity for Android Auto and Apple Carplay. The presentation of the interior is characterized by the linear dashboard, by soft-touch upholstery, by an accurate finish, as well as by unprecedented color combinations and by the now inevitable soft lighting. The environment, therefore, re-proposes what the larger Seat models offer. From the driver’s seat of the Arona Xperience 1.0 with 115 horsepower and seven-speed DSG gearbox, where you sit in such a way as to dominate the road more due to the height of the car of 19 cm from the ground than that of the seat from the floor, a direct dialogue with the compact SUV.