News By Topic: Seat

Seat's Scorching Hot Hatch Stunners

Jun 15, 2009

The fire-breathing threesome, which are all available to order now with deliveries beginning on 1 October, bring innovative new technology to the sporting supermini segment for the very first time with RRPs starting at just £14,995. ... Continue reading

Seat Begins Rail Transport Between Martorell and Zona Franca

Jun 4, 2009

Today the rail service for spare parts shipment between SEAT facilities at Martorell and the Zona Franca started up. The shipment capacity of approximately one million cubic metres of spare parts per year means that some 32,000 trips by heavy vehicles will be taken off the metropolitan road network. This new service is ... Continue reading

SEAT Hosts Visit from Minister Cristina Garmendia

Jun 2, 2009

SEAT's Martorell facilities were this morning the venue for a visit by Cristina Garmendia, Spanish Minister for Science and Innovation. The visit was a fact-finding mission to glean information concerning the current status of projects which the Spanish car manufacturer is implementing within the CENIT programme. The p ... Continue reading

The SEAT Ibiza as "Most Wanted Vehicle of the Year" in Macedonia

May 26, 2009

The SEAT Ibiza has been voted "Most Wanted Vehicle of 2009" in Macedonia by spectators of the "Auto Magazine" television programme. This is the ninth award given to the Spanish brand's car since its launch midway through last year, a significant fact that proves the new Ibiza's enormous popularity among the public and ... Continue reading

Seat Supports National Family Week - 25-31 May

May 22, 2009

SEAT UK is giving its backing to the inaugural National Family Week - which kicks off on Bank Holiday Monday (25 May) with a variety of exciting events nationwide including an audacious attempt on an official Guinness World Record. ... Continue reading

The 'SEAT Classroom' Comes to the Polytechnic University of Catalonia

May 22, 2009

The 'SEAT classroom' today reached the Barcelona Higher Technical College for Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB) of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) to show students there the integrated development and production process of a vehicle, from the initial idea on the designer's drawing board to the final custome ... Continue reading

Seat Celebrates 12 Months as DVLA Prize Provider

May 21, 2009

SEAT is celebrating the first anniversary of its remarkably successful association with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA) innovative online road tax renewal campaign. ... Continue reading

Seat Strengthens Links with Catalan Institutions

May 20, 2009

Joan Delort, Secretary for Security at the Catalan government's Department of the Interior and Institutional Relations, accompanied by other authorities of the Catalan autonomous police, today paid a visit to the SEAT facilities in Martorell to get first-hand knowledge of the manufacturing activity of the Spanish car m ... Continue reading

The Ibiza FR and CUPRA in the Sales Network Before the Beginning of Summer

May 18, 2009

The sportiest versions of the Ibiza range, the FR and the CUPRA, will be available across the official dealership network in Spain before the start of summer to round off the extensive range of the popular Spanish model. Both exclusive vehicles making their sales debut accurately represent the values that SEAT applies ... Continue reading

Ibiza: Seat's Sporty Supermini Celebrates 25 Years

May 15, 2009

It was back at the 1984 Paris Motor Show that the world caught its first glimpse of a Spanish supermini that would shake up the small car class for good, bringing much-needed style and excitement to the sector and establishing SEAT as a key component of the Volkswagen Group. ... Continue reading

Seat, First Manufacturer in Electronic Registration

May 13, 2009

SEAT is the first car manufacturer to carry out electronic technical vehicle inspection (ITV) and telematic registration of 6 Exeo units. The project, developed by Spain's Directorate General for Traffic (DGT) together with the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, in collaboration with the company T-Systems Iberia, ... Continue reading

The SEAT Exeo, distinguished as "Novelty of the Year" in Catalonia

May 12, 2009

SEAT received the "Novelty of the Year" in Catalonia award last Thursday at the Barcelona International Motor Show for the SEAT Exeo, the Spanish brand's sporty sedan that has been on the market since February. ... Continue reading

Stunning SEAT Ibiza Bocanegra is Ready for the Road

May 8, 2009

SEAT is wowing the crowds at this week's Barcelona International Motor Show with the debut of a road-ready version of its stunning Ibiza Bocanegra. ... Continue reading

Porsche Outlines Merger With Volkswagen

May 6, 2009

FRANKFURT, May 6, 2009; Hendrik Sackmann writing for Reuters reported that luxury carmaker Porsche Automobil Holding SE (PSHG_p.DE) slammed the brakes on attempts to take over Volkswagen AG (VOWG.DE) and instead agreed to explore a merger with Europe's biggest car maker. The deal would represent a climbdown because Por ... Continue reading

The Ibiza Ecomotive Sets A World Fuel-Saving Record of 2.9 L/100 Km

May 4, 2009

The SEAT Ibiza ECOMOTIVE is undisputedly the most ecological vehicle in its segment after proving its driving efficiency by covering no less than a distance of 1,562 km on a single tank of fuel, resulting in an average consumption figure of 2.9 l/100 km. This incredible feat was carried out magnificently by Austrian Ge ... Continue reading