SEAT Arona vs VW T-Roc vs Citroen C3 Aircross 2019 review – small SUV group test | What Car?
SEAT Arona vs VW T-Roc vs Citroen C3 Aircross 2019 review – small SUV group test | What Car?
The new 2019 VW T-Roc, Citroen C3 Aircross and Seat Arona are three examples of the small SUV breed. Car buyers have fallen in love with these 4x4 lookalikes, but which of our contenders is the best car?
In this video review, we tell you what these small SUVs are like to sit in and drive, how practical they are and how much they cost to buy and run.
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1.11 -> [Music]
15.33 -> desirability is a funny thing take this
18.13 -> laptop for instance it's not inherently
19.63 -> alluring on its own but wrap it in
21.369 -> aluminium stick a half-eaten fruit on it
23.08 -> and suddenly everybody wants one and
25.15 -> let's be honest you may be paying 25
26.77 -> quid a throw for these if it didn't have
28.99 -> a Brazilian flag on it it's a similar
31.24 -> story with small SUVs let's face it
33.46 -> they're really just small hatchbacks
34.989 -> with mouldy jacked-up driving positions
36.699 -> and a few trinkets loosely inspired by
38.89 -> what you find on a proper 4x4 and yet
41.109 -> some help there in a completely
42.37 -> different fashion League than the lower
43.899 -> riding counterparts from the Ford Fiesta
45.639 -> class and the problem is no small SUV is
48.67 -> particularly brilliant
49.629 -> yes cars like the Renault Captur and the
51.19 -> Suzuki Vitara are commendable but with
53.319 -> the caveat that if you forego their
54.94 -> chunky styling and they're raised
56.289 -> driving positions you can get a better
57.819 -> car but is that about to change well to
60.76 -> find out we've got not one not two but
62.739 -> three all-new models that can seriously
65.199 -> shake up these small SUV ranks the
67.72 -> cheapest and tallest of the trio is the
69.55 -> playfully stalled Citroen c3 err cross a
71.77 -> car that indirectly replaces the boxy
73.75 -> ac3 Picasso MPV to shine here the air
76.51 -> cross will have to see if these
77.5 -> supposedly sporty as say at aronia the
79.75 -> Spanish brand's second foray into the
81.49 -> SUV market often last years massively
83.47 -> successful
84.16 -> attacker finally there's the rather more
86.11 -> grown-up vwt rock it's slightly more
88.24 -> expensive than its rivals here but as
89.83 -> long as you stick to the cheaper engines
91.24 -> and trims it's still pretty good value
92.8 -> for money so that leaves us with two
94.69 -> burning questions which of these new
96.76 -> arrivals is best and is any of them are
98.95 -> genuinely great by without any providers
101.37 -> now these small SUVs might all look
103.9 -> different but they do have something in
105.22 -> common and that's a turbocharged
106.72 -> three-cylinder petrol engine the tiny
109.15 -> one litre units in the T Rock and your
111.01 -> own and my sound weedy but the
113.02 -> surprisingly strong particularly in the
114.94 -> aronia I'm driving here which is really
116.74 -> punchy in such a small car they might be
119.92 -> forgiven for thinking the more powerful
121.24 -> bigger engine Citroen c3 air cross was
123.49 -> the fastest car here but actually was
125.2 -> the slowest to 60 miles per hour in our
127 -> test albeit marginally Rev any one of
129.519 -> these three cars three cylinder engines
131.23 -> and you're going to bit of bowls back
132.25 -> through the soles of your feet but you
133.989 -> at the least of it in this bwt rock
136.61 -> you'll get the least wind and road noise
138.59 -> to the noise car the three is the set
141.08 -> aronia you can hear it's stiffer
142.52 -> suspension working over battered roads
144.38 -> and there's quite a bit of Tyre roar at
146.48 -> higher speeds on the motorway and
147.8 -> changing gear in the aronia and the tea
150.26 -> Rock is a pleasure experience they have
152.12 -> slick shifts about any knotch nest and
154.01 -> together with their well weighted pedals
155.96 -> they're really easy car to drive
157.16 -> smoothly in town not so with the c3 air
160.19 -> cross which has a nasty cocktail of a
162.08 -> nun clutch a light accelerator pedal and
164.06 -> a woefully very gearshift which makes it
166.73 -> extremely difficult to drive smoothly at
168.89 -> low speeds unfortunately things don't
171.11 -> get better when you build up speed the
173.209 -> c3 has the greatest brakes it has the
175.31 -> most remote steering and it leans the
176.81 -> furthest in bends just generally feels
178.88 -> at least stable along challenging
180.709 -> country roads the CI Rona feels really
183.32 -> eager to turn into bends and keeps
185.3 -> itself nicely propped up through faster
186.95 -> corners - compared with the softer more
189.29 -> water we see three air cross it really
191.66 -> is quite good fun to drive the T rock
193.79 -> actually has the most fearsome steering
195.8 -> of the three car so it's the most
197 -> enjoyable to drive a middling speeds
198.53 -> even if his body does sway this way and
200.84 -> that more through fast bends all things
203.51 -> considered the t rock rides bumped in
205.22 -> the most comfortable fashion it breezes
