RE: Cupra Ateca: Driven
Discussion
underphil said:
donkmeister said:
I don't know where SEAT (I checked following the earlier pedantry, that's how SEAT writes it) sit in the VAG family now. Maybe not overseas but in the UK it used to be:
- Skoda were cheap for the thrifty/tight gits
- SEAT were cheap but a bit sportier than Skoda for people who wanted an Audi but couldn't afford it
- VW were conservative cars for vets, teachers, accountants
- Audi were the premium brand.
Now Skoda seems to be muscling in on SEATs market with the sporty styling even on the slower models, and of course they've done the VRS models for ages but these are up at similar performance levels as the SEAT-badged models.
This new sub-brand may well be intended to put SEAT back as the cheap sporty brand, but where is the main SEAT brand going?
Skoda is for old people, SEAT is for young people?- Skoda were cheap for the thrifty/tight gits
- SEAT were cheap but a bit sportier than Skoda for people who wanted an Audi but couldn't afford it
- VW were conservative cars for vets, teachers, accountants
- Audi were the premium brand.
Now Skoda seems to be muscling in on SEATs market with the sporty styling even on the slower models, and of course they've done the VRS models for ages but these are up at similar performance levels as the SEAT-badged models.
This new sub-brand may well be intended to put SEAT back as the cheap sporty brand, but where is the main SEAT brand going?
M1C said:
Lets remember, these Atecas aren't that big. In fact, i'd say they were a pretty smallish car. Aren't they a kinda...Tiguan size, if not a touch smaller?
Yup the platform is the VAG MQB so Audi Q3, VW Tiguan, SEAT Ateca and Skoda Karoq. They're not big cars, but do well on interior space considering their dimensions. The Tiguan is a nadge bigger than the Ateca, mostly given over to extra boot capacity.JMF894 said:
underphil said:
donkmeister said:
I don't know where SEAT (I checked following the earlier pedantry, that's how SEAT writes it) sit in the VAG family now. Maybe not overseas but in the UK it used to be:
- Skoda were cheap for the thrifty/tight gits
- SEAT were cheap but a bit sportier than Skoda for people who wanted an Audi but couldn't afford it
- VW were conservative cars for vets, teachers, accountants
- Audi were the premium brand.
Now Skoda seems to be muscling in on SEATs market with the sporty styling even on the slower models, and of course they've done the VRS models for ages but these are up at similar performance levels as the SEAT-badged models.
This new sub-brand may well be intended to put SEAT back as the cheap sporty brand, but where is the main SEAT brand going?
Skoda is for old people, SEAT is for young people?- Skoda were cheap for the thrifty/tight gits
- SEAT were cheap but a bit sportier than Skoda for people who wanted an Audi but couldn't afford it
- VW were conservative cars for vets, teachers, accountants
- Audi were the premium brand.
Now Skoda seems to be muscling in on SEATs market with the sporty styling even on the slower models, and of course they've done the VRS models for ages but these are up at similar performance levels as the SEAT-badged models.
This new sub-brand may well be intended to put SEAT back as the cheap sporty brand, but where is the main SEAT brand going?
Onehp said:
Chestrockwell said:
How is this the same weight as an M2 Competition?
So you mean... The CUPRA is light and the M2 Comp is heavy? Both cars are bigger than one thinks for being a 'small' SUV and the smallest M car... Witchfinder said:
It might just be me, but that badge looks like it belongs to a cheap brand of aftermarket boy-racer alloy wheels.
It’s not just you. I’m also not a fan of the logo/badge. Looks like some knockoff Chinese brand or something I’d not be surprised to see on an aftermarket alloy wheel in Halfords.I’m not racist though. I have Chinese friends
underwhelmist said:
BrightonEd said:
SEAT!
Not 'Seat'
It's an acronym - 'Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo'
Do you have no sub-editors any more?
Yours, grammatically, etc..
IIRC Fiat and Audi are also acronyms but they’re not usually capitalised. Not 'Seat'
It's an acronym - 'Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo'
Do you have no sub-editors any more?
Yours, grammatically, etc..
Seems the brand is "Audi" and the company "AUDI AG". My mistake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi
"The company name is based on the Latin translation of the surname of the founder, August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in German, becomes "audi" in Latin."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi
"The company name is based on the Latin translation of the surname of the founder, August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in German, becomes "audi" in Latin."
NAS said:
Seems the brand is "Audi" and the company "AUDI AG". My mistake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi
"The company name is based on the Latin translation of the surname of the founder, August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in German, becomes "audi" in Latin."
Didn't know that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi
"The company name is based on the Latin translation of the surname of the founder, August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in German, becomes "audi" in Latin."
Adds to Volvo, meaning I'm rolling in latin and
Scania, which is latin for the swedish landscape in southern Sweden Skåne where (part of) the company originated.
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