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Seat Rumored to Start Production of Audi Q3-based SUV in 2012
It seems that the VW Group’s Martorell plant in Spain will not only build the new Audi Q3, but a similar version of the compact SUV for Seat as well, according to a report from British car magazine, What Car. Industry sources told the publication that the Seat IBX crossover study shown at Geneva this year will be built in the same plant with the Audi Q3, with both models to share the same platform. The production version of the IBX is expected to be introduced next year. Read more »
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Seat To Tease Ibiza Sport Tourer With Concept Model At The Frankfurt Show
Seat is planning to take the wraps off a thinly disguised concept version of its forthcoming Ibiza Sport Tourer (ST) model at next week's Frankfurt Motor Show, Carscoop has learned. The production model that will most likely be revealed at either...
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Audi Q3 Small Suv Coming In 2011, To Be Built By Seat In Spain
An all new small SUV model called the Q3 that will sit right under the Q5 will be added to Audi's range in 2011, the German automaker announced today. To the delight of SEAT's workers as it will help protect around 1,200 jobs, Audi said that the...
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Seat To Reduce Production In First Half Of 2009
Volkswagen's Spanish carmaker SEAT has announced that it will further cut production at its Martorell plant near Barcelona for the first half next year due to sluggish demand in Europe. SEAT said that for the period between February 2nd and June 30th...
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Volkswagen’s Small Car Platform Gets All-wheel-drive
The German automaker’s new small car platform codenamed “PQ25†that made its debut in the new Seat Ibiza earlier this year offers the possibility of all-wheel drive (AWD) option according to Erich Schmitt, president of Seat. Although...
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2009 Seat Bolero: Spanish Firm Unveils Details On Its Audi A4 Sized Sedan
Once upon a time, VW Group wanted to transform Seat, whom it had acquired (or rather saved) from Fiat, to a Spanish “Alfa Romeoâ€. Then all of a sudden we saw Seat presenting models like the Toledo, the Altea XL and recently, the Freetrack......
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