My Toledo V5...
Discussion
Okay, so it's a Seat Toledo. That of 'older family man driving, middle lane hogging, supermarket carp park fodder'. To be honest it was never the shining star in the Seat stable...
But low and behold, Seat did put the wonderous V5 engine into the Toledo and transformed it into something that although modest and understated, could quite easy give outside lane drivers a shock when it hung onto their rear bumper in a moment of foot to the floor madness.
I love my Tolly, and I like to think it is a little bit different to your average one...
Tweaked by Listers Seat of Coventry, it was created as a demo model that was meant to 'incorporate all the sights, sounds and sensations of the Toledo BTCC car'...their words not mine. Therefore it's got the following extras...
Engine management tweak to take the bhp from 170 up to 190, suspension, brake calipers and discs from the Leon Cupra R, limited edition Seat Sport alloy wheels, custom made chrome plated exhaust to give the V5 some more volume, boot spoiler, colour coded front and rear bumpers and running strips and a rather nice Seat Sport gear knob!
It's a rocketship of a car, and to me is more than a match for any boy racer in his tarted up Leon!
Plus, I do also think that on the track it's got better front/rear balance than the Leon, with a more equal weight on both ends - why do you think Seat used them for so long in the BTCC/WTCC?
My advice, if you want something that's got the oomph of a Leon Cupra, but want to be a little bit different, pick up a V5 Tolly. You won't be disappointed
Cheers all,
Sam
p.s. photos taken half way along one of my favourite bits of road, the fantastic B4407 in Wales. A real rollercoaster of a road that runs from Ysbyty Ifan to Ffestiniog. Try it out, but make sure you've got good suspension and brakes!
But low and behold, Seat did put the wonderous V5 engine into the Toledo and transformed it into something that although modest and understated, could quite easy give outside lane drivers a shock when it hung onto their rear bumper in a moment of foot to the floor madness.
I love my Tolly, and I like to think it is a little bit different to your average one...
Tweaked by Listers Seat of Coventry, it was created as a demo model that was meant to 'incorporate all the sights, sounds and sensations of the Toledo BTCC car'...their words not mine. Therefore it's got the following extras...
Engine management tweak to take the bhp from 170 up to 190, suspension, brake calipers and discs from the Leon Cupra R, limited edition Seat Sport alloy wheels, custom made chrome plated exhaust to give the V5 some more volume, boot spoiler, colour coded front and rear bumpers and running strips and a rather nice Seat Sport gear knob!
It's a rocketship of a car, and to me is more than a match for any boy racer in his tarted up Leon!
Plus, I do also think that on the track it's got better front/rear balance than the Leon, with a more equal weight on both ends - why do you think Seat used them for so long in the BTCC/WTCC?
My advice, if you want something that's got the oomph of a Leon Cupra, but want to be a little bit different, pick up a V5 Tolly. You won't be disappointed
Cheers all,
Sam
p.s. photos taken half way along one of my favourite bits of road, the fantastic B4407 in Wales. A real rollercoaster of a road that runs from Ysbyty Ifan to Ffestiniog. Try it out, but make sure you've got good suspension and brakes!
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