Seat Ibiza??? what do u reckon?

Right i am already looking around for a new car, at the moment i have got a k reg mark3 gti golf and i would like something a bit newer but i don't like the golf mark 4 and i don't really want another mark3 as this is my second one already.

So i been thinking about a seat ibiza, what do you guys think about these cars? I have seen a 1998 SEAT IBIZA 2.0 8V Cupra Sport 3dr Hatchback for sale for 3100 what do you guys reckon?

Thoughts and comments would be great

 

get the 16V vroom vroom.

 

Is the 16v a lot better than then 8v ? is it more or less the same differences as the mark3 golf 8v and 16v ?

 

same engines/power ain't they??

 

i did think that but i wasnt sure

 

get a leon 1.8T anyway!

 

I wish lol a bit to expensive

 

I saw one yesterday going round the roudabout. It looked pretty nice and went quite well! The guy had put a twin exit zaust on it. The only thing that put me off was that is sounded like a moped!

 

i would say that a '98 ibiza will feel no newer than a mkIII golf.

what you want IMO, altho it's more expensive, is a seat leon cupra r...nice cars.

 

Nah an ibiza is what i want a 98 ibiza is gotta be in better nick than a 93 golf

 

Weighs a couple of kgs more than a mk2 Golf, yet has more power. Newer so hopefully you go faster more reliably.

 

the 16v's are quite rare though i thought?
but definitely the one to get.
mk2 16v's weigh 907kg, 151 bhp/t
and the ibiza 16v is 1100kg, 136 bhp/t apparently.
but the cordoba is 990kg- hows that work lol?

 

My figures are from the back of EVO. I assume most manufacturers would measure kerb weight differently so an independent measure (if they did at all) might be better. Rare? None at dealers last time I looked so I suppose so. All the parts you'll normally want are from Polo or Golf, just need to know what you're lookng for.

 

apparently it weighs 900kg dead on now- i'm bloody confused lol, less than a mk2 golf!
which gives a healthy 166.6 bhp/t!

 

why not tade up for a last of the line mkIII then?!

an ibiza is basically a mkIV polo...too small!

 

he says he doesnt want another mk3 as he's already had 2.
ibiza's aren't too small.
too small for what?

 

Mk2 Golf doesn't weigh 900kgs more like 1100.

 

Thats not strictly true, I've had a mk4 polo and now have a seat ibiza 16v and can safely say that the room front and rear is much greater in the seat. I've got a 16v jobbie so its got the
280mm brakes
16's
half leather
air con
150 bhp
etc etc

It handles much much better than a mk3 16v, I test drove about a million of those before driving the one 16v ibiza and buying it. In short for the seat is a better buy than the mk3 golf IMHO. After you get over the initial badge snobbery you learn to love VW's younger brother!

any excuse for a pic!

Edited by: Ian_S

 

go to

Seat owners

my mates in there, they sound like a decent bunch of lads, they'l answer all you questions, well should be able to.

personally id stick woth the golf name, but thats me aint it!!

 

sounds about right as the rallye tips the scales at 1048