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. […]
SEAT IBZ Concept Frankfurt Press Release
Family-sized SEAT IBIZA concept IBZ WOWS FRANKFURT * Family-friendly shape points to forthcoming third member of the Ibiza range * Sharp, dynamic exterior is combined with functional, stylish interior * Sporty Spanish brand continues ambitious design innovation SEAT is showcasing the stunning IBZ Concept at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The star of the SEAT […]
SEAT IBZ Concept – Frankfurt catchup
SEAT showed off the IBZ Concept at Frankfurt – the preview of the SEAT Ibiza Sport Tourer for 2010 / 2011. Shame on us for not covering anything last week on SEAT from the Frankfurt Show. In our defence, we did cover the hot Leon – the SEAT Leon Cupra R – when we first […]
SEAT Leon Cupra R Press Release
LEON CUPRA R: SEAT’S HOTTEST EVER HOT HATCH IS HERE! SEAT is preparing to unveil its most potent model to date with next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show debut of the awesome new Leon Cupra R. The influential German show, opening to the public on 17 September, will see the official debut of the SEAT Leon […]
SEAT Leon Cupra R at Frankfurt
Back in April we reported the launch of the SEAT Leon Cupra, which promised to be a cracking car. But then came rumours of a more powerful SEAT Leon Cupra, which would sport the same 265bhp engine as the VW Scirroco R. We thought it might be too soon after the Leon Cupra. But we […]
VW BlueSport looks certain – but will there be a VW version?
There has certainly been a great deal of conjecture in the motoring press about the VW BlueSport concept, ever since it was first revealed at the Detroit Motor show at the beginning of the year. We’ve been as guilty as the rest of talking the project up, and we’ve seen a Skoda BlueSport, a Seat […]
SEAT Ibiza Bocanegra – Official
SEAT likes to consider itself the purveyor of sporty VW cars with a twist. And this car – the SEAT Ibiza Bocanegra – will do plenty to justify that tag. First shown as a concept at the Geneva Motor Show in 2008, it is back to be unveiled as a proper production model at the […]
SEAT Ibiza ECOMOTIVE does 100mpg
Fuel economy figures have improved massively in recent years. 30mpg was once considered pretty reasonable, and anything in the 40s was exceptional (and usually meant driving something totally uninspiring). But with cars like the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic headlining at 76mpg (but probably not in the real world) and economy in the 50s becoming commonplace, we’ve […]
SEAT Leon Cupra & Ibiza FR Revealed
SEAT does like to produce a ‘Sporty’ car, and has just revealed details of two new additions to its range – The SEAT Leon Cupra and The SEAT Ibiza FR. The Cupra is the top of the hot tree in the SEAT world, and so the new SEAT Leon Cupra will sit ahead of the […]
SEAT Leon Twin Drive Prototype surfaces in Barcelona
VW’s Spanish arm SEAT today unveiled their vision of the future, with the SEAT Leon Twin Drive Prototype unveiling in Barcelona. The Twin Drive concept is simple, but quite promising. It offers an electric motor for running around town, but switches to a diesel or petrol engine when out of town. This is just a […]