Less than a year ago, the Spanish brand seat, announced its deep restructuring. Exit from car sales, the brand will become a mobility brand in the future. Instead, it is Cupra, there Sports compartment for seatingwho will take up the torch to build completely new models.

The latest explosion for Seat

Thomas Schaefer, President of Seat, said that current Seat models (Ibiza, Leon, Arona, Ateca Tarraco) will end their life cycle. However, despite this and announcement of the future electric modelSeat, as a traditional car manufacturer, will disappear in favor of a mobility brand. Schaefer makes it clear that the future of Seat is the Cupra.
Meanwhile, Volkswagen Group, owner of Seat, is looking for the best entry-level offer, especially for its electric cars. And according to the head of Seat and Cupra in the United Kingdom, Markus Gossen, this role will be taken over by Seat.
We already know that the group Volkswagen (VW) is currently working on it entry-level electrical models with identifier 2 everything AND ID.1which according to VW should be below 25,000 and 20,000 euros.
A welcome update for the German group that sees these rivals Chinese (BYD, MG), Americans (Tesla) and European (Stellantis, Renault) offer electric models everything is more accessible.

Even cheaper than ID.1!

That’s why this new electric seat has to show the cost of the call is below 20,000 euros and will compete, among other things, with the future Dacia Spring AND Renault Twingo. It will have the same platform as the the following ID.1. However, for the next electric Seat to be cheaper than its VW sibling, it will have to be it is logical to abandon a piece of equipment and options like large infotainment screens and long battery life.
If the Volkswagen ID.1 should replace Up!the new city car from Seat should logically take its place Electric Mii which was removed from the Seat catalogue. However, this should not come immediately, as the ID.1 marketing is planned for 2027.
As for the Cupra, it will release its own SUV Coupe Tavascancousin of Audi Q4 e-tron Sportback and Skoda Enyaq iV Coupé, this spring. As for the future, the sporty brand Seat will offer its own entry-level model, the Raval, based on VW ID.2.

One thing can be said for sure we haven’t heard the end of it yet from Seat!

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