Seat has decided to postpone the announcement of the final name that will have its new SUV on the grounds that it is not appropriate for political and social situation being experienced in Catalonia.

Continues waiting to know what the final name that you will have the Seat new SUV in 2018. Due to the political and social tension we are living these days in Catalonia and in Spain, the signing of Volkswagen group has decided no specific date delaying the official announcement of the name to adopt the SUV with 7 seats to be launched in 2018.

It’s a statement, Seat explained that It is not the right time to announce the official name of this new SUV. The management company based in Martorell (Barcelona) planned to announce the final name before October 15. Candidates names were shuffled Alboran Aranda, Avila and Tarraco. On 25 September, Seat He ended the popular vote, which previously were in total 10,130 proposals relating to place names of Spanish geography and in which more than 133,000 people freely issue its opinion.

After the Ateca Seat and Arona, he third SUV which will arrive next year he will have among its main qualities the interior configuration with 7 seats and a passenger compartment more practical options and modularity. It is therefore larger than the Ateca but with many shared technical and structural elements.

At present, the range of cars and SUV Seat It has names belonging to cities, towns or monuments that correspond to the Spanish geography –Ibiza, Arona, Leon, Ateca, Toledo and Alhambra-. Previously, other denominations who acquired great popularity in the past were Ronda, Inca, Cordoba, Malaga and Arosa.

The names of candidates to name the new SUV Seat, two of them, and Avila Aranda, starting with the letter A and end with the same letter, as it happens with Arona SUV and Ateca.

The SUV models offer Seat will not end with which launched in 2018 and whose final designation are about to meet. According to the latest information, everything indicates that in 2020 the signing of the Volkswagen Group will expand its range of SUV models with the launch of a stylish SUV coupé shapes marked on the outside, Ateca technical platform and could be marketed under the sub Cupra (see Seat and SUV coupe 2020).