Category: Small Family 
Price Range: £13,345 to £20,485
Attractive car in what can be a dull sector, very roomy, good to drive.
Ride isn't great on larger wheels, could confuse buyers by being a bit close to the slightly more spacious Altea in concept.
Great looking, very spacious for occupants and very good value makes the Leon a serious contender.
The Leon, more spacious than ever before, offers enough head and legroom to accommodate four six-foot-plus blokes in complete comfort. Even better, the back seat squabs give good underthigh support, which can often be a shortcoming in cars in this class. The front seats are also brilliantly supportive and comfortable, even on lower level models. Three are also a good number of doorbins, storage cubbies, and (you'd be surprised how useful this is) a flat and level passenger-side dash-top.
The boot, while slightly more capacious than before, is still not hugely spacious. Also, the load lip is high enough to make loading heavy, awkward items a pain. The rear seats are split/folding items, but they don't do anything clever ala the MPV brigade.
The Leon's driving position is one way that it distinguishes itself from its MPV-esque siblings. You sit right down low in the car, with the tops of the doors well above your should if you go for the lowest setting on the height adjustable front seats. And the driving position - aided no end by a rake and reach adjustable wheel - does feel quite sporting, which is a good antidote to the notion that this might be a pseudo MPV.
This is a well-equipped car, too. Even in its most basic form, Leon buyers will get air-con, electric windows, electric and heated wing mirrors, a CD player with six speakers, split folding rear seats, 16-inch wheels and a trip computer.
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