The official announcement was made by chairman Erich Schmitt during a meeting with several media representatives at the SEAT headquarters.

The new models will be produced at Seat's plant in Martorell, in order to improve the capacity utilization of the Spanish plant. The market launch is planned for 2009.

This announcement is the first made by SEAT since the dissolution of the brand groups and supports the progress of the Improvement Plan that was set in motion at the beginning of 2007 and whose most important objectives have been met by now.

Erich Schmitt said: “The assignment of the two new C/D-segment models to the plant in Martorell is an historic step for SEAT.

"By these means, we enlarge our current product range, which does not only give our clients the possibility to grow with the brand, but also enables us to increase the profitability of our dealer network thanks to the availability of these new models.”

(Source: Seat)