The
SEAT Arosa ( Typ 6H ) is a
city carA city car is a small, moderately powered automobile intended for use in urban areas.It is comparable in size and features to a neighborhood electric vehicle , has four seats, and is typically long. These cars have been sold in Europe since the 1960s, and now are an official car classification....
from the
SpanishSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
automaker
SEATSEAT, S.A. is a Spanish automobile manufacturer founded in 1950 by the Instituto Nacional de Industria , with initial Fiat assistance, and now a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Volkswagen Group. Its headquarters are at Martorell near Barcelona, Spain...
, a subsidiary of the
Volkswagen GroupVolkswagen Group is a German automobile manufacturing group, currently the third largest automobile maker in the world, and the largest in Europe...
, built between 1997 and 2005.
The
1st generation (left) was in production between 1997 and 1999. The 2nd generation (under the 1st generation image) was launched in late 1999, and was in production until the end of the Arosa in 2005.
Named after the municipality of
Vilagarcía de ArousaVilagarcía de Arousa is a port town situated on the firth of Arousa in Galicia, 45km south of Santiago de Compostela. Vilagarcía has a population of almost 37,000 inhabitants, so it is the eighth largest town in Galicia....
in Galicia (Spain), it was only available as a three-door, four-seater
hatchbackHatchback is a term designating an automobile design, containing a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind the vehicle by a single, top-hinged tailgate or large flip-up window...
.
The
SEAT Arosa ( Typ 6H ) is a
city carA city car is a small, moderately powered automobile intended for use in urban areas.It is comparable in size and features to a neighborhood electric vehicle , has four seats, and is typically long. These cars have been sold in Europe since the 1960s, and now are an official car classification....
from the
SpanishSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
automaker
SEATSEAT, S.A. is a Spanish automobile manufacturer founded in 1950 by the Instituto Nacional de Industria , with initial Fiat assistance, and now a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Volkswagen Group. Its headquarters are at Martorell near Barcelona, Spain...
, a subsidiary of the
Volkswagen GroupVolkswagen Group is a German automobile manufacturing group, currently the third largest automobile maker in the world, and the largest in Europe...
, built between 1997 and 2005.
The
1st generation (left) was in production between 1997 and 1999. The 2nd generation (under the 1st generation image) was launched in late 1999, and was in production until the end of the Arosa in 2005.
Named after the municipality of
Vilagarcía de ArousaVilagarcía de Arousa is a port town situated on the firth of Arousa in Galicia, 45km south of Santiago de Compostela. Vilagarcía has a population of almost 37,000 inhabitants, so it is the eighth largest town in Galicia....
in Galicia (Spain), it was only available as a three-door, four-seater
hatchbackHatchback is a term designating an automobile design, containing a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind the vehicle by a single, top-hinged tailgate or large flip-up window...
. The Arosa, launched in 1997, was to a large extent identical to Volkswagen's own city car which was introduced later in 1998,
Volkswagen LupoThe Volkswagen Lupo is a city car manufactured by German automaker Volkswagen from 1998 to 2005.It was introduced in 1998 to fill a gap at the bottom of the VW model range caused by the increasing size and weight of the VW Polo. Rivals included the Ford Ka, the Opel Agila and the Fiat Seicento...
, and both cars were based on the
Volkswagen Group A00 platformThe Volkswagen Group A00 platform is an automobile platform shared among various marques of city cars from the Volkswagen Group. It is based on a shortened A03 platform.-A00 platform cars:...
, a shortened version of the A03 platform used by the larger
Volkswagen PoloThe Volkswagen Polo is a supermini car manufactured by Volkswagen. It is sold in Europe and other markets worldwide in hatchback, saloon, coupé and estate variants.-History:...
and
SEAT IbizaThe SEAT Ibiza is a car constructed and marketed in the European supermini class, sold under the Spanish SEAT marque.Introduced in 1984, it was initially manufactured by SEAT S.A., based on joint venture designs from Fiat...
.
The Arosa was initially manufactured at a Volkswagen plant in
WolfsburgWolfsburg is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig , and is mainly notable as the headquarters of Volkswagen AG...
,
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
, and only in May 1998 was the production moved to SEAT facilities in
MartorellMartorell is a town near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain, primarily known for its medieval Devil's bridge and as one of the most notorious hubs of toll autoroutes in Catalonia....
in Spain. The model later received a facelift in 2001. The Arosa replaced the
SEAT MarbellaThe SEAT Marbella was a badge-engineered Fiat Panda , produced by SEAT in Spain from 1986 until 1998.Previously, the model was called SEAT Panda and was a direct clone of the Fiat Panda model, but its name and some parts had to be changed because of a break in the relationship with Fiat...
in the Spanish brand's lineup, but was not itself replaced by any SEAT model when production ceased in 2005.
Powertrain
The Arosa was available with the following units:
Petrol engineA petrol engine is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol and similar volatile fuels....
s
- 1.0 L (999 ccm
A cubic centimetre or cubic centimeter is a commonly used unit of volume extending the derived SI-unit cubic metre and corresponds to the volume of a cube measuring 1×1×1 cm...
) I4The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a four-cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a...
, 8v OHC, 37 kW (50 PS), 86 N·m (63.4 ft·lbf)
- 1.4 L (1390 ccm
A cubic centimetre or cubic centimeter is a commonly used unit of volume extending the derived SI-unit cubic metre and corresponds to the volume of a cube measuring 1×1×1 cm...
) I4The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a four-cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a...
, 8v OHC, 44 kW (60 PS), 116 N·m (85.6 ft·lbf)
- 1.4 L (1390 ccm
A cubic centimetre or cubic centimeter is a commonly used unit of volume extending the derived SI-unit cubic metre and corresponds to the volume of a cube measuring 1×1×1 cm...
) I4The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a four-cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a...
, 16vIn automotive engineering, an engine is referred to as multi-valve when each cylinder has more than two valves. Such designs have been around since at least 1912 and perhaps earlier....
DOHC, 74 kW (100 PS), 128 N·m (94.4 ft·lbf)
Diesel engineA diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber during the final stage of compression...
s
- 1.4 L (1422 ccm
A cubic centimetre or cubic centimeter is a commonly used unit of volume extending the derived SI-unit cubic metre and corresponds to the volume of a cube measuring 1×1×1 cm...
) TDITurbocharged Direct Injection is the technology used to describe and name modern turbocharged diesel engines produced by Volkswagen Group, and widely used in all marques of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles produced by the company .TDI is a registered trademark of Volkswagen...
I3A straight-three engine, also known as inline-three engine, or a triple, is an internal combustion engine with three cylinders arranged in a straight line or plane, side by side....
, 6v OHC, 55 kW (75 PS), 195 N·m (143.8 ft·lbf)
- 1.7 L (1716 ccm
A cubic centimetre or cubic centimeter is a commonly used unit of volume extending the derived SI-unit cubic metre and corresponds to the volume of a cube measuring 1×1×1 cm...
) SDI I4The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a four-cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a...
, 8v OHC, 44 kW (60 PS), 115 N·m (84.8 ft·lbf)
All engines came with a 5-speed
manual transmissionA manual transmission, or manual gearbox is a type of transmission used in motor vehicle applications...
, with a 4-speed
automaticAn automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually...
optional on the 1.4 (44 kW).
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