207.11 -> over speed bumps with the least drama
208.489 -> and deals best with the sort of long
210.14 -> wave undulations you encounter along
211.91 -> most country roads in fr Sport trim the
215.299 -> aronia gets a clever suspension setup
216.95 -> that allows you to stiffen and soften
218.299 -> the dampers at your whim and in the more
220.01 -> comfortable the two settings it actually
221.54 -> stays the more settle to the T rock and
223.43 -> on pockmarked roads meanwhile the more
225.739 -> softly sprung c3 air cross falls you
227.78 -> into thinking actually be the most
229.01 -> comfortable in fact about 30 miles an
231.14 -> hour you can feel your body being
232.07 -> bounced up and down a pothole and you'll
234.32 -> get a sharp crash in the cabin
238.52 -> if you're in the market for an SUV
240.27 -> there's a good chance you'd like to sit
241.89 -> quite far from the road and if that's
243.24 -> the case you'll find lots to like about
244.77 -> the air cross with its driver's seat set
246.66 -> to its lowest position you sit a few
248.16 -> centimeters further from the ground than
250.08 -> you do in the tea Rock or particularly
252 -> the aronia but removing personal
254.01 -> preference from the equation all three
255.6 -> have fundamentally sound driving
257.13 -> positions with plenty of sea justment
258.989 -> and pedals that line up reasonably
260.37 -> neatly with the steering wheel some of
262.29 -> our testers wish the erroneous steering
263.79 -> wheel retracted a bit further into the
265.29 -> dashboard while others found the air
266.91 -> crosses gear leaver a bit of a reach but
268.86 -> neither issue is a major one
270.23 -> long-distance comfort is a problem in
272.25 -> all three cars though that's because
273.96 -> their driver seats don't provide much in
275.64 -> the way of lower back support adjustable
277.77 -> lumbar support would help but it isn't
279.24 -> offered in the air cross or the aronia
280.77 -> at all and he's a hideously expensive
282.3 -> option it on the tee Rock chunky clearly
284.79 -> labelled buttons and knobs make the
286.08 -> dashboards of both the aronia and T Rock
288.24 -> are simple to use if you're a bit chilly
290.34 -> and you want to nagy up the interior
291.72 -> temperature you'd simply twist a dial in
294.09 -> the air cross you need to delve into
295.47 -> this hopelessly unintuitive touchscreen
297.48 -> is such a faff it would be quicker to
299.64 -> stop off and buy a jumper they may all
301.68 -> look suitably extrovert on the outside
303.15 -> but climb aboard the aronia or the T
304.89 -> Rock and it's a bit of a comedown both
306.72 -> interiors are conservatively styled and
308.73 -> built with hard and not very appealing
310.26 -> plastics the face of the erroneous
312.12 -> dashboard is at least wrapped in
313.56 -> something that looks like leather it's
315.15 -> not much but along with these part
316.53 -> leather seats it helps lift overall
318.06 -> quality to just above the T Rock there's
320.07 -> more to get excited about inside the air
321.72 -> cross from these Art Deco air vents to
324 -> the silver accents below the touchscreen
325.47 -> everything is just that bit more
327.12 -> interesting to look at you can even
328.74 -> choose from various colour schemes if
330.45 -> you're prepared to pay extra including a
332.1 -> two-tone tan and black dashboard and
333.75 -> seats or grey seats with red highlights
335.79 -> on the dashboard just bear in mind the
337.68 -> quality of the interior plastics
339.15 -> honestly any better than those in the
340.98 -> aronia what about their infotainment
342.81 -> systems well the Arana and the t rock
344.79 -> have the same basic eight-inch
346.2 -> touchscreen bright quick to respond and
348.27 -> generally easy to use the only real
350.34 -> differences are that the aronia comes
351.9 -> with built-in sat-nav and wireless phone
353.67 -> charging as standard whereas you have to
355.47 -> pay extra for those things on the tierod
357.15 -> both cars have bluetooth USB sockets and
360.18 -> apple carplay and android auto smart
362.61 -> phone mirroring though sat-nav and smart
364.98 -> phone mirroring also come a standard on
366.84 -> the c3 air cross but the screen is often
368.97 -> annoyingly slow to respond when you
370.32 -> press it
370.8 -> the screen is also quite small and the
372.69 -> graphics aren't very sharp so over all
374.639 -> the air cross fails to impress in this
376.259 -> area as with most small cars we
378.539 -> recommend avoiding optional sunroof if
380.31 -> you're tall or panel carrying anybody
382.02 -> who is as you see in the case of the c3
383.879 -> air cross it means hindered rear
385.229 -> headroom the aronia and T Rock have no
387.3 -> such issues they'll comfortably
388.59 -> accommodate a couple of six footers in
390.06 -> the front and the back if you had to sit
392.699 -> in the back on a long journey
393.81 -> you choose the aronia its extra legroom
395.789 -> over the T Rock means you feel
397.199 -> fractionally less hemmed in although the
399.21 -> fact the frame of the rear door is right
400.74 -> next to your head is rather annoying the
403.02 -> air cross has the least rear legroom but
