Seat News

Glamorous ‘Hips-Don’t-Lie’ pop star, Shakira, has helped SEAT design a unique Leon Cupra as a competition prize, in order to raise money for her own charity.

The new SEAT Altea XL has touched down in UK showrooms, offering vast luggage space (the largest in its class, in fact), superb value and typically sporty SEAT dynamics.

SEAT returns to Autosport International this week in style, with a lively stand that will show off both its sporty road cars and its racing Leons. In addition, the highly anticipated driver line-up for this year’s SEAT BTCC team will be made public.

It’s always a great achievement for any car maker to increase sales and market share – but especially so when the majority of other manufacturers’ results have done just the opposite.

If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get a great deal on a stylish new car, look no further. SEAT, the young and vibrant car maker, is adding plenty of extra value to selected models across its range, in addition to offering some attractive Hire Purchase and PCP plans. The showroom bonanza is all part of SEAT’s ‘Think Differently’ campaign, which will run for the whole of January 2007 at participating Dealers.

Shakira, one of the most globally successful pop stars of today, and winner of several worldwide awards – Grammy, Latin Grammy, MTV, European MTV, Latin MTV Billboard, American Music Awards, and Echos – has chosen SEAT, the Spanish automotive brand, as the main sponsor of her 2007 Shakira Oral Fixation European Tour. The three-month long tour will start on 25th January in Hamburg, Germany, travelling through more than 10 European countries.

SEAT is extending the sizzling summer into November and December with a pair of hot deals on its best-selling models. Both the popular Leon T FSI FR and the entire Ibiza range benefit from enticing offers that run for the rest of the year.

Not content with winning the Dunlop MSA BTCC Manufacturers’ Championship this year, SEAT is proving its sporty credentials yet again, with the availability of the advanced DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox) on petrol FR versions of both the Leon and Altea.

SEAT has revealed the UK price for what is arguably the most eagerly awaited hot hatch of 2007 – the new Leon Cupra. And at just £19,595 RRP on the road for 240 PS worth of energetic performance, it is set to create quite a stir when it arrives in the UK next March.

The fiery yet frugal SEAT Leon FR has been voted ‘Scottish Diesel Car of the Year 2006’ by The Association of Scottish Motoring Writers.

Following its world debut at the Paris Motor Show, UK prices for the new SEAT Altea XL have been announced. Starting at just £12,995 RRP on the road, the family-oriented yet sporty Altea XL forms part of the Altea family, and will arrive in the UK in January 2007. With the Altea XL, SEAT is looking to attract those who love the existing Altea’s appearance and sporty image, but who require even more luggage capacity.

Seat is really on a roll! Not only are UK sales up by 15% compared with last year, but in motor sport the brand yesterday (Sunday 15th October) won the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship Manufacturers’ title for the first time.

At the ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) Congress, currently being held in London, SEAT is presenting a special Leon, featuring a raft of technological innovations devised by the Spanish company.

More and more customers are discovering the style and sportiness of SEAT’s range of cars, with UK sales up by over 15% during the first nine months of this year. This is particularly good news for the brand when viewed in the context of a declining UK new car market, down by 3.55% over the same period.

It’s not often that a TV advertisement for a car is banned from being shown before the 9pm watershed – unless, that is, it’s a fun new campaign by SEAT to promote its spacious Altea hatchback.