SEAT Ibiza boot space, practicality and safety
- Surprisingly spacious
- Flexible, well-shaped boot
- Not the brightest interior, though
How much space is there?
The Ibiza is a roomy small car. There’s enough space for four adults to fit in comfort, with a generous amount of headroom unless you’re really tall. Most will be perfectly comfortable, though, however a passenger in the middle seat might feel the squeeze slightly. Best left for the kids, that one.
It’s easy to access due to the five-door body style. There’s decreasing demand for three-door superminis, so the Ibiza is only available in this form, which is useful for small families regularly using the rear doors. Even opting for the sunroof doesn’t eat into roof space, plus it adds some extra light into the cabin, which is very welcome, as the interior can feel quite dark.
Boot space and storage
Boot space is a very generous 355 litres, which can be expanded to 823 litres by folding the rear seats down.
With the seats up, that boot space is actually more than a 2004-2005 VW Golf offered, which shows how much cars are growing up. It’s a square and usable size, though, however the loading lip is quite high.
The height can be adjusted on cars fitted with a variable boot floor, which gives a level loading area when the rear seats are folded down.
Is it easy to park?
Visibility is good, and the steering is light enough to manoeuvre in and out of tight spaces with ease. The Ibiza is a compact car, so very few drivers will feel daunted by its size. On the road, it’s very easy to place with good visibility, while parking is a doddle as well due to flat sides and plenty of windows.
Parking sensors and cameras can be added to help, but with light steering and short overhangs, it’s very easy to judge the size of the Ibiza when parking in tight spots.
Safety
- Plenty of safety equipment as standard
- Five stars from Euro NCAP
- Extra assistance tech can be added
Euro NCAP awarded the SEAT Ibiza with a top five-star rating. As standard, it comes with a suite of airbags, electronic stability control and emergency brake assist, tyre pressure monitoring, hill hold control and Front Assist. That’s SEAT’s name for autonomous emergency braking.
There’s also a multi-collision braking system which holds on the brakes in the event of a rear-end impact, while automatic warning lights flash under hard braking or an incident.
Few safety extras can be added other than adaptive cruise control, so you won’t be able to specify things like blindspot monitoring and lane-departure warning like you can on some rivals.
Euro NCAP rating
What is Euro NCAP? ⓘ | |
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Adult Occupant: | 95% |
Child Occupant: | 77% |
Vulnerable Road User: | 76% |
Safety Assist: | 60% |
Equipment and options
- 3x3 point rear seat belts
- ABS
- Audio remote
- Body coloured bumpers
- Electric mirrors
- Front electric windows
- Height adjustable drivers seat
- Isofix child seat anchor points
- PAS
- Remote locking
- Side airbags
- Steering wheel rake adjustment
- Steering wheel reach adjustment
- Alarm
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Front fog lights
- Heated mirrors
- Metallic Paint
- Parking sensors
- Rear electric windows
- Sat Nav
- Space saver spare wheel
- n/a
- Alarm
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Front fog lights
- Heated mirrors
- Metallic Paint
- Sat Nav
- Sports seats
- Air conditioning
- Alloy wheels
- CD
- Driver`s airbag
- Parking sensors
- Passenger`s airbag
- Rear electric windows
- Traction control
- Alarm
- Alloy wheels
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Front fog lights
- Heated mirrors
- Metallic Paint
- Parking sensors
- Rear electric windows
- Sports seats
- n/a
- Alarm
- Alloy wheels
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Front fog lights
- Heated mirrors
- Metallic Paint
- Sat Nav
- CD
- Driver`s airbag
- Parking sensors
- Passenger`s airbag
- Rear electric windows
- Sports seats
- Traction control
- Air conditioning
- Cloth seat trim
- Driver`s airbag
- Folding rear seats
- Passenger`s airbag
- Steel wheels
- Traction control
- n/a
- Air conditioning
- Alloy wheels
- Cloth seat trim
- Front fog lights
- Cruise control
- Driver`s airbag
- Metallic Paint
- Parking sensors
- Passenger`s airbag
- Traction control
- Air conditioning
- Alloy wheels
- Cloth seat trim
- Driver`s airbag
- Front fog lights
- Passenger`s airbag
- Traction control
- n/a
- Air conditioning
- Alloy wheels
- Cloth seat trim
- Cruise control
- Front fog lights
- Metallic Paint
- Parking sensors
- n/a
- Air conditioning
- Alloy wheels
- Cloth seat trim
- Front fog lights
- Metallic Paint
- Sat Nav
- CD
- Cruise control
- Driver`s airbag
- Parking sensors
- Passenger`s airbag
- Traction control
- Alarm
- Alloy wheels
- Cruise control
- Front fog lights
- Heated mirrors
- Metallic Paint
- Parking sensors
- Rear electric windows
- Sat Nav
- CD
- Climate control
- Cloth seat trim
- Driver`s airbag
- Partial leather seat trim
- Passenger`s airbag
- Traction control
- Alarm
- Alloy wheels
- Cloth seat trim
- Front fog lights
- Heated mirrors
- Metallic Paint
- Parking sensors
- Rear electric windows
- Sat Nav
- CD
- Driver`s airbag
- Passenger`s airbag
- Traction control
Dimensions
Length | 4059mm |
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Width | 1780mm |
Height | 1444mm - 1447mm |