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Geneva 2009: Seat Leon Ecomotive with 99 g/km of CO2 and 62 mpg U.S. 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Amid all of the fanciful green concept cars debuting in Geneva like the Rinspeed iChange and the Magna Steyr Mila EV comes something a little more standard looking: the SEAT Leon Ecomotive concept. As you can see from the large lettering all over the car, this concept seats four while emitting ...

Spain announces $5.3 billion in aid for domestic auto industry 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Seat Ibiza Ecomotive The United States, the United Kingdom and France have already announced plans to stimulate the ailing automakers and suppliers that do business in their countries, so it's not too surprising to hear that Spain has joined in the ...

Rendered speculation: SEAT may get its own variant of BlueSport roadster 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like there may be at least three different variations of the mid-engine roadster that Volkswagen introduced at the Detroit Auto Show last week. The concept BlueSport is based on a new modular architecture Volkswagen is developing that will allow for multiple configurations. If the car is ...

Seat introduces Len Twin Drive Ecomotive hybrid concept 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

SEAT has introduced a new concept, based on the current Seat León (which itself has a lot in common with the Audi A3) that sports an all-new plug-in hybrid powertrain. The model, called the SEAT León Twin Drive Ecomotive, has two driving modes: the car is equipped with a ...

New SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive gets updated, moves abroad 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on image above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Seat Ibiza Ecomotive It's time for SEAT to launch the Ecomotive version of the latest Ibiza. The green Ibiza has been on sale since January in Spain and will soon make it to the rest of the European markets. The engine - VW's 1.4-liter TDI ...

SEAT might have a hybrid car soon 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on image above for a high-res gallery of the '09 Seat Ibiza Although we shouldn't be holding our breaths for this, Ramón Paredes, a VP from Volkswagen-owned SEAT, gave a hint that the Spanish marque could be selling a hybrid car soon. SEAT shares all its powertrains with the rest ...

The SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive gets Ecobest 2008 award 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on image for a full gallery of the 2008 Seat Ibiza Ecomotive The so-called "Emerging markets" on the East side of Europe have their own automotive awards. Which countries are we speaking about here? Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, ...

Germany's top 20 lowest CO2-emitting models 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As most of our readers probably know by now, the "green" credentials for a car in Europe are often based on how much CO2 the car produces. In fact, most of the new taxes applied to cars depend on this indicator, which is also connected to the car's fuel efficiency. Therefore, it is key for European ...

Diesel powered SEAT Leon wins World Touring Car Championship 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In 2008, the Volkswagen group expanded its diesel racing efforts beyond the already successful Audi R10 TDI into smaller bore classes. Here in North America, we had the VW Jetta TDI cup. Elsewhere, the Spanish branch of the Group, known as SEAT, ran a competition version of the Leon TDI in the ...

SEAT supports climate change meeting - and Al Gore 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, Al Gore was being chauffeured around the Netherlands by Audi. This week, another company (or, more accurately, another part of the same company) is trying to tie itself to the former Vice President. SEAT used the Alhambra Ecomotive in its "first official function" by driving around ...



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