Cupra, the performance bit of SEAT that’s now a standalone brand, teases an electric high-riding coupe concept ahead of a reveal at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show may seem a way off yet, but it’s only a couple of months to go so we can start expecting car makers to tease […]
SEAT Mii Electric arrives as SEAT’s take on the Skoda Citigo e iV
The SEAT Mii Electric arrives with the same underpinnings as the new Skoda Citigo e iV as SEAT decides to stop building the ICE Mii and offer just the Mii EV. Just last week the Skoda Citigo e iV electric City Car arrived as Skoda used the basic underpinnings from the VW e-Up! to deliver […]
SEAT el-Born ELECTRIC Concept Hatch revealed – SEAT’s take on the VW ID Hatch
The electric SEAT el-Born Concept is heading for Geneva as a SEAT electric hatch concept, SEAT’s take on the VW ID Hatch. There was a time, not so very long ago, when SEAT was the poor relation of the VW Group, making losses when the rest of the group were making profits. But the arrival […]
Cupra Formentor Concept Plug-in Hybrid REVEALED as SEAT’s first standalone Cupra
The Cupra Formentor Concept is revealed ahead of a debut at the Geneva Motor Show as Cupra signposts their first standalone model. We still haven’t really got our head around Cupra being a standalone brand rather than a performance badge for SEAT, which hasn’t been helped by the Cupra Ateca being a SEAT model with […]
New Seat Tarraco: UK Prices and Specs Announced
The new SEAT Tarraco – SEAT’s new seven-seat SUV – goes on sale in the UK with prices starting from £28,320 for the biggest SUV in SEAT’s range. After resorting to asking the public to name its new seven-seat SUV, the SEAT Tarraco was duly named as SEAT’s range-topping SUV and revealed at the Paris […]
Cupra Ateca: SEAT’s first standalone Cupra UK Price and Spec
The Cupra Ateca, the first car from SEAT’s new standalone Cupra Performance Brand, costs from £35,900 for the 296bhp mainstream performance SUV. When SEAT announced that Cupra was to become a standalone performance brand, it seemed likely they would kick things off with a hot hatch. But they didn’t. Instead, SEAT delivered the Cupra Ateca, […]
SEAT Tarraco SUV arrives to join the plethora of VW Group SUV offerings
The SEAT Tarraco is revealed ahead of a debut at the Paris Motor Show, yet another VW Group SUV to add to SEAT’s current SUV range. You might wonder if the VW Group will ever think it has enough SUV options to go around, but that time isn’t here yet so we’re getting yet another – […]
Hyundai want to be SEXIER than Alfa Romeo. And so do SEAT.
Hyundai VP of Design, SangYup Lee, declares that he wants Hyundai to be sexier than Alfa Romeo, and VW boss Herbert Diess declares SEAT can be the ‘new’ Alfa Romeo. It’s been said many times before, especially by the Clarkson era Top Gear hosts, that to be a true petrolhead you have to have owned […]
SEAT’s Cupra E-Racer 670bhp electric Touring Car hits the track
The Cupra E-Racer – an electric Touring car from SEAT’s now standalone Cupra brand – hits the track for testing with up to 670bhp on tap. As electric cars start to become mainstream, petrolheads are going to have to find a way to make them fun on track, even if the noise and smell are […]
CUPRA Ateca is the first (surprising) model from SEAT’s new Cupra brand
The Cupra Ateca is the first new model from SEAT’s Cupra brand, delivering 295bhp under the skin of the regular Ateca SUV to deliver a mainstream performance Crossover. SEAT has only just hived off its Cupra performance badge to create a new standalone performance arm for the Spanish maker, and it’s already revealing its first […]