I've had my 2012 Sport Tech saloon for nearly a year and 15k miles later still enjoying driving her. She feels planted, grown up and she gets a lot of glances of people trying to work out what she is. I think a lot of the mechanical problems have been ironed out by Audi and the car is very reliable but there's bound to be a few niggles.
Things to note:-
1 If you are tall there is not a lot of leg room for people behind you. If you have kids you will struggle to fit them comfortably on a booster seat behind you.
2. I haven't experienced it but water in the foot well via the bulkhead due to blocked channels is a regular post on here.
3. If you are buying one with Xenons make sure there is no water / moisture in the headlight or signs of damage as its very expensive to replace them especially if they are the DRL versions.
4. The car is heavy and the secret to 50mpg fuel economy is to keep the car moving fluidly reducing the starting and stopping of the car and predicting the traffic movements. Otherwise you may be disappointed in the economy as a number of people have noted since moving from another Diesel car.
5. Sat Navs fitted only have 4 digit post codes unless you upgrade to a 3rd party disc. This can be a bit of a pain finding the right destination quickly.
6. I found that the SEAT recommended tires tramline badly on my car, so watch out for bumps in the road when test driving as you can find yourself veering across the road. Its not the car it the tires.
At the time of purchase the new shape Leon FR was out of my price range and since driving a 2015 FR while my car was having a service I would of gone for one of those as they feel so much more lighter, nimble and modern than the Exeo and have more room inside for the passengers.
Just my thoughts and experiences
