03 April 2009 - 14:00
Space Ibiza
This little sketch gives you a rough idea of what Seat's next big project will look like - it's an estate version of the little Ibiza.
Led by Seat design chief and ex-Lamborghini man Luc Donckerwolke, the Ibiza ST is a rakish shape that'll probably put looks ahead of capacity - a bit like a ‘small premium estate', as the man at Seat was keen to tell us.
It sits on a slightly stretched Ibiza platform (itself shared with the latest Polo) and will get some new engines not offered in the existing line-up. The idea is to take the fight to the French - namely Renault Clio and Peugeot 207, which, let's face it, isn't going to be much of a scrap.
Other details at this stage are, er, sketchy. A concept will probably be ready for the Paris show later this year and that'd mean an on-sale date of early 2011.
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Top Gear - I think you mean the Frankfurt Motorshow later this year - Paris is in 2010!!!
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A Seat to take on the 207 SW and (laughably named) Clio 'Sport Tourer'? Wow, that's quite a niche market. What's the point exactly? Is Seat just bored? Or does the new Polo just mean more bits for them to play with?
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What a highly detailed plan.
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cool!!!!!!!
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Why would anyone buy an Ibiza Estate? Do they even think before making decisions? Exeo Estate - sounds good. But Ibiza Estate - not. They should stick to cheeper-and-more-exciting than VW's cars. And maybe (underlined) they sell something.
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The VW stable already has a competent small estate in the Skoda Fabia but I suppose a funky option would be the SEAT to take on the cutesy 207. I think that this niche will actually grow with people wanting more occasional space in a car but one that is cheap to run when it's empty. It makes more sense than having a big tank of a Volvo estate or a diesel from the next class up if you don't do too much mileage.
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Skoda Fabia combi analog.
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Ben27 commented on this article
03 April 2009
It looks a lot like an Audi Q5 and does the world really need another supermini estate?
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