SEAT and Spain's lack of a national automotive champion makes it fertile ground for Chinese expansion

[tracktoy]

Interesting article today on Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/au...utm_term=092325&lctg=62b81f5d3e55c7934400d866

Apart from poor sales compared to the rest I noted this comment

SPAIN: A GATEWAY FOR EXPANSION

Spain's lack of a national automotive champion makes it fertile ground for Chinese expansion, analysts say.
"It doesn't have a strong local carmaker," said Felipe Munoz, analyst at JATO Dynamics, adding that SEAT had lost some of its Spanish identity having been bought by Germany's VW and looked the most exposed.

SEAT's sales are up 4% so far this year, underperforming the broader Spanish market which rose 15%, ANFAC data shows. SEAT's sister brand, up-market Cupra slightly outperformed, with sales up 17%.

 

[Bahnstormer_vRS]

Having recently spent a week on the Costa Brava, I was surprised to see more Skodas than SEAT / Cupra. :-k. :-k

Guy

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[Railwayman]

The last time I was in Spain I was surprised at the lack of newer Seat models. A few Cupras but not as many as I would have thought. The trip included Barcelona!

 

[Syphon]

Interesting and not great from SEAT's perspective. Thanks for sharing. - have added to the title.

 

[tracktoy]

Well they did say they were closing SEAT down and there would only be Cupra.

 

[Syphon]

Well they did say they were closing SEAT down and there would only be Cupra.

It's still undecided as far as I'm aware