西亚特旗下SUV阵容还将进一步扩展，将增加一款大型旗舰车型，该车将在德国投产并将提供一系列汽油和柴油涡轮增压引擎。这款车采用大众集团更灵活的MQB平台，很多部件都与斯柯达柯迪亚克和大众途观Allspace共享。虽然没有看到原型车测试，但新车合成图近日曝光，让我们提前看到了新车的大致模样。从合成图看，该车外观设计很熟悉。这主要是由于该车与柯迪亚克和途观Allspace很多部件共享的原因。而该车后部面板几乎与其他大型SUV相同。但车头的散热器格栅和硕大标志让人一眼辨认出这是一辆西亚特车型。目前还不知道新车名称，但可能是在Alboran,Aranda,Avila或Tarraco这几个名称中的一个。西亚特或许已经选定了最终车名，但近日爆发的加泰罗尼亚独立危机可能会延迟新车发布时间。目前该车还在开发之中，将于明年开始接受订单。预计新车上市之初将提供取自柯迪亚克的1.4升TSI引擎以及动力更强的2.0升TSI引擎，另外还有两台2.0升TDI柴油引擎，未来还将增加插电混动版本。预计新车将于年底发布，几个月后上市，起价约为3万欧元（约合人民币23.4万元）。
SEAT Flagship SUV Rendered, Should Debut Before The Year's End
SEAT will further expand its SUV lineup with a large flagship model, which will be produced in Germany and will be offered with a wide range of diesel and gasoline turbo engines. Based on the flexible MQB platform of Volkswagen Group, the vehicle will share many of its components with the Skoda Kodiaq and VW Tiguan Allspace.
We haven’t seen prototypes testing, but our exclusive rendering attached at the above gives a plausible idea of what it might look like. If you see some familiar lines, your eyes are not deceiving you. That’s just because, as mentioned above, the vehicle will have a lot of common with the Kodiaq and Tiguan Allspace. That’s especially visible at the rear quarter panels, which look almost identical on the three large SUVs. However, a larger radiator grille with a massive logo should make the new SUV easily recognizable as a SEAT product.
At this point, we don’t know the name of the new car, but we do know it will be one of the Alboran, Aranda, Avila, or Tarraco monikers. The Spanish company has probably already taken the final decision on the naming, but the political crisis over Catalonia has delayed the official announcement for that.
Everything else on the development goes with no delays and SEAT will start taking orders for the SUV early next year. At first, Kodiaq’s 1.4-liter TSI engine, as well as a more powerful 2.0-liter TSI, will be available, alongside two 2.0-liter TDI options. A plug-in hybrid version is also in the cards.
There’s still no official reveal date for SEAT’s flagship SUV, but we expect to see it in full before the year’s end. When it goes on sale a couple of months later, it will wear a starting price of about €30,000 ($33,800).