Showing posts with label SEAT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SEAT. Show all posts

SEAT Drawings of Various Models Including Coupes and Sportbacks Pop Up on the Web

What appear to be patent drawings of numerous SEAT models were found in a posting on a Spanish blog called Decoches. Unfortunately, no additional information is provided about the source of the pictures.

A quick research on the European patent office didn't return any results, so we're not going to brand the sketches genuine just yet - for all we know they might be the work of an independent designer / artist who has nothing to do with the VW Group-owned, Spanish carmaker.

In any case, you can check out all the drawings / proposals for a series of SEAT models in the gallery after the break.

UK Insurer Parts the Most Unreliable and Costly Car to Fix


In an article on a BMW-faced Honda Accord we found for sale on Craigslist back in 2008, we wrote that in a perfect world, our ultimate car would be �designed by Italians, engineered by Germans, built by Japanese and marketed by Americans�.
So, what�s the worst car one could imagine? Well, if we played around with the above statements, we�d say one designed by Japanese, engineered by Americans, built by Italians and marketed by Germans.
But UK insurance firm Warranty Direct had something a little bit different in mind. Instead of playing the origin card, the company decided to check out its database of 50,000 live policies on cars aged five years on average to part the UK�s most unreliable vehicle that would break down every other month and cost an average of �2,050 (equal to US$3,270 - �2,330) to fix each year.

SCOOP: Seat Caught Testing Sportier Ibiza ST FR with 150HP


For being Volkswagen�s answer to Alfa Romeo (in theory at least), the Germans are sure taking their time to enhance Seat�s lineup with the most potent engines currently available in the group.
Take the Ibiza Sports Tourer (ST) for instance. In Germany, the small station wagon is offered with three petrol units: a 70HP 1.2-liter three-pot, an 85HP 1.4L and a 105HP 1.2-liter TSI, and three diesels: a 75HP 1.2 TDI, a 90HP 1.6 TDI and a 105HP 1.6 TDI.
But better late than never as Seat is preparing an FR version of the Ibiza ST fitted with the same 1.4-liter TSI turbocharged petrol engine with 150-horsepower found in the hatchback model.

You Can�t Touch This: Boy Racer in Citroen Saxo has Cops Running in Circles


A rather foxy yet clearly irresponsible teenage driver of a Citroen Saxo had British police running in circles �literally- in a chase that took place at the Hams Hall industrial estate near Coleshill, England, last month during a police crackdown on what they call illegal car cruise events.
One of the spectators who had stopped on the side of the road to enjoy the chase filmed the young man�s shenanigans and uploaded the video on Youtube for all to see.
It all started when an unmarked Seat Leon hatchback pursued the driver of the silver Saxo who managed to escape by speeding up, down and even in�reverse on the busy highway.