404.94 -> it's actually the most comfortable for
406.319 -> three adults sitting side by side and
408.21 -> the c3 aircraft stands out for its seat
410.4 -> flexibility especially in this top of
412.229 -> the range flare model where its rear
413.849 -> seats can be slid back and forth the
416.31 -> seer owner and the vwt rock have no such
418.47 -> tricks up their sleeve but like all the
420.389 -> cars in this test their wrist seats do
421.889 -> split 60/40 and fold down with the rear
424.77 -> seats in place the air cross has the
426.27 -> longest and tallest boot and managed to
428.159 -> swallow seven carry-on suitcases one
430.86 -> more than the T Rock and two more than
432.659 -> the aronia still even the aronia which
434.849 -> has the shortest and shallowest load bay
436.71 -> can still carry almost as many shopping
439.05 -> bags as a VW golf all three cars come
442.139 -> with height adjustable boot floors are
443.88 -> standard which in their highest setting
445.71 -> means there's no annoying lip at the
447 -> boot entrance or stepping the floor of
449.099 -> the extended low bay when the seats are
450.99 -> folded down finance packages are
453.87 -> extremely popular in this class and if
455.819 -> you sign up to a three-year PCP deal the
458.009 -> air cross will cost you the least in
459.389 -> monthly repayments you'll need to budget
461.43 -> an extra 10 a month if you want a near
462.93 -> Ronit while the tea Rock will set you
464.31 -> back a further 50 pounds also if you do
466.949 -> have the wherewithal to pay cash the air
468.509 -> cross will make the smallest dent in
469.919 -> your purse after haggling however fact
471.93 -> in all the bills you're likely to face
473.34 -> during a three years of ownership
474.3 -> including depreciation fuel and
476.34 -> servicing and the air cost will actually
478.349 -> end up costing you the most
479.729 -> slow depreciation means the tea Rock the
482.099 -> most expensive to buy will actually cost
483.96 -> you the least in the long run as for
486.569 -> what luxuries you get for your money
487.71 -> there isn't a great deal to spit our
489.569 -> contenders
490.199 -> however if personalization appeals the
492.3 -> aronia stands out because you get a
493.68 -> choice of five different paint colors
495.18 -> including several metallics along with
497.61 -> the contrasting colour roof should you
499.169 -> want one all for no extra charge by the
501.69 -> air cross and you'll have a choice of
503.13 -> exterior color packs that turn
504.63 -> rails and door mirrors orange like on
506.61 -> our car silver or white and also add
509.34 -> some details on the rear three-quarter
510.96 -> glass area
511.86 -> likewise VW offers a contrast color roof
514.47 -> but challenges between 280 and 575
517.47 -> pounds depending on your color choice
519.15 -> all three cars come with automatic
521.43 -> emergency braking as standard and were
523.11 -> awarded five stars for safety by Europe
525.12 -> Anka however a closer look at the scores
527.55 -> reveals the tea rocks scored the highest
529.17 -> marks across the board with the
530.64 -> see-through air cross faring least well
532.29 -> in adult occupant and pedestrian tests
534.72 -> meanwhile the aronia was found to be
536.46 -> least impressive a keeping child
538.17 -> occupant safe so back to our original
541.11 -> questions which is best and is any of
543.42 -> them a truly great Buy well in the forms
545.76 -> we've lined these cars up in the tea rot
547.35 -> is definitely the best buy it's the most
549.15 -> comfortable the most refined has a great
551.13 -> driving position a decent boot and will
553.17 -> actually cost you the least in the long
554.61 -> run if you're buying privately just make
556.44 -> sure you avoid range-topping SDL trim
558.42 -> and the more powerful engines because if
560.01 -> you've got that much money to spend
560.85 -> there are altogether bigger and better
563.01 -> SUVs to choose from which needs a set
565.29 -> aronia in second place now it's a
567.06 -> fantastic behind it's cheaper forms
568.44 -> particularly the one litre 95 se
570.24 -> technology it's more expensive fr Sport
572.58 -> offers more performance and a smarter
574.17 -> interior it's just a shame doesn't ride
575.76 -> as well as the tea Rock has a smaller
577.23 -> boot and it's noisier on the move
579.41 -> despite its clever rear seats and quirky
581.88 -> looks the c-suite air crossed finishes
583.47 -> last it's disappointing to drive has a
585.72 -> fiddly infotainment system and although
587.49 -> it initially seems well priced in this
589.11 -> company and will cost you the least a
590.64 -> month if you're buying on pcp finance
592.47 -> it'll actually cost you the most in the
594.27 -> long run if you're buying privately due
595.77 -> to heavy depreciation and that's the
598.11 -> thing the best small conventional
599.46 -> hatchbacks are still better value than
601.08 -> small SUVs but this test proves the gap
603.45 -> is now smaller than ever and to read
605.16 -> more about any of these three cars
606.51 -> just head to watcard calm and if you
609.06 -> want to buy one of these cars don't
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