SEAT Ateca FR - SEAT's sporty Ateca - UK price and specs announced. Costs from £24,960

SEAT Ateca FR UK price and specs announced

The SEAT Ateca FR, SEAT’s sporty take on the new Ateca SUV, goes on sale in the UK in July priced from £24,960 for the Ateca FR 1.4 Eco TSI 150 PS.

SEAT’s new Ateca SUV is an offering from VW’s Spanish brand that promises to turn it from the poor relation of the VW Group in to a proper money-spinner, and the arrival of the sporty FR will certainly do SEAT’s Ateca sales no harm.

Revealed last month, the Ateca FR will sit above the Ateca SE and appeal to buyers looking for a family SUV which offers a bit more attitude, although for proper attitude they’ll really need to wait for the Ateca Cupra, a model we’re expecting to arrive in 2018.

But for a premium of under £3k on the Ateca SE, the FR does offer more attitude, with aluminium side skirts, body coloured wheel arches, gloss black grille, 18″ alloys, LED lights and spoiler, with Alcantara trim on the inside as well as a leather steering wheel and ambient lighting.

Equipment includes the SEAT Drive Profile System, Media System Plus with Sat Nav, Mirror Link, Car Play and Android Auto, Climate, rear-view camera and folding mirrors.

Engine options are the 1.4 TSI, 2.0 litre TSI and 2.0 litre TDI, with a six speed manual gearbox (2.0 TSI DSG only), with prices ranging from £24,960 for the manual 1.4 to £30,930 for the 2.0 TDI 190 PS 4Drive DSG.

The SEAT Ateca FR goes on sale in SEAT’s UK dealers on July 3 with first showroom cars expected in August.