The Ibiza SC wears the sharper nose of the facelifted car, with front fog lights set into the lower bumper. Behind it is the 1.4-litre petrol, 1,390 cc and 84 bhp, returning 47.9 mpg on the official combined figure and 139 g/km. It is a petrol, so it is ULEZ compliant and a run into central London adds nothing to the bill.
At 4,034 mm the Ibiza is a proper supermini rather than a city car, so it holds a motorway lane without feeling out of its depth, and it still drops into a London space. The alloy wheels and the low roofline are what stop it reading as a base model, and there is 0 to 60 in 11.8 seconds when you need it.
SC is SEAT's Sport Coupe body, and it is a genuinely different shape rather than a three-door version of the hatch: a lower roof, a longer door and a rear screen raked far enough to change the whole side profile. It is the reason a 2012 Ibiza still looks current parked next to newer superminis. This one has covered 88,958 miles with three main dealer service stamps.
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