SEAT Ateca 1.0 TSI Ecomotive SE

castle96

been looking at these. Not driven yet but 3cylinders and 1 litre !Would be OK for a lawnmower, but surely not a car. Turbo/high revs.... Anyone got one ?

AdrianC

It's just a Golf-on-stilts, it's not as if it's THAT big.

Ford have been doing 1.0 triples in Mondeos.

System

As above. They have balancing weights on the crank and a dual mass flywheel to smoothen the engine out.

castle96

dual mass... refinement...problems..?

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I've a 1.0 litre 3 cylinder pug 208 with no turbo and I love it. As long you don't live in a hilly district you'll be fine.

loskie

these small capacity high output engines look great on paper BUT longevity is bound to be questionable after all you have a small engine having to work harder. Look at the issues with Ford ecotec engines

daveyjp

Had a three cylinder turbo, 15,000 miles largely town work and the turbo failed. Back to a well proven four cylinder with no turbo. Better mpg and far more relaxing to drive.

wgl2014

Wife has an Arona with the same engine. Fine for normal driving and doesn't feel particularly slow, it's a torque rather than revs engine.

If you are after a bit more performance theres a 1.5 option.

Jazziboo

Ive been looking at Ateca's too, i'd go for the 1.5 though. Reason being is i used to have a 1.2 (turbo) 64 plate qashqai...nice for general city cruising and stop/start traffic, however the small engine vs its larger body size became apparent when pulling out of junctions, namely busy junctions, when you need that bit of power. To say it was slow and lagging would be an understatement. Id pull off and it would feel like the car was in limp mode - just rolling, then a few seconds later the turbo would kick in with a boost of acceleration (when i no longer needed it!)

mvteng

My wife has the 1.0 ateca. Absolutely fine for what she uses it for - around town and mostly in 20 zones.

When used on he motorway its been fine, not fast but perfectly ok