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Seat reportedly planning new halo coupe to go with all those hatchbacks and minivans

Considering that Seat is supposed to be Volkswagen's sporty cousin, the Spanish motor division's range is conspicuously bereft of two-door models. Oh, they've got plenty of hatchbacks and MPVs, but the company only has two models with less than five doors. One's a rebadged previous-gen Audi A4, and the other's a Volkswagen Polo with a black mouth. Building on the strength of their hot-hatch reputation, Seat unveiled the new Leon Cupra R in Frankfurt, packing the VW Scirocco R's 265-horsepower, 2.0-liter turbo four to make it the most ... Read more →

Frankfurt 2009: SEAT Leon Cupra R makes a fine Green Goblin Jonathon Ramsey

What you have here is one of the coolest little 4-door hot hatches that looks like a 2-door hatch. The 2010 SEAT Leon Cupra R gets 265 hp from its VW-battle-tested 2.0-liter turbocharged engine, ...

Frankfurt 2009: Seat IBZ concept makes us say "Hazlo, por favor!" Jonathon Ramsey

Seat loves to present its concepts in a lapis-like blue with deep cream interior coloring. It's usually a very good start, and the IBZ concept adds an Alfa-worthy beauty to what might otherwise ...

Ad aims to put butts in seats Ad puts naked butts in Seat Altea Jonathon Ramsey

Seat wants to make sure that people in the U.K. don't equate a family car with being boring, and what better more Latin way to do it than by using happy naked people? The print campaign for the ...

SEAT starts construction of new Spanish plant to build Audi Q3 Sam Abuelsamid

When the Audi Q3 compact CUV hits the streets in 2011, its assembly will be handled by the workers at VW's Spanish division, SEAT. In preparation for the crossover's arrival SEAT is building an ...

Seat to launch 265hp Leon Cupra R in Frankfurt? 5 months ago on Autoblog

Buyers overseas aren't left wanting for sport models from Volkswagen's Spanish subsidiary, including the sporty FR line and the powerful Cupra range. But if the latest reports from our Iberian counterparts prove accurate, Seat could be preparing to launch an even more powerful version of its ...

Rumormill: Volkswagen BlueSport roadster production plans halted 5 months ago on Autoblog

In a new (and very brief) report, UK's Channel4 reports that a production version of Volkswagen's comely BlueSport concept has been delayed. While details are slim, Channel4 says that a company insider came clean to journalists about the diesel roadster's demise at a recent Australian press ...

Seat Ibiza Bocanegra unveiled in Barcelona 6 months ago on Autoblog

SEAT has morphed the Bocanegra Concept into a production-ready car and stayed largely true to the concept. The car isn't something completely new – it's more of an option package fitted to the Cupra. As such, the aesthetic differences don't serve any additional purpose – the ...

Audi confirms Q3 production - in Spain - but decision on U.S. production "postponed" 6 months ago on Autoblog

The first shipments of Audi's new Q5 crossover have barely hit the docks here in North America, and already the kid brother to the Q7 is set to get a sidekick of its own. In an official announcement released today, the VW Group luxury arm has confirmed that it will build a Q3 crossover in ...

Barcelona Preview: Seat reveals new Leon Cupra and Ibiza FR 6 months ago on Autoblog

Variety, so they say, is the spice of life. So while American fans of Volkswagen's hot hatches have nothing to complain about, none could be blamed for pining for the alternative options that the German auto group offers overseas. The company's Spanish subsidiary Seat doesn't sell stateside ...

SEAT sketches out Ibiza ST concept 7 months ago on Autoblog

The Ibiza ST is going to be the third body style in the Ibiza line, a tiny wagon -- or "supermini estate" in UK parlance -- that will go on sale next year. SEAT has been in the segment before with its Cordoba Vario from 1998. Currently, the segment is dominated by capable-but-not-exactly-exciting ...

Heavy Breathing: SEAT Ibiza Bocanegra reportedly gets the go-ahead 7 months ago on Autoblog

A production version of the Seat Bocanegra has reportedly been cleared for landing. The black-mouthed concept was an Ibiza Cupra with futuristic lights, a super-black grille treatment front and rear, and a concept car interior, so you can probably expect the production version to keep the ...

