You don't like it, this "new" front face, covered with additional optics overlooked from the headlights?No matter, Seat offers you the opportunity to give it up.This muzzle will be able to get rid of its all round fogs from September.

Not well integrated enough according to some, excessively modifying the facies of this urban crossover, they initiated such an internal debate that Seat has not decided: if the customer does not want it, he will not have them.As with a paella without seafood, there will only be to ask.

This stylistic detail, however not shocking, illustrates the importance of Arona for the Iberian brand.Born in the fall of 2017, he already accumulated 400,000 registrations, mainly in Europe, including 65,000 between January and June 2021.

We should therefore not take any risk with this best seller, but bring him some new features in mid-carrier.Among them, 100% LED headlights generalized to the whole range, unpublished rims, three new bodywork shades and "hand writing" lettering on the tailgate.

The interior, always pleasantly simple and equipped with storage, evolves more in depth: the layout is redesigned, it takes on a new more qualitative material and offers a 9.2 -inch touch screen.

So much for the most notable details to distinguish this 2021 version which, like the 2020, also has an interesting feature for parents lending their vehicles to children.

The Seat Connect smartphone application allows you to manage certain settings such as the area of use and the appearance;If your offspring exceed the geographic limit and/or the speed you have indicated, your phone warns you!

On the speed side, not too much concern, however: the 3-cylinder 1.0 liter of 110 hp, the best-selling engine in France, limits excess.

Penalized by its 7 -speed DSG transmission (€ 1,500) to long staging, but with pleasant management, it shines more by its sweetness and its approval than by its performance, modest.

The S mode of the double clutch robotic box makes it possible to reduce the response time during acceleration and recovery, at the risk of raising an average consumption established at 6.8 l/100 km during our test, held around Bilbao.

With an unchanged mechanical range based on an MQB A0 platform shared with the Volkswagen Polo and T-Cross, the Arona shows a very healthy road behavior, lined with pleasantly firm damping, which will not change the driversof an Ibiza also restyled.

Extended over 4.15 meters, Spaniard also benefits from a complete driving aid paraphernalia, including active support in the lane provided in series.

This small SUV, always with motor -front wheels, turns out to be generally convincing, even if it ignores the sliding bench and suffers from a multimedia system requiring a little training to be mastered.

Others will also regret the absence of a hybrid mechanics, but Seat, on the other hand, has a 90 hp bicarburation TGI declination: it works in GNV as in petrol.

However, one can wonder about the reasons that lead to choosing the Arona rather than a more dynamic Ford Puma, a more opulent Peugeot 2008 or a more family renault Captur.But a glance at the pricing grid provides the start of the response, with a more attractive price/equipment ratio than that of the French.

Seat Arona 2021 test - Our opinion:

The changes made on board benefit well-being and perceived quality.The Arona thus retains good arguments to seduce, within an extremely supplied category.

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Seat Arona: In addition to France, the Arona is the best -selling SEAT: it has sold 7,625 units in 2021.

Technical sheet (Seat Arona 1.0 TSI 110 hp DSG7)

Proposed range (Seat Arona) petrol, from 95 to 150 hp, from € 17,990 to € 28,660 GNV, 90 hp, from € 23,660 to € 26,560

Options recommended Galette emergency wheel: 100 €

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