Luc Donckerwolke to Head VW Group’s Advance Design Division

It’s time to move on for automotive designer Luc Donckerwolke who will leave his position as Director of Design at Seat to become the VW Group’s Head of Advanced Design starting on August 1, 2011. In his new role, Donckerwolke will report directly to Design Chief, Walter de Silva. The 46-year-old Belgian designer will be replaced at Seat by Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos. Read more »

UK Insurer Parts the Most Unreliable and Costly Car to Fix

In an article on a BMW-faced Honda Accord we found for sale on Craigslist back in 2008, we wrote that in a perfect world, our ultimate car would be “designed by Italians, engineered by Germans, built by Japanese and marketed by Americans”.

So, what’s the worst car one could imagine? Well, if we played around with the above statements, we’d say one designed by Japanese, engineered by Americans, built by Italians and marketed by Germans.

But UK insurance firm Warranty Direct had something a little bit different in mind. Instead of playing the origin card, the company decided to check out its database of 50,000 live policies on cars aged five years on average to part the UK’s most unreliable vehicle that would break down every other month and cost an average of £2,050 (equal to US$3,270 - €2,330) to fix each year.

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SCOOP: Seat Caught Testing Sportier Ibiza ST FR with 150HP

For being Volkswagen’s answer to Alfa Romeo (in theory at least), the Germans are sure taking their time to enhance Seat’s lineup with the most potent engines currently available in the group.

Take the Ibiza Sports Tourer (ST) for instance. In Germany, the small station wagon is offered with three petrol units: a 70HP 1.2-liter three-pot, an 85HP 1.4L and a 105HP 1.2-liter TSI, and three diesels: a 75HP 1.2 TDI, a 90HP 1.6 TDI and a 105HP 1.6 TDI.

But better late than never as Seat is preparing an FR version of the Ibiza ST fitted with the same 1.4-liter TSI turbocharged petrol engine with 150-horsepower found in the hatchback model.

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You Can’t Touch This: Boy Racer in Citroen Saxo has Cops Running in Circles

A rather foxy yet clearly irresponsible teenage driver of a Citroen Saxo had British police running in circles –literally- in a chase that took place at the Hams Hall industrial estate near Coleshill, England, last month during a police crackdown on what they call illegal car cruise events.

One of the spectators who had stopped on the side of the road to enjoy the chase filmed the young man’s shenanigans and uploaded the video on Youtube for all to see.

It all started when an unmarked Seat Leon hatchback pursued the driver of the silver Saxo who managed to escape by speeding up, down and even in…reverse on the busy highway.

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2011 The Seat Alhambra MPV

Lets Conclude: If you are one among those who are hungry of space in their 7 seater MPV, and are in need of ability to change the seating availability at your will, and if you want all of this at a reasonable rate; then 7 Seater Car SEAT Alhambra is the one you should go for. Please also note that the seats are reversible which can add a lot to the party. The increased sales number of this car is a single pointer showing that the car has what customer needs.

2011 The Seat Alhambra MPV

Lets Conclude: If you are one among those who are hungry of space in their 7 seater MPV, and are in need of ability to change the seating availability at your will, and if you want all of this at a reasonable rate; then 7 Seater Car SEAT Alhambra is the one you should go for. Please also note that the seats are reversible which can add a lot to the party. The increased sales number of this car is a single pointer showing that the car has what customer needs.

The Performance 2011 SEAT Alhambra

The vehicle isn't deprived of any accessories, and hence you will get plenty of them. The car is automatically warranted for 2 years but the same can be extended for 1 more year. SEAT allots an approved technician to integrate the accessories into your car. There are chances that accessories could be included in the SEAT's Finance agreement.

Safety Features of this 7 Seater Car

Whichever car you shall buy; you would always look for the comfort and security; especially the security. SEAT has considered all the woes of the customers and has ensured latest technological measures in the latest SEAT Alhambra. Electric Stability Programme (ESP), Emergency Break Assistance (EBA) and the ABS are included in all the models of the SEAT Alhambra. If times are wrong and you are forced to put a complete break to the car, ABS takes care of passing an additional signal to the braking system requesting complete halt of the vehicle. ESP listens to the changes happening int the ABS, accelerator and the brakes along with the steering wheel and takes additional action that is required.

Traction Control System implemented in this 7 seater takes care of preventing skids of the wheel. Usually the big cars' rear slips and slides when a break is applied, but the Electronic Brake Force Distribution or shortly called as EBD takes care of diminishing the fading of brakes and prevents the car from slipping.

The Performance 2011 SEAT Alhambra

The vehicle isn't deprived of any accessories, and hence you will get plenty of them. The car is automatically warranted for 2 years but the same can be extended for 1 more year. SEAT allots an approved technician to integrate the accessories into your car. There are chances that accessories could be included in the SEAT's Finance agreement.

Safety Features of this 7 Seater Car

Whichever car you shall buy; you would always look for the comfort and security; especially the security. SEAT has considered all the woes of the customers and has ensured latest technological measures in the latest SEAT Alhambra. Electric Stability Programme (ESP), Emergency Break Assistance (EBA) and the ABS are included in all the models of the SEAT Alhambra. If times are wrong and you are forced to put a complete break to the car, ABS takes care of passing an additional signal to the braking system requesting complete halt of the vehicle. ESP listens to the changes happening int the ABS, accelerator and the brakes along with the steering wheel and takes additional action that is required.

Traction Control System implemented in this 7 seater takes care of preventing skids of the wheel. Usually the big cars' rear slips and slides when a break is applied, but the Electronic Brake Force Distribution or shortly called as EBD takes care of diminishing the fading of brakes and prevents the car from slipping.