The Exeo ST is proving popular with the BusinessCar team, and only minor qualms are rearing their ugly heads, one of which is seemingly a design fault.

When the handbrake is applied it clashes with the armrest (see above). The armrest does move to a vertical position to rectify this, but for the driver, it is far more comfortable when horizontal. This area of the car can also become a veritable mess of wires when an iPod is plugged into the aux socket and a kid’s DVD player is plugged into the cigarette lighter.

Seat Exeo ST 2.0 TDI 143hp
Mileage 7356
Claimed combined
consumption
51.4mpg
Our average consumption 37.6mpg
P11D price £21,215
CO2 (tax) 143g/km CO2
BIK 20/40% per month £71/£141
Service interval 10,000mls
Insurance group 24
Warranty 3yrs/60,000mls
Boot space (min/max) 442/1354 litres
Engine size/power 1968cc/143hp
Top speed/0-62mph 129mph/9.6secs
Why we’re running it Seat’s first foray
into estate market
Positive Good public
reaction to car
Negative Too few people
know what it is