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Geneva Show: SEAT to Reveal Leon and Altea Facelift, and Exeo Break
Despite the gloomy outlook on the automotive sector, this year's Geneva Salon looks like it is going to be packed with new cars that will be making their world premiere at the Swiss show. The latest piece of information to come by our hands is that VW Group's Spanish brand SEAT will take the veil off the facelifted Leon and Altea range that includes the Altea XL and Altea Freetrack crossover, as well as the station-wagon variant of the Exeo that as you already know, is in essence a re-skinned previous-gen Audi A4. We'll have more details on all the new SEATs closer to the opening of the Geneva Show in March.
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Seat Altea And Altea Xl Mpvs Discontinued, Suvs To Take Over
Seat has reportedly decided to discontinue the Altea and Altea XL globally due to declining sales of MPVs in Europe. This is not surprising, as we’re talking about a model launched in 2004 – more surprising is the fact that Seat hasn’t...
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Seat’s Badge Engineering: What’s Next, The Cupra R8?
Badge engineering is a term used to describe the rebadging of one vehicle to another with minimum aesthetic changes. One example is the Korean Daewoo Gentra that has been morphed into the Chevy Aveo and quite recently, into the Pontiac G3. Another example...
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Seat Product Plan 2008-2010: Includes Ibiza Cupra & Sportback, And Suv
Our friends over at WFC hit the Spanish jackpot during a Seat press event this week as they managed to learn Seat's product plan for the next two years. 2009 will be a busy year for the Spaniards as they plan to unveil plenty of new models starting...
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Seat Altea Freetrack Crossover Spotted In Spain
Yes, this is the production version of the Altea Freetrack Concept we saw in Geneva; you remember, the one with the spare tire in the rear, the pronounced wheel arches, the 310 mm of ground clearance… Well what did you expect? According to our info,...
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Xtra-ugly: The 2007 Seat Altea Xl
Oh my God!- And I thought things couldn't get any worse! After the atrocious Toledo - an Altea MPV with a boot, Seat presented this monstrocity: The Altea XL, something like a Spanish version of a Pontiac Aztec MPV... Anyway, just for the record,...
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