A new Seat Leon will arrive in dealerships in January 2017. Saca magnifying glass, because the changes are inside, with subtle modifications to the exterior.

Design and value-price relationship They are the two arguments success of the current Leon, according to surveys Seat. So think about how apuntalarías these two aspects, while taking the new direction towards -one maximum connectivity aspects that seeks Seat excel in the coming years– If you want to understand what the new León will offer that will arrive at the beginning of 2017.

The bodywork for the new Seat Leon will remain the same, with 3 and 5 doors, plus family ST. In addition to the current finishes Reference and Style, the high range will be split into two by the FR sportier orientation, the renovated Lion will offer a Xcellence that caters to comfort and luxury, largely to attract fleet customers and the price level of the sports variant. This finish can be equipped with a Optional adaptive damping such as FR, but with more comfort-oriented morons. Outside the Xcellence be recognized by its chrome, specific grille, as well as a configurable interior lighting in eight shades. Seat says a new package of acoustic measures, including a new windshield is included accentuate get comfort in León.

Along with these finishes from the launch version will continue to offer Seat Leon Xperience with high body, possibility of AWD and aesthetic shots taken from the world of the SUV, with the same engine combinations. The sports variant Cupra come later. In the mechanical chapter will debut a new Seat León 1.6 TDI 115 hp and in some markets, the combination of all-wheel drive with the 2.0 TDI 150 hp and DSG seven-speed, 184 culminating with the Diesel family. Gasoline, turbo four variants already known, the 1.2 110 hp, 125 and 150 1.4 horses, more him 1.8 180 hp. Of course, also it features the symbolic 1.4 TGI able to run on natural gas. Prices have not been revealed yet, but not substantially alter the current prices Seat Leon.

Design: Seat in line

Better not try to fix what is not broken, it seems the highest in the renewal of the current Seat Leon to his second life cycle. And since the design was one of the main arguments of the Seat Leon, little has been touched. Subtle changes in the front and rear, I bet your neighbor only notice the changes when you have the current and future Lion next door. As if it were pointing the maturity of Leon they have been marked lines front and rear, which in the words of Alejandro Mesonero Romano, responsible for designing Seat, serves to harmonize with the side: “You do not need to change its image”, He says. How could it be, with enviable growth rates in Europe? The sharp lines achieved in the sheet Lion in profile have been bumpers, while the grille has grown 40 mm. new colors and new wheel designs are available. The Full-LED headlamps that premiered this generation Seat Leon in the segment are available, but with ledes more power to improve the beam. The changes are outside light can also contribute to retaining the high residual value the current generation Seat Leon, which has improved 12 percent over its predecessor.

A Seat Leon with inside Ateca

We were able to sit in the most equipped versions of the Seat Leon. It is curious that have managed melt visual feel of a lion, but remembering vividly the Ateca: Center console perhaps modified, higher and extending backward, with electric parking brake, and its verticality. The air conditioning controls are visually integrated into a block as in Ateca and how this may include induction charger mobile -the “connectivity box” – and boot button with a “pulsing” red lighting style Jaguar. In these units we could see the 8-inch screen, corresponding to the so-called Media System Plus is wider and now fit ten "”Touch, without windows "turn the page" Y the physical buttons are reduced from 10 to just three.

Intend to make SEAT a brand symbol “connected car” advances in Leon with the latest version of its Easy Connect. The Seat León offer Full Link, which incorporates the functions both Apple and Android, next to Mirror Link, replicating phone applications authorized in car screen.

Seat has already developed applications with which they may control from mobile phone Car status, and ConnectApp, with voice recognition or gestural acting on the screen.

More attendees for Seat Leon

“We take the security features offered by the MQB platform that may interest the customer Seat “, explains the head of the driver assistance systems. The phrase means that you may not find everything we can see in the impending restyling of the VW Golf, but those elements that bring special value for money, that second argument of success in the current Seat Leon. If radars alarms dead angle will not be present, instead the better front camera recognizes traffic signs. The system Emergency Assist, Commissioned to automatically slow the car is capable of detect not only vehicles but also pedestrians and cyclists now, improving safety both on the road, and city. Even if the driver does not act and the system detect an imminent collision or collision, the Lion can start braking at an intensity of about 1.5 g, to reduce the risk that a driver fails to react. In versions with automatic DSG, the driving assistant jam -Traffic Jam combines ASSIST Lane Assistant and safety distance control radar to allow some automated driving up to 60 km / h, “Within the limits of the system,” qualifies the press release Seat.

Subtle changes for Seat Leon we hope to meet soon in greater depth.

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