All the mechanicals are shared with VW that would be no problem, and furthermore they've been selling them in Europe (and Skoda too) with no cannibalising problems. But in short, yes it'd be suicidal for VW.
The problem with Seat is that the Altea family was a huge mistake for them. They made three cars which had almost identical fronts, the Toledo is absolutely fugly and the Altea doesn't bring anything new from the Leon except a slitghly taller roof. And of course people weren't fooled. It seems though that they are beggining to put some common sense into Seat and solving things with a new saloon based on old Audi underpinnings.
Well that's a mid engined roadster. The Tango would probably make more sense since it was based in the Ibiza, IIRC.
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brilliant car, it has something of a modern day corrado.
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Now that we've diverted pretty far from the subject of this young man's VERY attractive Spanish hot-hatch, what do you all think the chances are that Carlos Ghosen uses Nissan as a spring board to re-launch Renault in the US?
The last thing I need is another car, but man does the idea of storming through the side-streets of LA in a Clio 197 sound like fun.
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nice! welcome to the world of 1.8t. Hope you have a nice time owning and driving this. Id be interested to hear how you get on with fuel consumption, considering you have more go but less weight and wheels to drive.
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You said this was the 209bhp 20vT, any thoughts about chipping it at all? Not that 209bhp is not enough, it's plenty, I mean, exploring the almost endless possibilities in tuning the 1.8T
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How does it corner in comparision with your BMW GTR?
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chipping will be a thing to think about in the near feature yes, thats why i looked at the 209bhp version, the engine itself is build better then the 225bhp version. 19mm pistonrods vs 20mm (think thats the correct word)
don't know if i want to do more then that, id like to keep it original
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Nice car Roy. My old neighbours have 3!!! Two like yours in red and yellow and a new one in white. I've always fancied one myself, maybe when my insurance premiums and bank manager are both agreeable
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Roy, I know exactly what you mean when you say you want to keep it "original", however if you do decide to change anything just remember that as long as it's tasteful and of OEM (or better) quality, you shouldn't have any problems.
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Congrats on a new car!
That looks seriously nice!
Give us some pics when you have lowered it properly.
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