SEAT Tribu
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | SEAT, S.A. |
Production | 2007 (Concept car) |
Assembly | Martorell, Spain |
Designer | Luc Donckerwolke |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Compact SUV (J) |
Body style | 3-door CUV |
Layout | Transverse front engine, on-demand four-wheel drive |
Platform | Volkswagen Group A5 (PQ35) |
Related | Volkswagen Tiguan Škoda Yeti Audi Q3 |
Chronology | |
Successor | SEAT Altea Freetrack |
The SEAT Tribu is a compact SUV, that is built by the Spanish automaker SEAT, S.A..[1]
Concept car
The first time when the Tribu name was used by SEAT was at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show for a concept car which featured 3 doors and 4 bucket seats. The concept SUV was the first project designed entirely by Luc Donckerwolke, the former Lamborghini designer who since 2005 is appointed SEAT's Design Director.[1]
In August 2008, official SEAT designs of a production model were submitted to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and subsequently leaked.[2][3] The concept car had suffered radical changes, featuring five doors[3] and a more conventional boot opening.
Several car magazines were quick to turn these official gray scale pictures into computer generated images that show the Tribu in near final form, as a rebadged version of the Volkswagen Tiguan.[1][3] The car did not subsequently reach production, due to rough economic conditions at the time.
In March 2014, Auto Express reported that SEAT were working on a family of CUVs, with an estimated release date of 2016.[4] The vehicles will be based on the SEAT León, and are inspired by the Nissan Qashqai, and will rival it.
References
External links
- SEAT.com - international corporate portal
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