| SEAT Arosa | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | SEAT |
| Also called | Volkswagen Lupo |
| Production | 1997–2004[1] |
| Assembly | Germany:Wolfsburg (until May 1998) Spain:Martorell,Catalonia |
| Designer | Jozef Kabaň |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | City car (A) |
| Body style | 3-doorhatchback |
| Platform | Volkswagen Group A00 |
| Related | Volkswagen Lupo |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1.0 LI4 1.4 L I4 1.4 L I416 valve 1.4 LI3TDI 1.7 L I4SDI |
| 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 |
TheSEAT Arosa (Typ 6H) is acity car that was manufactured by the Spanish automakerSEAT from 1997 to 2004. The model débuted in March 1997 at theGeneva Motor Show, while its facelifted version was presented in October 2000 at theParis Motor Show. It shared aplatform with theVolkswagen Lupo and was mostly identical apart from equipment, styling and trim levels.
The successor,SEAT Mii, started production in December 2011.
Named afterVilagarcía de Arousa, a municipality in theprovince of Pontevedra,Spain, it was only available as a three door, four-seaterhatchback.
The Arosa, launched in 1997, was to a large extent identical to Volkswagen's own city car, which was introduced later in the end of 1998,Volkswagen Lupo, and both cars were based on theVolkswagen Group A00 platform, a shortened version of theA03 platform used by the largerVolkswagen Polo andSEAT Ibiza.
The Czech motor vehicle manufacturer,Škoda, also planned their own version of the Arosa by 1998, but it was never officially introduced.
The Arosa was initially manufactured at a Volkswagen plant inWolfsburg,Germany, and only in May 1998 was the production moved to SEAT facilities inMartorell, Spain. The Arosa was designed by the same man who designed theBugatti Veyron 16.4,Jozef Kabaň. Production lasted from February 1997 to August 2000.
The model later received a facelift in October 2000. The Arosa replaced theSEAT Marbella in the Spanish brand's lineup, but itself was not replaced by any SEAT, when production ceased in July 2004. A successor eventually arrived in January 2012, with the Mii. Apart from its exterior restyling, the facelift model featured a restyled interior, with a new dashboard.
Due to the decision taken by Volkswagen to use theFox instead of developing any genuine replacement for the Lupo, SEAT was unable to produce their own version. In theUnited Kingdom, 2,500 Arosas found homes in the country in 2003, accounting for around seven per cent of the firm’s sales.[2] Production lasted from September 2000 to July 2004.
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The Arosa was available with the following units:[3]
All engines came with a five speedmanual transmission, with a four speedautomatic optional on the 1.4 (44 kW).
At theFrankfurt Motor Show in September 2001, SEAT presented two SEAT Arosa based concept cars:
Since its launch in 1997 up to 2004, more than 175,000 SEAT Arosa cars have been sold and produced.
The total production per year of SEAT Arosa cars, manufactured in SEAT and other Audi/Volkswagen group plants, is shown below :
| model | 1997[4] | 1998[5] | 1999[5] | 2000[5] | 2001[6] | 2002[7] | 2003[8] | 2004[9] |
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| SEAT Arosa | 42,741 | 38,338 | 46,410 | 28,403 | 22,980 | 19,627 | 13,814 | 9,368 |
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