Inovev forecasts 150,000 units per year of the new Seat Leon
- After successively launching three SUVs from different segments (Arona from B segment, Ateca from C segment , Tarraco from D segment) which meet the growing demand for SUVs all over Europe and even worldwide, the Spanish carmaker Seat (a subsidiary of the group Volkswagen) has just unveiled the fourth generation of its C segment sedan, the Leon.
- The new model takes on the body style of the previous generation, with its six side windows, but the whole takes on certain stylistic codes of the Ateca. Designed on the Volkswagen group’s MQB Evo platform, the new Leon is 9 cm longer than the old one (4.37m) and its wheelbase increases by 5 cm (2.67m) which improves cabin space.
- The new Leon will have to compete with the Volkswagen Golf, Skoda Octavia, Ford Focus, Opel Astra, Renault Mégane, Peugeot 308, Hyundai i30 and Kia Ceed mainly. It will be produced on the Spanish site of Martorell as previously. Inovev forecasts a volume of 150,000 units per year, slightly less than the volumes produced between 2014 and 2018, a period when the Seat SUVs had not yet been successful. Today, sedans are less popular with customers.
- The Leon will be equipped with the following engines: a 3-cylinder petrol 1.0 TSI 90hp and 100hp, a 4-cylinder petrol 1.5 TSI of 130hp and 150hp, a 4-cylinder petrol 2.0 TSI of 190hp, a 4-cylinder diesel 2.0 TDI of 115hp and 150hp. A plug-in hybrid version of 200hp based on 1.4 TSI will be available later. The new Leon will be presented at the Geneva Motor Show next March for sales debut in April. Its Sports tourer station wagon version will be marketed in June.
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