SEAT Arosa
| SEAT Arosa | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | SEAT |
| Also called | Volkswagen Lupo |
| Production | 1997–2004 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | City car (A) |
| Body style | 3-door hatchback |
| Platform | Volkswagen Group A00 |
| Related | Volkswagen Lupo |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1.0 L I4 1.4 L I4 1.4 L I4 16 valve 1.4 L I3 TDI 1.7 L I4 SDI |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,323 mm (91.5 in) |
| Length | 3,551 mm (139.8 in) |
| Width | 1,639 mm (64.5 in) |
| Height | 1,460 mm (57 in) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | SEAT Marbella |
| Successor | SEAT Mii |
The SEAT Arosa (Typ 6H) was a city car from the Spanish automaker SEAT, from 1997 to 2004. The model débuted in March 1998, at the Geneva Motor Show, while its facelifted version was presented in October 2000, at the Paris Motor Show. It shared the same platform with the Volkswagen Lupo.
The successor, SEAT Mii, was launched in October 21 2011, and has been on sale since January 15, 2012.
Named after Vilagarcía de Arousa, a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, Spain, it was only available as a three-door, four-seater hatchback. The Arosa, launched in 1998, was to a large extent identical to Volkswagen's own city car which was introduced later in 1998, Volkswagen Lupo, and both cars were based on the Volkswagen Group A00 platform, a shortened version of the A03 platform used by the larger Volkswagen Polo and SEAT Ibiza.
The Arosa was initially manufactured at a Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, and only in May 1998, was the production moved to SEAT facilities in Martorell in Spain.
The Arosa was designed by the same man who designed the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, Jozef Kabaň.
The model later received a facelift in October 2000. The Arosa replaced the SEAT Marbella in the Spanish brand's lineup, but itself was not replaced by any SEAT, when production ceased in June 2005. A successor eventually arrived in 2012 with the Mii.
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