Next Seat Exeo 'will be bespoke'
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Next Seat Exeo 'will be bespoke'
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsAr...t-Exeo/245562/
Seat’s next-generation Exeo will be less reliant on VW Group technology and be more of a bespoke Seat product, according to a company source.
The current Exeo is essentially a previous-generation Audi A4 and was born out of Seat’s desire to get a saloon car to market quickly under former president, who used to work for Audi, Erich Schmitt.
But our source confirmed that Seat would eventually replace the Exeo with a car that was more of a bespoke Seat product.
“The current Exeo was a very good solution to our desire to get a saloon to market very quickly,” said the source. “We needed to be in that segment and the old A4 was the best option, but its replacement will be very much a Seat product, relying less on VW Group technology.”
The source didn’t put a timescale on when the next Exeo would be launched, but they did confirm it would be developed at its Martorell facility in Spain. They also said that Seat had no plans to repeat what it did with the Exeo on other models.
The source compared the next Exeo to the current-generation Skoda Superb. The original Superb was heavily reliant on borrowing from the Volkswagen Passat, but the current model is much more of a bespoke Skoda product.
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It irks me we don't get to see Seat in the U.S. I just loved their designs when I lived in Mexico. See Seat's UK site (because it's in English) for a better idea, http://www.seat.co.uk/
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I would so love to have Seat, Peugeot and Renault in Canada... Also Alfa Romeo. Only time I see them here if some diplomat brought it over or someone from Europe moved here and brought the car.
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I always wonder why they never bring in some of these brands. I am thinking that they know it will be difficult to break in to the US market and they are not ready to battle for sales here.
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It irks me we don't get to see Seat in the U.S. I just loved their designs when I lived in Mexico. See Seat's UK site (because it's in English) for a better idea, http://www.seat.co.uk/
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