SEAT UK is giving its backing to the inaugural National Family Week – which kicks off on Bank Holiday Monday (25 May) with a variety of exciting events nationwide including an audacious attempt on an official Guinness World Record. SEAT is an official partner of National Family Week and is the first motor manufacturer to support the initiative. Several of the Spanish marque’s UK dealers will be taking part in a record-breaking picnic attempt on Monday when they will join scores of offici...

SEAT is celebrating the first anniversary of its remarkably successful association with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA) innovative online road tax renewal campaign. It was 12 months ago that SEAT UK announced the Ecomotive had been chosen by the DVLA in Swansea as the star prize car in a competition linked to a push by the Agency to encourage drivers to renew their road tax online or by phone. A year on, and the latest lucky winner to be presented with the keys to a shiny n...

SEAT is highlighting not just the cash benefits but also the important environmental benefits that spring from the much-anticipated scrappage scheme, announced in last month's Budget by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling which came into force as of the 18th May 2009. The innovative scheme, which sees some car buyers qualify for a £2,000 contribution towards a new SEAT in exchange for a commitment to scrap their old vehicle, should mean the removal of thousands of relatively heavily ...

The new generation SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive has once again asserted its status as one of the most environmentally-sensitive cars in its segment by covering a staggering 970 miles (1,562 km) on a single tank of fuel, resulting in an average consumption figure of 97.4 mpg. This incredible feat was undertaken by Austrian Gerhard Plattner, an internationally renowned economy-driving champion. Plattner set out from SEAT’s Headquarters in Martorell, near Barcelona, at the wheel of an Ibiza Ecomotive ...

  SEAT is wowing the crowds at this week's Barcelona International Motor Show with the debut of a road-ready version of its stunning Ibiza Bocanegra. Staying remarkably true to the headline-grabbing Bocanegra concept car unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show a little over 12 months ago, the production version is today making its world debut at SEAT's ‘home' show. Boasting several unique, and dramatic, black styling elements at its nose - hence the Bocanegra name which translates as ‘black...

•    The common rail Diesel will be available for the first time on the Ibiza •    CO2 emissions of only 109 g/km and Increasingly low consumption of 4.2 l/100 km •    Replaces the 90 hp 1.9 TDI engine The SEAT Ibiza will be available from June with the 90 hp 1.6 TDI CR engine in both its 5-door and SC versions.  For the first time, this the Spanish brand’s car is equipped with the common rail system, which gives the engine better performance and significantly reduces all le...

Talks are underway for SEAT as news about the aforementioned Ibiza Estate, this one called the ST. From the looks of the official sketches here you can certainly see that this Ibiza-based Sports Tourer is nothing to to be sneezed at. SEAT are looking to introduce around 10 new models to its family to hope to try and entice customers to its reliable, VW-powered spanish designs. Rivals for SEAT's ST should include the Renault Clio Sport Tourer and Skoda's Fabia Estate. Although SEAT r...

[gallery link="file" orderby="post_name"] SEAT has just debuted its long-awaited Ibiza FR, a model that is projected to be displayed at the upcoming Barcelona International Motor Show to run between 9-17 May. To get straight to the point, the Ibiza FR will be powered by a 1.4-liter TSI twin charger unit that develops around 150 horsepower and is particularly aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions. SEAT says this powerplant perfectly complies with Euro 5 regulations, a fact that e...