SEAT Tribu

The SEAT Tribu was a compact SUV concept car that was built by the Spanish automaker SEAT, S.A. in the autumn of 2007.[1]

SEAT Tribu
Overview
ManufacturerSEAT, S.A.
Production2007 (Concept car)
DesignerLuc Donckerwolke
Body and chassis
ClassCompact crossover SUV
Body style3-door SUV
LayoutTransverse front engine,
on demand four wheel drive
PlatformVolkswagen Group A5 (PQ35)
RelatedVolkswagen Tiguan
Škoda Yeti
Audi Q3
Chronology
SuccessorSEAT Altea Freetrack
SEAT Ateca

Overview
Rear view

The first time when the name Tribu was used by SEAT was at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show for the concept car, which featured three doors and four bucket seats.[2] The concept SUV was the first project designed entirely by Luc Donckerwolke, the former designer for Lamborghini, who in September 2005 was appointed the Design Director for SEAT.[1]

Official designs for SEAT of the production model were submitted to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in August 2008, and subsequently leaked.[3][4] The concept car had suffered radical changes, featuring five doors and the more conventional boot opening.[4] It was by then due to have been released in the beginning of 2010.[5][6]

Several car magazines were quick to turn these official grey-scale pictures into computer-generated images that showed the Tribu in near final form as the rebadged version of the Volkswagen Tiguan.[1][4] The car did not subsequently reach production due to rough economic conditions at the time. Development had officially frozen by December 2009, and the firm had still yet to decide whether the car would ever make production.[7]

In March 2014, Auto Express reported that SEAT were working on a family of CUVs, with an estimated release date of 2016.[8] The vehicles were to based on the SEAT León and were inspired by the Nissan Qashqai, and would rival it. This proved to be exact with the launch of the SEAT Ateca SUV in March 2016, at the Geneva Motor Show.[9]

References
  1. "SEAT Tribu concept set for Frankfurt". MotorAuthority.com. High Gear Media. 5 September 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  2. "Frankfurt Show: Seat Tribu Concept SUV". carscoops.com. 12 September 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  3. "SEAT Tribu's final design as patented by SEAT in the World Intellectual Property Organization - International Registrations Resulting from International Applications Governed Exclusively or Partly by the 1999 Act and/or the 1960 Act". WIPO.int. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  4. "Early look at SEAT's upcoming Tribu SUV". MotorAuthority.com. High Gear Media. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  5. "Seat leaks part two: the Tribu". autocar.co.uk. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  6. "Seat Tribu - First Official Details". topspeed.com. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  7. "Seat Tribu development freezes". autocar.co.uk. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  8. "New SEAT SUV confirmed for 2016". autoexpress.co.uk. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. "2016 Seat Ateca SUV to be unveiled at Geneva motor show". autocar.co.uk. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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