SEAT Leon ST Buyers Guide 2013-2020 | Comprehensive Review
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background 00:29
driving experience 01:40
design and build 07:43
market and model range 16:05
cost of ownership 23:58
summary 29:28
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The third generation SEAT Leon was the first to be made available as an estate, this station wagon model badged 'ST' and sold in 'Type 5F'-series guise between 2013 and 2020. With all the hi-tech design excellence of the Golf Estate it was based upon but much more affordable pricing and an arguably sportier look and feel, it's exactly the kind of car the Spanish brand needed during the 2013-20 period in this sector. But does it make sense as a used buy?
History
So to the SEAT Leon ST, a compact estate that in this 'Typ 5F'-series form sold between 2013 and 2020 wasn't that compact. It's a sensible station wagon that claims to be sporty. A car of contradictions then, but one that promises to be quite appealing family transport.
Back in 2013, this was the first time the Leon range had included an estate derivative, though SEAT had sold in this segment before with their Exeo ST model. That car though, was a rather half-hearted effort based on out-dated Audi A4 Avant underpinnings. This one was very different, launched in the UK early in 2014 and running on the same hi-tech MQB platform that underpinned the 7th generation Volkswagen Golf. Golf and Leon models shared most of the same engines too. This was, in short, a very thoroughly engineered product.
Practical and sporty, it aimed to offer a more dynamic option to compact estate buyers, with a 'lifestyle' appeal that set out to also pique the interest of folk looking at Qashqai-class crossovers. The range was significantly facelifted in 2017 and the Leon ST in this form sold until Spring 2020, when it was replaced by an estate derivative of the all-new MK4 Leon model.
Writer - Jonathan Crouch
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