SEAT has launched the limited edition SEAT Ibiza Good Stuff to celebrate its involvement with Shakira’s European tour and her Barefoot Foundation. Limited Edition models are always a seller. It’s a good way for car makers to shift metal and as long as the buyer wants the goodies bolted on its a cheaper way to […]
SEAT Leon Cupra R UK debut – again +video
The SEAT Leon Cupra R – the hot SEAT with the running gear of the VW Scirocco R – finally arrives in the UK. We ran a story back in March heralding the arrival of the SEAT LEon Cupra R to the UK and bemoaning the fact that it had taken SEAT six months from […]
SEAT Alhambra (2010 / 2011) revealed
SEAT has released details and pictures of the 2010/2011 SEAT Alhambra – the Spanish sister of the VW Sharan. After we had the official reveal of the 2010 VW Sharan last month at Geneva, it’s not a huge shock that we now get the reveal of SEAT’s version of the Sharan – the SEAT Alhambra. […]
SEAT Leon Cupra R arrives in the UK
SEAT have announced they are now taking UK orders for the SEAT Leon Cupra R. Priced at £25,205 it undercuts the Golf R by £5k. It was August last year that SEAT sent us a pile of bumph on the Leon Cupra R – the quickest SEAT to date – including a Cupra R press release […]
Skoda Fabia vRS & Skoda Fabia vRS Estate (2010) revealed
The Skoda vRS and the vRS Estate were launched at Geneva last week featuring 178bhp, a seven-speed DSG ‘box and 44mpg. On sale in the UK in June. Well, none of us are perfect and we’ll be the first to admit we’re far from it. But it’s a bit poor that in amongst all the […]
SEAT at Geneva: SEAT IBE Concept
SEAT are showing the SEAT IBE Concept at Geneva, a city-car sized electric coupe which seems to have VW Up! underpinnings. Car shows are always about concepts. From the wild and wacky to the cars that are obviously production-ready in all but name. The SEAT IBE is neither of these. It’s a very convincing exercise in what can be […]
SEAT Ibiza ST (Sport Tourer) at Geneva
SEAT has revealed the Ibiza Sport Tourer (ST) ahead of its launch at the Geneva Motor Show. Based on the SEAT IBZ Concept from Frankfurt. Once upon a time it was all about getting the biggest estate car you could. That was what estate cars were for. But these days style and compact dimensions appeal […]
SEAT Ibiza FR TDI announced
SEAT has announced the SEAT Ibiza FR TDI featuring a 1.4 litre turbo diesel with 141bhp. Priced from £16,465 and deliveries start in the UK in March. ‘Sporty’ and Diesel’ were two words that never used to go together. But as diesel engines become more and more compelling car makers are keen to add performance […]
SEAT Altea XL (2009) – the advert
SEAT are running a new advert for the Altea XL, featuring a ‘Brother Monster’ who – however big he gets – still fits in to the Altea XL. The SEAT Altea is really a jacked-up SEAT Leon. But it was a sensible crossover/estate thingy from SEAT which didn’t really mimic anything else available in the […]
SEAT Leon Cupra R – Frankfurt catchup
The SEAT Leon Cupra R – featuring the same 265bhp engine as the Golf R – has made its official debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. We thought we’d vindicated ourselves yesterday with our report on the SEAT IBZ Concept from Frankfurt. We knew we’d missed out covering SEAT, but the IBZ was the main launch. […]