The SEAT Ibiza is a supermini car manufactured by the Spanish automaker SEAT. It is SEAT's best-selling car and perhaps the most popular model in the company's range.
The name Ibiza comes from the Spanish island of Ibiza, and its use in the supermini car inaugurated the new nomenclature in naming models after Spanish locations.
It was introduced at the 1984 Paris Motor Show as the first car developed by SEAT as an independent company, though it was designed by SEAT in collaboration with well-known firms such as Italdesign, Karmann and Porsche.
From the second generation version onwards, SEAT formed part of the German automotive industry concern Volkswagen Group, and all further Ibiza generations, as well as the rest of the SEAT model range, were built on Volkswagen Group platforms, parts and technologies.
The Ibiza spans four generations, among which it has debuted twice (in its second and in its fourth generations) a new platform of the Volkswagen Group. All of them were the top seller model in SEAT's range. A rebadged redeveloped version of the first generation Ibiza remains still in production under license in China, by the Nanjing Automobile Group automaker.
The Ibiza is available in either three or five-door hatchback variants, and between 1993 and 2008, saloon, coupé and estate versions were sold as the SEAT Córdoba.
In 2010, an estate version, called Ibiza ST, was launched.
Read more about SEAT Ibiza: First Generation (021A; 1984–1993), Second Generation (Typ 6K; 1993–2002), Third Generation (Typ 6L; 2002–2008), Fourth Generation (Typ 6J; 2008–present), Reliability, Sales and Production Figures
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