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 […]
Cupra Tavascan ELECTRIC SUV Previewed – and it doesn’t look like a ‘VW’ SUV
SEAT’s now standalone Cupra previews the electric Tavascan SUV Concept heading for the Frankfurt Motor Show, with individual looks and a 302bhp EV powertrain. There’s really no shortage of SUVs of all sizes from the VW Group, but there’s not a huge amount differentiating a Skoda from a VW or a SEAT SUV. But now […]
SEAT Tarraco FR SUV gets a plug-in Hybrid powertrain – SEAT’s first PHEV
The SEAT Tarraco – SEAT’s biggest SUV – will arrive at the Frankfurt Motor Show with a new plug-in hybrid powertrain and sporty FR trim. SEAT revealed the Tarraco SUV almost a year ago as VW’s siblings continued their assault on the seemingly never-ending appetite for SUVs of all shapes and sizes, and it went […]
CUPRA teases high-riding ELECTRIC Coupe Concept ahead of Frankfurt reveal
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 […]