Geneva Preview: SEAT prepares facelifted Leon, Altea 9 months ago on Autoblog

For some time now, it has seemed like the badges on cars are getting bigger and bigger. SEAT has certainly played its part in this trend, but the automaker's S badge is getting downsized again on the latest Leon and Altea. The badges are part of mild facelift packages being given to the two ...

VIDEO: Seat Exeo Sport Tourer to debut in Geneva 9 months ago on Autoblog

What do you do with an old model when you've already replaced it with a newer one? Well, most automakers would simply trash it and move on. Not Volkswagen though. Instead of discarding the previous Audi A4, the bean-counters at VW Group corporate headquarters in Wolfsburg simply passed it on to ...

Rendered Speculation: SEAT to get its own BlueSport roadster? 9 months ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen has been toying with mid-engined concepts and compact roadsters for years now, but we're told that the BlueSport concept that the automaker revealed in Detroit is close to the finished product. But after years of gestation, Volkswagen isn't about to let the BlueSport go it alone. Not ...

SEAT unveils new Twin Drive Leon prototype hybrid 9 months ago on Autoblog

The SEAT Leon Ecomotive was a Leon that had been picked over and removed of many inefficiencies in order to deliver a frugal 3.7 liters/100 kilometers (63 miles-per-gallon) as well as lower CO2 emissions. The SEAT Twin Drive Leon Prototype takes that idea a giant leap further by making the car a ...

SEAT prices the old Audi A4 new Exeo 10 months ago on Autoblog

When SEAT announced it was to launch a new flagship that was little more than an old Audi A4 with some new trim, we were puzzled. Everyone was puzzled. Was this Volkswagen's big plan to revive its Spanish subsidiary? Indeed it was, as we quickly discovered when we got to Paris to find it ...

Ay Mamacita! SEAT Leon Linea R 12 months ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen makes some pretty enticing hot hatches, but as we discovered when driving the Leon Cupra, sister-brand SEAT is where it's at. The Spanish subsidiary's hot hatches typically offer more power for less money in a more exciting package than their German counterparts. Now SEAT has widened ...

Paris 2008: Previous Gen Audi A4 Seat Exeo 1 year ago on Autoblog

Our Spanish colleagues tell us that the Iberians are none too happy about SEAT grabbing a previous generation A4 out of the garbage bin to make a new sedan. Never mind the opportunity to make an easy(-ier) profit – something that would have any automaker quaking with giddyness right now ...

New Seat Exeo is an old Audi A4 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for more renderings of the Seat Exeo VW subsidiary Seat is, like The Jeffersons, movin' on up, rolling out a new range of vehicles that will push it into new market segments. The image above is one of a set of the automaker's Exeo sedan given to the trademark office in Spain. ...

SEAT unveils Ibiza SportCoup 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click on the above image for high-res photos of the SEAT SportCoupé Following the launch of the SEAT Ibiza five-door in April, the Spanish automaker has debuted the new Ibiza SportCoupé. When compared to the five-door, the new three-door appears nearly identical from the front. ...

VW Group's next small-car platform to get AWD across the board 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Audi metroproject quattro Concept. Buyers of the next generation of Volkswagen-developed small cars will have one more option box to tick when placing their order: all-wheel-drive. The new platform, dubbed PQ25, will find its way underneath a handful of new ...

SEAT reveals limited edition Leon Supercopa 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image to enlarge The SEAT Leon Supercopa series that visits tracks in seven European countries is, according to SEAT, "the most powerful single-brand competition in Europe." In celebration of the series, Seat is making a special edition SEAT Leon Copa Edition that arguably looks even hotter ...

First Drive: SEAT Leon Cupra 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more high-res shots of the SEAT Leon Cupra Draw up a list of the top hot-hatches in the world. The SEAT Leon Cupra may not be on it – although it might be – but the Volkswagen GTI will most definitely. At least it should, because the GTI is a performance icon, forged ...

