THE Seat Ibiza ECOMOTIVE achieved amajor triumph in the 10th Eco Tour, a recent cross-Europe, tough,fuel-efficient challenge. The 1.4 litre diesel powered Ibiza not onlyfinished first place in the "small diesel" class but wasalso the overall winner with average fuel consumption of 3.8l/100km.

The Volkswagen Passat with a 1.9 TDIBlue Motion engine was in a close second position, followed by theAudi A3 with a similar engine.

A total of 42 teams from 14 differentcountries took part in the Eco Tour 2008. The event aims todemonstrate the advantages of fuel-efficient driving, which inaddition to reducing fuel costs also has less of an environmentalimpact.

The 20 participating vehicles weredivided into six categories: "small vehicles", "compactvehicles" and "family vehicles" with diesel and petrolengines. The teams switched cars within their category every day andcovered distances of up to 400km a day.

The Ibiza ECOMOTIVE's performance wasimpressive. The car has been launched to the public at this week’sParis Motor Show.

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