List of articles tagged: SEAT

Seat has revealed the images of the Mii, which will be the new entry-level hatchback for the company. Seat has now added rear doors to the Mii - to add the five-door option. The five-door Mii's length remains unchanged at 3.56 metres and so does the boot capacity as it can still swallow 251 litres of luggage and 951 litres when the rear seats are folded.

This year, the Volkswagen Group will be introducing the Modular Transverse Matrix – the German acronym is MQB (Modularer Querbaukasten) – for the Volkswagen, Audi, ŠKODA and SEAT brands. The MQB strategy represents a turning point in the design and production of future automobiles with transverse-mounted engines. The Modular Transverse Matrix standardises many vehicle component parameters – across brands and vehicle classes. At the same time, it offers access to new technologies.

The new generation of SEAT’s most successful car - the Ibiza is here. The Ibiza is one of the best-selling models in its segment across Europe. Since the launch of the fourth generation car in 2008 more than 500,000 people have opted for one of the Spanish brand’s models.  Meanwhile, the average age of Ibiza buyers remains easily the youngest in its market category, underlining the fact that SEAT is truly young spirited.

The Volkswagen Group continues to enjoy positive sales development. A total of 2.94 million vehicles were sold in the first five months of the year 2010. This corresponds to growth of 18.1 percent. In the month of May, the Group sold 604,200 (556,500, +8.6 percent) vehicles.

Our intrepid spy photographer has struck again, this time with images of VW cars doing what seems to be engine benchmarking with the Jetta.

SEAT will continue with last year’s World Touring Car Championship line-up for 2009, with the 2008 title winner Yvan Muller alongwith Gabriele Tarquini, Rickard Rydell, Jordi Gene and the former Portugal Formula 1 driver Tiago Monteiro who partnered Narain Karthikeyan in Jordan Toyota F1 in 2005.