EXCEEDING SALES FIGURES OF BOTH PRIOR VERSIONS - THE BEST-SELLING SEAT LEON EVER

•Launched in 2012, it has been SEAT's top-selling car since 2014

•The estate version of the Leon represents more than 30% of the model's sales

•Between 2012 and 2016, SEAT's fleet deliveries increased by more than 90%

•Early this year the SEAT Leon facelift was released for sale

Martorell, 24/08/2017. - The third generation of the SEAT Leon has shattered all the sales records set by the two previous versions of the brand's compact vehicle. In less than five years, from the end of 2012 until today, the carmaker has sold 682,567 units of the SEAT Leon. This is the highest selling compact in the history of the company, following the excellent results achieved by the models launched in 1999 and 2005. In total, SEAT has sold 1,893,279 units of the Leon.

In the 18 years since its launch, the SEAT Leon has become one the brand's flagship models and has yielded major results. The performance generated by the current generation Leon has encouraged the transformation experienced by the company in recent years and has been a significant factor in boosting SEAT sales steadily since 2013, as well as steering the company's results back into the black. Today, together with the Ibiza and the Ateca, the Leon is one of the three pillars of SEAT.

The first generation SEAT Leon was created in 1999 by designer Giorgetto Giugiaro and until 2005 a total of 534,797 units were sold. The second generation, designed by Walter de'Silva, was unveiled at the 2005 Barcelona Motor Show. 675,915 units were sold over the eight years it was marketed.

Sales of SEAT's third generation of the compact began in 2012, with Alejandro Mesonero-Romano's signature design. It was the first Leon to add new body styles with a three-door variant, and most notably the ST estate and the X-Perience version. By order of importance, the main markets of the Leon are Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, and to date, 30.7% of the third generation models sold corresponds to the family sized version. The Leon, and especially in the ST body style, is a strategic model in the fleet channel. Since the launch of the third generation, SEAT's fleet sales increased by more than 90%.

SEAT launched the Leon facelift this year in January. Together with the Ibiza and the Arona, the Leon is part of SEAT's biggest ever product offensive. The expansion and upgrading of the range are boosting SEAT sales, which have grown by more than 13% so far this year.

SEAT is the only company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets cars in Spain. A member of the Volkswagen Group, the multinational has its headquarters in Martorell (Barcelona), exporting 81% of its vehicles, and is present in over 80 countries through a network of 1,700 dealerships. In 2016, SEAT obtained an operating profit of 143 million euros, the highest in the history of the brand, and achieved worldwide sales of nearly 410,000 vehicles.

SEAT Group employs more than 14,500 professionals at its three production centres – Barcelona, El Prat de Llobregat and Martorell, where it manufactures the highly successful Ibiza and Leon. Additionally, the company produces the Ateca and the Toledo in the Czech Republic, the Alhambra in Portugal and the Mii in Slovakia.

The multinational has a Technical Centre, which operates as a knowledge hub that brings together 1,000 engineers who are focussed on developing innovation for Spain's largest industrial investor in R&D. SEAT already features the latest connectivity technology in its vehicle range and is currently engaged in the company's global digitalisation process to promote the mobility of the future.

Photo credit: SEAT
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