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Old 05-12-2009, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by pj67coll View Post
Interesting. I'd like to know what the real world economy would be and how effective the A/C is. I would also be interested in wether or not the thing is safer than a Smart. You would think so but the Smart was designed with safety in mind given it's size whereas this thing is just an economobile.
Article up top says 76.3 mpg (combined cycle), don't know about the A/C.
I don't think the SEAT Ibiza (chassis) is primarily constructed as a economobile since it is available with larger engines also, it's just this 1.4 TDI that gets the exceptional fuel economy (note: when driven carefully). The previous generation (-2008) scored 5 stars at Euro NCAP crash tests, not bad! Comparing with the Smart ForTwo (2,5m) the Ibiza is a large car at 4m length..
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