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Seat offers stunning new car colours

Posted in Leon News on the 27 Aug 2008

Spanish car manufacturer Seat has got busy with the paintbrushes to offer drivers a greater choice of new colours on selected models.
The array of new shades - entitled Custom Palette colours and carrying £550 RRP price tags - are sure to turn heads on Britain’s monochrome high streets and motorways.
For starters there is [...]

Brands Hatch braced for Seat’s two diesel-engined Leons

Posted in Leon News on the 20 Mar 2008

The 50th anniversary HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) atBrands Hatch on March 30th will be a first - as Seat race twodiesel-engined Leons.
Since joining the BTCC in 2004, Seat Sport UK has contested 120 races,winning 33, recording 83 podiums and scoring 2,245 manufacturers’points.
Driver Jason Plato said: "The early signs show that theLeon [...]

Copper-bottomed reason to examine the Leon Cupra

Posted in Leon News on the 27 Feb 2008

Seat has developed a styling kit to add a sporty look to the Leon Cupra 2008 edition fitted with the K1 bespoke badge
The extensively re-worked front and rear bumpers, smart side skirts, a more pronounced tailgate spoiler and unique chrome-tipped, centrally-mounted, oval exhaust cost £1,000 to add to the 240 PS turbocharged 2.0-litre Cupra.
The [...]

Seat Leon is ‘undeniably green’

Posted in Leon News on the 31 Jan 2008

Spanish automobile manufacturer Seat believes that its Leon hatch is "undeniably" an environmentally-friendly vehicle.
The company comments that the vehicle has an official CO2 rating of approximately 161 g per km and gives 47.1 mpg to allow a top speed of 135 mph.
Seat placed the vehicle with the Ibiza and Altea and hailed them as [...]

Celebrity chooses a new Seat

Posted in Leon News on the 20 Jul 2007

Singer and actor Duncan James has announced his new choice of car and rather than choose a Ferrari or a Porsche he has decided to take advantage of the new Seat Leon Cupra.
Mr James, who shot to fame in the UK boy band Blue, said he chose the Seat after taking a test drive [...]

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