Is SEAT brand ending?
As yet, there is no fixed end date for when Seat will cease car production, but the plan is for no new models to be launched by the company from here on in — the existing model lines, of Ibiza, Leon, Arona, Ateca and Tarraco, will continue throughout the 2020s, and will be phased out as and when they reach the end of . A year ago it was said that it would turn to another type of mobility. Where do we stand. A year ago, in early September 2023, the CEO of Volkswagen Passenger cars, Thomas Schafer, told the press at the Munich Auto Show that Seat would stop selling cars once the lifecycle of the current model line-up was over.
Is SEAT owned by Skoda?
Volkswagen acquired a controlling stake in SEAT in 1986, making it the first non-German marque of the company, and acquired control of Škoda in 1994, of Bentley, Lamborghini, and Bugatti in 1998, Scania in 2008 and of Ducati, MAN, and Porsche in 2012. The Group comprises ten brands from five European countries: Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, ŠKODA, SEAT, CUPRA, Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, Porsche and Ducati. In addition, the Volkswagen Group offers a wide range of further brands and business units including financial services.Amongst the three largest auto manufacturing groups based in Germany, Volkswagen Group produced the most revenue from worldwide operations in 2024 with nearly 325 billion euros generated.The Volkswagen Group sells passenger cars under the Audi, Bentley, Cupra, Jetta, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen brands, motorcycles under the Ducati name, light commercial vehicles under the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand, and heavy commercial vehicles via the marques of the listed subsidiary .