SEAT unveils fully-restyled Ibiza hatch 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for a high-res gallery of the new SEAT Ibiza SEAT, the Spanish manufacturer owned by Volkswagen, teased Geneva Motor Show visitors this year with the 3-door Bocanegra concept car. Today it unveiled the production version, which, as expected, takes on the Ibiza nameplate. The attractive ...

2008 Ford Super Duty's less than super seats being recalled 1 year ago on Autoblog

If you own a 2008 Ford F-Series truck, your Fun Friday is made less so by the news of a recall for your truck that involves its seats. Apparently, the front driver's seat on these trucks fail to comply with federal rules for seat back strength, as a weld that connects a bracket and the seat back ...

Geneva '08 Preview: SEAT Bocanegra Concept = next Ibiza 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the SEAT Bocanegra Concept SEAT is set to unveil the Bocanegra Concept tomorrow during the first press day of the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, and it previews the upcoming replacement for the production Ibiza model. For those familiar with the rather homely looking ...

K for UK: SEAT Leon Cupra K 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for a hi-res gallery of the SEAT Leon Cupra K¹ Every so often, we wish that Volkswagen's SEAT brand was available here in the US. Sure, the Spanish automaker's vehicles are badge-engineering exercises that raid the corporate partsbin for powertrains, switchgear, and the like, but ...

40 new models by 2018: SEAT chief outlines dramatic expansion plan 1 year ago on Autoblog

SEAT has some ambitious plans. The Spanish subsidiary of Volkswagen is targeting a twofold increase in sales from 400,000 to 800,000 units by 2018, but currently has a line-up of seven models that, for the most part, are little more than rebodied VWs with a poorer reputation. While speaking with the ...

Volkswagen's plan for expansion includes four all-new architectures 1 year ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen's plan for the next ten years includes streamlining production, cutting development costs and creating four new platforms so it can boost sales to 10 million units a year and give Toyota a run for its money. Architecture development is key to that strategy. ...

Entry-level, RWD vehicles coming from VW in 2010 2 years ago on Autoblog

More news on the microcar front comes in the form of "confidential planning documents" procured by Automobilwoche outlining Volkswagen's plan for its rear-wheel-drive compacts over the next nine years. VW considers the launch of its new "Small Family" lineup of RWD vehicles as the most important ...

Frankfurt 2007: SEAT Tribu Concept debuts new styling direction 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery VW's SEAT brand is getting a makeover, and the Tribu concept unveiled in Frankfurt shows us where the marque's headed, stylistically. Penned by new SEAT design chief and Lamborghini expat Luc Donckerwolke, the Tribu jettisons the more organic, flowing shapes of current ...

Fiat may enter the microcar ring with a four-seater sub-Panda 2 years ago on Autoblog

This time next week, those of us fortunate enough to go to Frankfurt will likely be passed out after a long day of press conferences, caffeine crashes and schnitzel binges. Two of the more compelling concepts we expect to see in Germany include the Volkswagen City Expert and Toyota's Endo microcar, ...

It worked for Audi... SEAT entering first diesel in WTCC 2 years ago on Autoblog

SEAT, being under the VAG corporate umbrella, certainly knows what's been going on with Audi's racing diesels. Perhaps the division looks up to its Ingolstadt cousins with admiration, and it's hoping that imitation yields the same type of success. SEAT will be the first manufacturer to field a ...

Report: Toro Rosso gives Bourdais wings! 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's a sad state of affairs when the pure talent of a racing driver isn't enough to advance his career. In the case of Sebastien Bourdais, the top teams on the F1 grid have apparently been blind to his domination in Champ Cars, as our favorite Frenchman (okay, second favorite, after Talladega Nights ...

Honda puts the kid in the driver's seat 2 years ago on Autoblog

Here at Autoblog our philosophy on early childhood education – yes, we have a philosophy on early childhood education – is that no age is too young to begin teaching the little ones a love for cars. That's why we love featuring kids' toys like Automoblox and slot car racing sets, along ...

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