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I bought a SEAT Leon Refference 5-door hatchback while the order is actually queued for 3 months and so not built yet, I'm assuming it is the the latest variant (if there are subclasses?) of MK3.

The test drive I made in a SEAT Leon Styl 5-door hatchback if I'm remembering correct. I took this picture of it on that trip:

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And this is what I'm expecting my car will be looking like.

But for the last months, every here and there I noticed different looking SEAT Leons driving around or parking somewhere... with 5 doors and hatchback while by appearance their builddate lets me assume they're MK3 aswell.

So now I'm in fear of the car I'll get delivered is not the one I optical expected. But I actually had no idea what else could specify the serial of the hull. I got the idea there might be a difference between the look of the refference, styl and other variants of the car. While this sounds not logical to me from the point of a car producer. Googling for images of the car while expecting an precise marking related to it made inconsistent results not bringing this further for me, aswell. So now I'm asking here: What are the specifications for a SEAT Leon that describe what kind of look for the hull it will be? And sumarized: Will I get the car as I'm expecting it to look?

Zaibis
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From what I found, Seat offers 4 main versions (depending on market) of the 5 doors Leon:

  • Reference
  • Style
  • FR
  • CUPRA (a lot different than the other)

Most cars have several trim levels, which will differ in equipment and look (and sometimes performance), from which you can choose. The Leon is no exception, so expect to be differences in rims, and minor body work (at least) from one trim level to another. It's absolutely normal to see minor differences on the street between the same car model. Seat is also part of the VW group and they have the habit of offering anything as an ad-on and this also leads to a lot of differences between sold cars.

You should check online and see what the Reference level should look like and have as features and also ask for a specification sheet from your dealer to make sure you get what you expect. The main things that you could have different from the Style version are the rims (you may get steel instead of aluminium) and the fog lights (you may not get them).

(I linked the Spanish website, because Seat being a Spanish brand, I would expect them to list all their versions in there and have the most accurate information.)

Alin P.
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