MK8 latest info

[Adam T7]

Mk8 advert was on the telly a lot last night, used Martin Kemp and his son and some other reality ‘celebrity’.
Colour was the light metallic green, not my choice but each to their own.

[Guzzle]

I think that Seat have picked the right colour in Desire Red for TV advertising, which seems to show the car off in its best light - most of the cars in online video reviews of the Leon have also been Desire Red too. Looking at the the colour options for Leon though (non metallic red or white and metallic blue, grey, black or white), the colour palette is pretty uninspiring.

I'd take the Desire Red or Mystery Blue from the Leon over anything that's currently available in the Golf colour palette.

[SRGTD]

I think that Seat have picked the right colour in Desire Red for TV advertising, which seems to show the car off in its best light - most of the cars in online video reviews of the Leon have also been Desire Red too. Looking at the the colour options for Leon though (non metallic red or white and metallic blue, grey, black or white), the colour palette is pretty uninspiring.

I'd take the Desire Red or Mystery Blue from the Leon over anything that's currently available in the Golf colour palette.

And metallic Desire Red (or any metallic paint colour for that matter) on the
Leon Seat is a no cost option, whereas VW will charge you £625 for metallic paint on the mk8 Golf.

[Jim_mk7.5]

I think that Seat have picked the right colour in Desire Red for TV advertising, which seems to show the car off in its best light - most of the cars in online video reviews of the Leon have also been Desire Red too. Looking at the the colour options for Leon though (non metallic red or white and metallic blue, grey, black or white), the colour palette is pretty uninspiring.

I'd take the Desire Red or Mystery Blue from the Leon over anything that's currently available in the Golf colour palette.

And metallic Desire Red (or any metallic paint colour for that matter) on the
Leon Seat is a no cost option, whereas VW will charge you £625 for metallic paint on the mk8 Golf.

Paint has got more expensive then. Weren't metallics £550 on the Mk7.5?

[kmpowell]

I think that Seat have picked the right colour in Desire Red for TV advertising, which seems to show the car off in its best light - most of the cars in online video reviews of the Leon have also been Desire Red too. Looking at the the colour options for Leon though (non metallic red or white and metallic blue, grey, black or white), the colour palette is pretty uninspiring.

I'd take the Desire Red or Mystery Blue from the Leon over anything that's currently available in the Golf colour palette.

And metallic Desire Red (or any metallic paint colour for that matter) on the
Leon Seat is a no cost option, whereas VW will charge you £625 for metallic paint on the mk8 Golf.

Paint has got more expensive then. Weren't metallics £550 on the Mk7.5?

£570 at launch, then it was up to £580 in the 2018 price rises, then went up to £625 in the April 2019 price rises.

[SRGTD]

I thought £550 for metallic was enough. And does your £625 get you over the ‘free’ colour? The process to paint the car is exactly the same (the exception is Oryx White*) - whether it’s a the solid ‘free’ colour or a metallic colour; the car will get a primer coat, base colour coat and then clear coat. £625 sounds and awful lot of money for what amounts to a small amount of aluminium powder / metal flakes that’s added to a base colour coat.

Having said that, if the free colour is still Urano Grey, I would pay extra for a different / better colour.

*Oryx White; there’s an extra stage in the painting process.

[king monkey]

https://youtu.be/BsPNANeSD3M

Volkswizard first impressions on YouTube.

[david25]

Auto Express 10th June has a first test.

Four stars and does comment on the touch screen and cabin noise

And Autocar said Our test car permitted just a shade too much surface noise and vibration into the cabin for that to be true and felt just a little too keen to become excitable over uneven roads.

The 130PS non-e engine getting 65mpg on a motorway run.

[fredgroves]

I've heard if you order now you get a free member of spandeau ballet thrown in.

[jv]

True.