The new SEAT LEON has been voted “AUTOBEST 2021”, the European accolade for The Best Buy Car of Europe in 2021. With a total of 12.685 points, the new LEON clinched first place by only 532 points over the new generation of Skoda Octavia In percentage, on the total number of allocated points in the Final 7, the difference represents only 0.69%! The new Peugeot 2008 came in third place with a total of 11636 points, only 517 points less than the runner-up of the AUTOBEST competition. Detailed results will be listed in the Final Ranking section on www.autobest.org.
„This year was exceptional in many respects. At AUTOBEST we welcomed 7 Finalists, a very rare situation occurred in our two decades history. This was a proof of the industry capability to deliver outstanding new models, with a clear focus on the electrification process. Consequently, we had a tough competition between Seat LEON and Skoda Octavia. Both new models coming from brands belonging to VW group are great cars, deserving to win. However, as we can have just one winner, the AUTOBEST Jury has voted and we have a winner: SEAT LEON. We congratulate all the people involved in this project, from engineers and designers to the people manufacturing LEON.” Stated Ilia Seliktar, President of the Jury.
„In such a complicated and diverse year, AUTOBEST proved its resilience, respecting all the promises made during the year. We followed our tradition and today we release the new „AUTOBEST Best
