The latest Ibiza to join SEAT’s range of B-segment hatches is the SEAT Ibiza FR 1.8 20V T, which is powered by a 150 PS turbocharged 20 valve petrol engine. This is only one half of the Ibiza FR range though, as the other is of the oil burner variety, a 130 PS 1.9 TDI diesel that has less horsepower but more torque.
To differentiate it from other Ibizas, the Ibiza FR has 17 inch alloy wheels, white dials, twin chrome exhaust pipes, honeycomb grille, silver door mirrors, silver-grey tail lights, headlight inner-casing in dark grey, lowered sports suspension and ‘FR badging.
Of course, the FR range is one step below the SEAT Ibiza Cupra which features a 180 and 160 horsepower versions of the Ibiza FR’s petrol and diesel engines respectively, which kind of makes FR the equivalent of Volkswagen’s GT badge and Cupra the equivalent of Volkswagen’s GTI badge.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
FR … Front Rear drive ??? means this car can drift ?? This Seat Ibiza having join the rally race & circuit race also … can c this logo in race track … lol … sure fun to drive … 1.8 turbo 20v ….
noo.. its not a front engine rear drive car… the way they name it FR is kinda misleading though… the powerplant is the same one that we can find under the audi 1.8T hood… wish it was really a FR chasis though, then things would be fun…
Where's the rear pix?
Seat is not a familiar brand here, but well known for WRC fans and also PS2 Racing Gamers.
20V turbo engine? Is a 4-cylinder izzit? Wow.. But still i prefer the 2.0 Turbo found in GTi, more better..
Hey paul,
m actually planning to get a W202 Merc 220. Prob 94-96 model. you know of any review page or blog i can find out more bout the car? Sorry for running out of topic……..
UGLY IBIZA!
20V? 5 cyls? shuld b nice on such small hatch..
love volvo's 2.5 5cyl 20V engine..
btw.. an interesting article tat i think every1 shuld know
http://blog.airbagsolutions.com/archive/2007/07/1…
still is the same design…
the front look like the new subaru impreza…
copycat or SEAT under the same roof with subaru???
hmm….
tallish
more neo to me…hahahaha…:P
its a 4 cylinder engine with 5 valves/cylinder. same one found in the old TT
looks like subaru cars…
whereever i see it its still a SEAT to me.
don't have in m'sia .
yeah….Btw in terms of overall in the catagory…Vw golf GTi is the best.
up coming neo gti not bad though
Now if VW bought over Proton we'd have similar specced Protons in a few years.
i was driving using the old road from lubuk cina to port dickson.
along the way, i saw two cars almost fully covered with black stickers.
Is it the new Honda City or Honda models since Honda plant is the nearest over that area.
any news bout incoming Honda models????
for 2008 maybe???
Acccord??
kei9 said,
July 13, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
Acccord??
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nope..i dont think it's accord…
it has city's shape…bulky…
i thought it was the new savvy sedan but i don't think they test drive from tanjung malim to malacca then PD.
had taken the photos while driving but the image was bad..
shaking because of the road surface was bad…
maybe Paul has some info about it…
but did you send it to him? maybe he can improve the pic quality for you even if ts that bad…..
hmm…
ok…i'll send it to paul later…
only 2 photos with my N70 phone…
and MAYBE you'll be famous…..lolz……..
and MAYBE you'll be famous…..lolz……..
or post a tread @ paultan's forum………
yeah rite….:p
btw, how to send, huh…
thru emel??
what? u mean here? 'contact me' on the right of the web…..