Take a seat in the SEAT Ibiza

There's a lot to get excited about with the new Seat Ibiza. It's been designed by an ex-Lamborghini man and features the Volkswagen Group's all-new supermini chassis, which Seat has dubbed Active Chassis.

The front has also undergone a substantial redesign which has resulted in a more contemporary, serious look, but after a day’s driving and viewing Seat’s promotional videos it is the rear which impressed most and perfectly complements a substantial change for Seat’s biggest selling car.

The other most significant development has been the introduction of a new chassis due to be introduced across the VW Group.

And while the exterior design lends the car a smarter, more modern appearance it is the “agile” chassis, combined with increased body stiffness (though the car is now about 50g lighter) which contributes significantly to the Seat Ibiza’s more grown-up feel with improved handling giving greater confidence in corners.

Seat has created a more driver-focussed dash which is also fairly minimalist with large amounts of neatly-fitting decent-quality plastics dominating the view from the passenger side.