2017 Seat Ibiza 1.0 TSI Review – Video

 

This blown 1.0 is likely to be the best-seller in the UK. You need to use the accurate and satisfying six-speed manual to keep it in the sweet spot above 2000rpm, where it produces 148lb ft of shove; climb past 4000 revs for a sweet three-cylinder growl. Performance is fine for nipping through the city, but carrying three middle-aged blokes up the mountain roads above Barcelona required plenty of downshifts to usher us forward.