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New generation Seat Ibiza unveiled

The new Ibiza will be officially presented by Seat in March at the Geneva Motor Show

New Seat Ibiza is based on the Volkswagen's MQB A0 platform

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Three-door SC and estate ST variants of the Seat Ibiza dropped

The fifth generation Seat Ibiza will drop two of its bodystyles. Although the three-door model was traditionally the best-seller variant, a sales drop in recent years has made the Spanish brand cut it from the range, just like Renault, Nissan and Skoda have made with Clio, Micra and Fabia respectively.

The estate bodystyle will also be dropped and in its place Spanish brand will be offering the new small SUV Arona, which will be based on the fifth generation of the Seat Ibiza. Just like the supermini the Seat Arona will be based on Volkswagen's MQB A0 platform, a structure which will also be featured in the future Polo and Fabia.

Compared to the previous Seat Ibiza, the new generation is 87mm wider (1780mm), 2mm shorter (4059mm) and 1mm lower (1444mm). In order to offer a more spacious cabin Seat has increased the wheelbase of the new Ibiza to 2564mm, 95mm more than the previou model. Cargo volume has also increased bu 63l to a total capacity of 355 litres.

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engine range

Regarding the engine line-up, Seat will be carrying over most of the engines from the current Ibiza range. However the Spanish supermini will be receiving in late 2017 a new four cylinder 1.5 TSI petrol unit with 150hp. The new Ibiza will also be fitted with a three cylinder 1.0 TSI engine with 95 or 115hp of output. On the diesel side the supermini will be available with three 1.6 TDI engines with outputs of 80, 95 and 115hp. Finally, thanks to the new MQB A0 platform, the new Seat Ibiza will be the first in its class to offer a compressed-natural gas (CNG) powered 90hp 1.0 TSI engine.

The lower-powered engines featured in the fifth generation Ibiza will be coupled with a five-speed manual transmission, while more powerful versions will get a six-speed gearbox. As an option Seat will also offer a seven-speed dual-clutch DSG transmission.

Seat Ibiza Cupra not confirmed yet

In previous generations Seat has offered a flagship performance-focused Ibiza Cupra. However the Spanish brand is yet to decide whether or not it will be launching the hot-version supermini for the fifth generation model.

Seat will be analyzing if there is enough market for the hot-version Ibiza Cupra and if so it should be launched six to 12 months after the Ibiza launch.

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heading to Geneva

The Geneva Motor Show will stage the global debut of the fifth generation Seat Ibiza. The show will take place at the Palexpo from the 9th to 19th March.