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Sudden spring in SEAT’s step - 3-door Leon
New Leon’s sportier 3-door brother bolsters SEAT’s European sales blitz
Published: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:26:45 GMT
 

SEAT Leon SC 2013MY blue

SEAT’s three-pronged assault on Europe’s market dominating Golf sector, kicked off with its mainstay all-new 5-door Leon, now followed by a slightly cheaper and sportier looking 3-door – the Leon SC – will be crowned this month with the launch of a 5-door estate. 

The recent addition of the Leon SC, making it two out of three, is part of SEAT’s self-evident bid to bury an undistinguished past with a so far impressive bid to further consolidate its already tightening grip on Europe’s gradually recovering new car market. 

SEAT currently ranks as Volkswagen Group’s fastest gainer in Europe.

SEAT’s all-new Leon, based like latest Golf, Audi’s A3 and Škoda’s new Octavia on Volkswagen’s state-of-the art MQB platform, is a convincing car. 

The best Leon yet, by a long stretch. 

So it comes hardly as a surprise to learn that the mainstay 5-door of the new Leon range has now been joined by a shorter wheelbase 3-door derivative
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