The Cupra Formentor arrives as a production model, a year after the concept, as Cupra reveal their first standalone model. SEAT’s now standalone brand Cupra has, so far, only managed to deliver models that would, before the ‘split’, have been Cupra-badged versions of SEAT models. But a year ago Cupra were threatening to deliver a […]
Cupra ‘Cupra-fies’ the SEAT LEON in Hatch and Estate and adds plug-in hybrid to the mix
SEAT’s performance arm Cupra has got its hands on the LEON to deliver a new Cupra LEON as a hatch and estate with plug-in hybrid option. Cupra, SEAT’s now standalone performance brand, has only had the Ateca to offer so far, but now it’s got a new model, with two body shapes and a plug-in […]
SEAT Tarraco FR and FR Sport arrive for a touch of Tarraco ‘Sportiness’
SEAT bring a couple of new ‘sporty’ trim options to the Tarraco SUV range – FR and FR Sport – with prices starting from £31,680. On sale now. It’s a bit over a year since the SEAT Tarraco arrived as SEAT’s range-topping SUV, but SEAT has now got round to delivering ‘sporty’ trim options for […]
Cupra Ateca Limited Edition – just 100 for the UK
The Cupra Ateca – currently the only model from SEAT’s performance brand – gets a Limited Edition offering with design and performance tweaks. Costs from £42,120. It’s more than a year since the Supra Ateca SUV arrived as the first – and so far the only – model from SEAT’s now standalone Cupra brand. So […]
2020 SEAT Leon REVEALED as SEAT’s take on the new VW Golf
The 2020 SEAT Leon is revealed as SEAT’s take on the new Volkswagen Golf with more room, evolved looks and hybrid powertrain options. We had a tease for the new SEAT Leon a couple of weeks ago as SEAT started to whip up a bit of interest in their new Golf in a Flamenco frock. […]
New SEAT Leon TEASED ahead of a debut later this month
SEAT is busy teasing the new Leon ahead of a debut on 28 January, with a new image showing the back of the new Leon, adding to the previous video tease. If you want a cheaper – and possibly ‘Sportier’ – take on the new VW Golf Mk 8, then perhaps it’s a new SEAT […]
SEAT Tarraco SUV gets auto ‘box option for FWD models
The SEAT Tarraco SUV can now be had with front-wheel drive and an automatic gearbox as SEAT delivers a new version with more appeal for company car buyers. It’s just over a year since the SEAT Tarraco SUV arrived to add to the seemingly never ending roster of SUVs from the VW Group. It joined […]
SEAT el-Born – SEAT’s take on the electric VW ID. 3 – OUTED in SEAT video
It looks like the production version of SEAT’s el-Born Concept, a SEAT take on the electric VW ID. 3 – has been outed in a SEAT video. Production of the VW ID. 3 – Volkswagen’s ‘Third Age’ starter – is already underway, in small numbers, with first owners of the ID. 3 getting their cars […]
SEAT Mii Electric goes on sale in the UK – good spec, decent price
The SEAT Mii Electric, SEAT’s take on the electric VW e-Up! and Skoda Citigo e iV, goes on sale in the UK with prices starting from £19,300. VW may now be trying to get us to buy the electric ID 3 as it reinvents itself as a maker of EVs for the masses, but for […]
Skoda going DOWNMARKET and SEAT going UPMARKET as VW looks to realign group offerings
The Volkswagen Group is looking to realign its brands to create more differentiation, and are planning to push SEAT upmarket and move Skoda down according to a recent report. We’ve had a moan before about Jaguar Land Rover’s model overlap cannibalising sales from one model to another instead of eating up the competition. But at […]