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SEAT, S.A. (English pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.æt/
SAY-at,
Spanish: [ˈse.at])
is a
Spanish
automobile manufacturer
founded on May 9, 1950 by the
Instituto Nacional de Industria (INI) of
Spain, currently a wholly owned subsidiary of the
German
Volkswagen Group
[2] as a member of the now-defunct Audi Brand
Group, together with
Audi and
Lamborghini,
[3][4]
and marketed as a car maker with a youthful sporty
profile.[5][6]
Within the Volkswagen Group and under the Audi Brand
Group, the SEAT brand itself has been developed as a
group with subsidiary companies ( SEAT Group ) and
'SEAT, S.A.' as the parent company.[7]
The headquarters of SEAT, S.A. are located at SEAT's
industrial complex in
Martorell near
Barcelona,
Spain. By 2006 annual production was over 400,000
units; in total, over 16 million cars have been produced
[8] including more than 6 million from the
Martorell plant
[4], with two thirds of the annual production
being exported to over seventy countries worldwide.[9]
The name SEAT, previously standing for the
acronym Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo
(Spanish Touring Car Company, in English), in 1990 was
changed to SEAT, S.A..
Above courtesy of
Wikipeda
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Seat home page
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