Open the Toledo Mk2's dash and you're looking at an Audi: SEAT borrowed the first-generation A3's dashboard for its budget sedan.
Lead trim: 1.6 8V (101 PS) · up to 178 hp
SEAT Toledo Mk21M · 1998–2004
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FactOpen the Toledo Mk2's dash and you're looking at an Audi: SEAT borrowed the first-generation A3's dashboard for its budget sedan.
The second Toledo (Typ 1M) debuted as a four-door notchback saloon at the 1998 Paris Motor Show, with sales from October 1998 and the UK from March 1999. It was rounder and more fluid than the first, still by Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign with input from SEAT's exterior design chief Steve Lewis, on the Volkswagen Group A4 (PQ34) platform of the Golf Mk4, Bora and Škoda Octavia (positioned as the sportiest of the three), with the first Audi A3's dashboard, and a 500-litre boot expandable to 830 litres. Early cars were built in Belgium, and the SEAT León Mk1 followed as a proper hatchback. The base engine was a crossflow 1.6 of 100 PS, then a 125 PS 1.8 20-valve, topped by the 2.3-litre VR5 with 150 PS (170 PS with a 20-valve head from 2001) and a 180 PS 1.8 turbo late in the run. The 1.9 TDI came in 90 and 110 PS forms, later 130 and 150 PS with six-speed manuals. The Toledo Cupra Mk2 raced in the ETCC (2003), WTCC (2005–2006) and BTCC.
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Trims & Figures
9 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 8V (101 PS) | 1999–2000 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 99 hp | 107 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.8 20V (125 PS) | 1999–2003 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 123 hp | 125 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.8 20V T turbo (180 PS) | 2003–2004 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 178 hp | 173 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 TDI AGR / ALH diesel (90 PS) | 1999–2003 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 89 hp | 155 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 TDI AHF / ASV diesel (110 PS) | 1999–2004 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 108 hp | 173 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 TDI PD ARL diesel (150 PS) | 2000–2004 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 148 hp | 236 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 TDI PD ASZ diesel (130 PS) | 2003–2004 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 128 hp | 229 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 2.3 V5 VR5 10v (150 PS) | 1999–2000 | 2.3 L 5-cyl | 148 hp | 151 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 2.3 V5 VR5 20v (170 PS) | 2000–2003 | 2.3 L 5-cyl | 168 hp | 166 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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Photographs
The last Toledo wasn't really a SEAT build — it shared its platform with the Škoda Rapid and came off the same Škoda line in Mladá Boleslav.
The hatchback-less Mk3 Toledo still paid tribute to its roots — its Renault Vel Satis-inspired rear was a deliberate nod to the original Toledo's hatchback/saloon tail.
Open the Toledo Mk2's dash and you're looking at an Audi: SEAT borrowed the first-generation A3's dashboard for its budget sedan.
A Chinese automaker built its own version of the first SEAT Toledo after acquiring a chassis from, of all places, a Mexican dealership — with SEAT's blessing.
Rivals
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