Seat hasn’t introduced its ultimate automobile, Autocar understands, with the Spanish logo bearing in mind an entry-level electrical town automobile twinned with the upcoming Volkswagen ID 1.

The revelation comes after Seat chairman Thomas Schäfer advised Autocar closing yr that “the way forward for Seat is Cupra”, strongly suggesting that Seat would pivot to a mobility answers logo whilst Cupra treated automobiles.

Schäfer mentioned the present Seat line-up would proceed to be produced till the tip in their present lifecycles however the Volkswagen Staff was once operating to “discover a other position” for the emblem after that.

Now Seat and Cupra UK boss Marcus Gossen has showed that the Spanish logo continues to be rising along Cupra and that “Seat could have a automobile in 5 years’ time”.

‘We’re operating laborious to have the correct access point for the [Volkswagen] Staff, and the lead for that’s Seat SA in Spain,” he mentioned.

For the reason that economies of scale would be the most effective method to justify a worth EV such because the ID 1, a Seat-badged model is smart.

It is more likely to be even less expensive than the Volkswagen model and provides customers an reasonably priced access level into the Volkswagen Staff strong whilst securing the Seat logo.

Gossen mentioned: “There is not any observation a couple of BEV product for Seat these days. There’s at all times room for goals.” However he added: “With the ID 1, you most effective make it paintings via sharing [technology].”

As a sibling to the ID 1, the brand new Seat would price with ease not up to £20,000, sit down on a bespoke price platform and forgo the now-normal massive infotainment displays and longer levels to verify the fee had been stored down.

Simply as Volkswagen’s smallest EV can be an obtrusive alternative for the Up, so too will Seat’s fill the distance left via the retirement of the near-identical Mii.