SEAT has revealed a plug-in hybrid – the SEAT Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive – and an EV – the SEAT Altea XL Electric Ecomotive. Seat may have revealed a pair of cars with ‘eco’ powerplants – the Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive and the Altea XL Electric Ecomotive – but they’re not coming to a showroom near you. Well, not before […]
SEAT Mii (2012) – SEAT’s VW Up! – arrives
The SEAT Mii – the SEAT take on the VW Up! City car – is revealed ahead of its arrival in the UK in Spring 2012. Volkswagen are making sure the development costs of the new VW Up! City car get covered as quickly as possible, with not just the VW Up! hitting the markets […]
2012 SEAT Exeo get a tweak for Frankfurt
SEAT has had a play with the Exeo ahead of a a debut at Frankfurt with new nose, more efficient engines and new alloys. Our instinct is to call the changes to the 2012 SEAT Exeo – SEAT’s take on the Audi A4 – a 2012 facelift. But we decided there rally isn’t enough going on for […]
SEAT Leon FR+ added to Leon line-up
SEAT has added a new trim level above the FR on the Leon range. The SEAT Leon FR+ gets extra equipment including 18″ alloys and DAB radio. If you have a successful formula, it’s not a bad idea to make the most of it, although it can sometimes be hard to know what to do […]
Skoda Fabia GreenLine does 127mpg in the hands of Gerhard Plattner
Austrian hyper-miler Gerhard Plattner has taken a Skoda Fabia GreenLine from Austria to Denmark and back again on a single 10 gallon tank at 127.8mpg. That rings a bell, we thought. A guy called Gerhard Plattner doing mega-miles in a Skoda. And then we remembered that two years ago the same guy managed to average 100mpg on […]
SEAT IBX – the SEAT Audi Q3 – gets a green light
The SEAT IBX – a compact SUV based on the Audi Q3 – has reportedly been signed off for production. Expect the first cars in 2012 SEAT had a go at producing a compact SUV in 2007 – the SEAT Tribu – but the perception shortly after it revealed the concept was that the world was moving away […]
SEAT launches new Copa trim on Ibiza and Leon
SEAT has bolted on a pile of extras to the SEAT Leon S, SEAT Leon SE and SEAT Ibiza SE at no extra cost and created a new trim level – SEAT Copa. Yet again, we’re back to the oldest sales pitch in the book – something for nothing. But it’s the oldest trick […]
Car April Fools Stuff: BMW lead the way
A quick round-up of the jolly April fools japes the motor industry foisted on an unsuspecting – and not as gullible as they think – public. Just as we did last year with car April Fool stuff, it seems to make more sense to do a roundup of what hilarious pranks the motoring world – renowned for […]
SEAT IBX Concept: SEAT compact softroader leaks ahead of Geneva
SEAT are taking a crossover/SUV Concept to Geneva – the SEAT IBX – which seems likely to be based on the Audi Q3 platform. With Geneva all but here, there isn’t much left to find its way our from car makers’ little box of secrets. But we have one more for you – the SEAT […]
SEAT IBE EV Concept at Paris
SEAT unveils the SEAT IBE Electric Car Concept which looks like it points the way to the SEAT version of the VW Up! How good’s your memory? Does the SEAT IBE Concept ring a bell? It should, because SEAT rolled out the IBE at the last major European Motor Show back in March at Geneva. […]