Seat, after having won the Audio Q3 production at the plant in Martorell Spanish House near Barcelona, according to indiscretions could also make a new SUV concept derived from the IBX is built on the compact crossover with the four rings. Officially presented last Geneva Motor Show, Seat IBX is presented as a compact crossover sport and is characterized by taut lines and sharp edges.
Apart from some of the characteristics of the show car that will disappear on the standard version (the mirrors and camera equipped with headlights that are too thin), the IBX seems a very practical and in line with the latest styles of the Spanish brand. In all likelihood, will be left intact forms of sports and winning this car, the basic ingredients that have made this kind of fashionable cars.
The future model will use the same platform Seat Audio Q3, and if she were to adopt the solution of the five doors - instead of having three openings on the prototype Geneva - its measures should not be less than 4.30 meters in length. As for the mechanical part, the new Seat can draw from the enormous know-how of the Volkswagen Group: among the most reliable engines are 2.0 liter TDI diesel certainly declined in 140 and 170 hp.
As for gasoline, the SUV Spanish can count on 1.4-liter TSI Tiguan also used by Volkswagen and the powerful 211 hp 2.0-liter TFSI that could place them as the top version. Just like the Tiguan, but the future is with Seat will be given a four-wheel drive "base" - addressed to the engines less powerful - than with the refined four-wheel drive Audi, equipped with the Haldex multi-center joint.
One of the main unknowns of this car is definitely the future price list that will determine the location of the model in the large product offering. Surely Seat IBX will cost much less than the € 29,900 needed to get hold of Q3, but it can not deviate too much, given the high technical content, from € 25,750 the Volkswagen Tiguan, thus risking a possible overlap of the market. 
Apart from some of the characteristics of the show car that will disappear on the standard version (the mirrors and camera equipped with headlights that are too thin), the IBX seems a very practical and in line with the latest styles of the Spanish brand. In all likelihood, will be left intact forms of sports and winning this car, the basic ingredients that have made this kind of fashionable cars.
The future model will use the same platform Seat Audio Q3, and if she were to adopt the solution of the five doors - instead of having three openings on the prototype Geneva - its measures should not be less than 4.30 meters in length. As for the mechanical part, the new Seat can draw from the enormous know-how of the Volkswagen Group: among the most reliable engines are 2.0 liter TDI diesel certainly declined in 140 and 170 hp.
As for gasoline, the SUV Spanish can count on 1.4-liter TSI Tiguan also used by Volkswagen and the powerful 211 hp 2.0-liter TFSI that could place them as the top version. Just like the Tiguan, but the future is with Seat will be given a four-wheel drive "base" - addressed to the engines less powerful - than with the refined four-wheel drive Audi, equipped with the Haldex multi-center joint.
One of the main unknowns of this car is definitely the future price list that will determine the location of the model in the large product offering. Surely Seat IBX will cost much less than the € 29,900 needed to get hold of Q3, but it can not deviate too much, given the high technical content, from € 25,750 the Volkswagen Tiguan, thus risking a possible overlap of the market.
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