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24 selected Seat dealers across the UK are now accepting orders for the brand’s new pure-electric Mó eScooter 125.

Seat Mó is the name of the Spanish manufacturer’s new urban mobility sub-brand. Its first three products – all electric two-wheelers – are the eScooter 125, eKickScooter 25 and eKickScooter 65.

“Product, service and platform-based mobility solutions” are the domain of Seat’s new Urban Mobility business unit. Its first vehicle is the pure-electric e-Scooter, which has been unveiled in concept form ahead of a showroom version that’s due to arrive sometime in 2020.

Seat dealers are now accepting Mii Electric orders.

Seat is going to unveil the Tarraco FR PHEV at next month’s IAA Frankfurt International Motor Show. As that name suggests, this new addition to the range combines the FR trim grade with a plug-in hybrid powertrain.

In July, Seat is going to stop offering its Mii city car with an internal combustion engine. Afterwards, the only available variant will be the new Mii Electric, which is essentially the same car as the recently-announced Škoda CitigoE iV .

In February, Seat announced that Cupra (originally a trim grade for sportier vehicles) would become a standalone brand. It was a bewildering move for a couple of reasons.

An international panel of sixty motoring journalists has decided that the Volvo XC40 is 2018’s European Car of the Year.

A first vote by sixty European Car of the Year jurors has determined the seven models that could win the 2018 title. Clearly some rather peculiar thought processes were followed, because a few seemingly strong contenders haven’t made the cut.

Q-cars (or sleepers, depending on your choice of terminology) mix plain looks with rapid performance. For a particular breed of driver who's more concerned with 'go' rather than 'show', they hold a special appeal.

Seat's high-performance Leon Cupra is getting an improved engine. It's still a turbocharged 2.0 litre unit, but output is up by 10 bhp (7 kW / 10 PS) to 286 bhp (213 kW / 290 PS).

While the 2016 Ibiza Cupra looks virtually identical to its predecessor, there have been some major changes.

A year after Seat launched high-performance Cupra versions of its Leon hatchback, the same treatment is being applied to the ST model. In terms of the fast compact estate hierarchy - which is small but expanding - the new arrival will slot in between the Ford Focus ST and Volkswagen Golf R Estate.

UK prices for the rugged-looking Leon X-Perience estate are going to range from £24,385 to £28,870 when deliveries begin in December.

Seat is adding a special i-TECH trim grade to its Mii, Ibiza, Toledo, Altea and Alhambra ranges. The recipe is a familiar one: offer a useful specification upgrade which, when compared to ordering each item separately, represents a saving for customers.

Seat has announced the arrival of some performance-orientated options for its Leon Cupra 280 .

To mark the thirtieth birthday this year of its Ibiza supermini, Seat has created the aptly-named 30th Anniversary Limited Edition.

Across the Volkswagen Group, jacked-up estate cars with modest all-terrain ambitions are common. Škoda markets them under the Scout name, Audi offers the Allroad and Volkswagen itself has the Alltrack . Now Seat, a relative latecomer to this particular niche, has decided to join in with the Leon X-Perience.

Seat has launched the new performance-orientated Leon Cupra. Offered with a choice of two body styles, two engine outputs and two transmissions, the line-up comprises five different versions.

The Seat Toledo isn’t exactly a common sight on UK roads so, in a bid to revitalise sales, prices have been cut by £2,500 across the range. As a result, the entry-level Toledo E 1.2 12V now costs just £10,000.