the seat ibiza is a supermini car that has been manufactured by spanish car manufacturer seat since 1984.it is seat's best-selling car.the ibiza is named after the spanish island of ibiza and was the second seat model to be named after a spanish location, after the seat málaga.it was introduced at the 1984 paris motor show as the first car developed by seat as an independent company, although it was designed by seat in collaboration with well-known firms including italdesign, karmann, and porsche.from the second-generation version onwards, seat formed part of the german automotive industry concern volkswagen group.all subsequent ibiza generations, and the rest of the seat model range, incorporated volkswagen group platforms, parts, and technologies.the ibiza spans five 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-selling model in seat's product line.the ibiza is now available only in five-door hatchback variants; 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.the ibiza's sales success gave the seat marque a platform to build on, as it looked to increase sales in following years.this version, while it established the now classic ibiza shape, was advertised as having 'italian styling and german engines': its bodywork was designed by giorgetto giugiaro's italdesign, and it was prepared for industrialisation by the german manufacturer karmann.it was based on the seat ronda, a small family car, which in turn was based on the fiat ritmo.the gearbox and powertrain were developed in collaboration with porsche, thus named under licence system porsche.despite porsche's direct involvement in the ibiza's engines, it was only after paying a royalty of seven german marks per car sold back to porsche that seat gained the right to put the 'system porsche' inscription on the engine blocks.by the time giugiaro was assigned to the ibiza project, his previous proposal for the second generation of the volkswagen golf had been rejected by volkswagen.so when seat approached him with the proposal for a spacious supermini-class contender, that particular project was reincarnated as the first generation of the seat ibiza.using a compact car as a basis, it was larger than most superminis like the ford fiesta and opel corsa/vauxhall nova, but smaller than small family cars such as the ford escort and opel kadett/vauxhall astra.the luggage capacity started from 320 litres, or 1,200 litres after folding rear seats.it was launched in the united kingdom market in september 1985, along with the málaga saloon.it largely competed with budget offerings like the hyundai pony, and gave budget buyers a more modern alternative to the outdated offerings from lada, škoda, yugo, and fso.after a slow start, sales picked up and reached the 10,000-per-year milestone by the end of the decade.the interior space was good but the styling was fairly unimaginative even though it was known for having a rather quirky interior instrument layout, marked by a lack of control stalks.the indicators were operated by a rocker-switch, and the headlights by a sliding switch.it had three principal trim levels (l, gl, and glx) with body styles of 3 and 5 doors and several versions including base, special, disco, chrono, designer, fashion, and sxi.as power outputs dropped due to more stringent emissions requirements, a 1.7-litre version of the engine was developed for the sportline version.for the same reason, a 109 ps (80 kw) turbocharged version of the 1.5-litre engine was developed for the swiss market and presented in march 1989.in the meantime, seat had already signed a cooperation agreement with volkswagen (1982), and in 1986, the german car maker became seat's major shareholder.
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