Seat Altea

Seat
Seat Altea (2004-2009)
Altea
Production period:	2004-2015
Class :	Van
Body versions :	Station wagon
Engines:	Otto engines : 1.2–2.0 liters (63–155 kW) Diesel engines : 1.6–2.0 liters (66–125 kW)
Length:	4280-4493 mm
Width:	1768-1788 mm
Height:	1568-1622 mm
Wheelbase :	2578 mm
Empty weight :	1320-1646 kg

Other measured values
CO 2 emissions:	145-214 g / km
Combined fuel consumption (EC standard):	5.4-8.9 l / 100 km
Stars in the Euro NCAP - Crash Test

The Seat Altea is a car model from the Spanish car manufacturer Seat, which is part of the Volkswagen Group . This is a compact van on the PQ35 (A5) platform of the Volkswagen Group , which is also used, for example, for the VW Golf V , VW Touran I , Audi TT and Škoda Octavia II . A special detail of the Altea are the opposing windshield wipers , which in the rest position lie behind panels on the A-pillars .

The production of the Altea ended in 2015 with the creation of a Last Edition without a successor model. In the summer of the same year, work began on removing the model from the model overviews and prospectus downloads on the Group's country-specific homepages, while the Spanish website describes the Ultimá edición . The Seat Arona presented in 2017 could be seen as the successor .

Development and introduction

The Seat Altea was first presented to the public as a prototype in 2003 . At the European Motorshow 2003 in Brussels, the SEAT design chief at the time, Walter de'Silva , received the design award from the Association of European Designers in the concept vehicles category for the Altea prototype. With the Altea, the future design characteristics of the Seat models were presented to the public for the first time. This includes the unmistakable front section with the lynx eyes and the large radiator grille, which contains the Seat logo and is bordered with chrome. This also includes the side lines that start at the front spoiler and rise above the fenders, which are intended to express the SEAT - auto emoción concept . After the series model was presented at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show , which largely corresponded to the concept vehicle, the Seat Altea received the “ red dot: best of the best ” award in the Transport category for its outstanding design quality.

Origin of name

Like the name of other Seat models, the name refers to a Spanish city. Altea is located on the Costa Blanca about 50 km northeast of Alicante and has about 21,000 inhabitants.

Awards

Stern of the Altea

• European Automotive Design Award : 2003 (Association of European Designers, Best Concept Vehicle Category )
• red dot: best of the best : 2004 (Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen e.V., category traffic )
• Auto Trophy 2004, 2005 ( auto newspaper readers' choice, (category import minivan ))
• Autonis : 2004, 2005 and 2009 ( ams readers' choice, (Category Most Beautiful Van ))

Model variants and maintenance

Altea FR (since 2005)

At the IAA 2005 a sporty version of the Altea called Altea FR was presented as a concept study. In February 2006, the series version with a gasoline engine and 147 kW or a diesel engine with 125 kW came onto the market. The gasoline engine is a 2.0 liter turbo direct injection engine (TFSI) which is also used in the VW Golf GTI and Seat Leon FR . The 2.0-l TDI engine is also used in the VW Golf GT . External features of the FR are a double exhaust with 70-millimeter pipes, 17-inch light-alloy wheels with 225/45 tires and optionally available bi- xenon headlights and 18-inch light-alloy wheels.

Altea XL (since 2006)

→ Main article : Seat Altea XL

A 18.7 centimeter longer version of the Altea called Altea XL was presented in September 2006 at the Mondial de l'Automobile . It was launched on the German market in November 2006 with petrol engines between 75 kW (102 PS) and 118 kW (160 PS) and TDI diesel engines with pump-nozzle direct injection from 77 kW (105 PS) to 125 kW (170 PS) . In spring 2009, the Altea XL also benefited fully from the visual and technical innovations as part of the facelift.

Altea Freetrack (since 2007)

The Freetrack, based on the XL version, was presented as an SUV study in 2007. Like this, the production version, Seat's first sport utility vehicle, has 4 cm more ground clearance and all-wheel drive, but is also available with front-wheel drive. The engines used are a gasoline engine with an initial 147 kW, since 2009 155 kW and the 125 kW diesel. The diesel engines with 103 kW and in 2010 with 77 kW followed. Externally, the Altea Freetrack differs through various add-on parts in an off-road look.

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  Seat Altea FR (2005-2009)

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  Seat Altea XL (2006-2009)

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  Seat Altea Freetrack 4WD (2007-2009)

Facelift

Seat Altea (since 2009)

Heck of the revised Altea

Since spring 2009, the Altea has been available in all variants with slightly modified body components (rear window extends to the edge of the tailgate, slightly modified rear lights, modified front apron, higher exterior mirrors) and a revised interior. The dashboard was redesigned and supplemented with white instrument lighting, a redesigned steering wheel and higher-quality plastics.

The range of engines has also been changed. Among other things, the 2.0-liter naturally aspirated engine with 110 kW (150 PS) (last only available with automatic transmission) was removed from the range and replaced by the 1.8-liter turbo version ( TSI ) with 118 kW (160 PS) , optionally in conjunction with a direct shift gearbox (DSG).

The smaller 1.4-liter TSI with 92 kW (125 PS) was added as an additional unit. The two 2.0-liter common rail engines from the VW Group with 103 kW (140 PS) and 125 kW (170 PS) are available as diesel units .

In the early summer of 2010, the 1.2-liter TSI engine with an output of 77 kW (105 PS) and a six-speed gearbox was introduced, followed by the 1.6-liter unit with 75 kW (102 PS) replaced. In Germany it is equipped as an Ecomotive with a start-stop system and recuperation , in other countries such as Austria even without it.

Engines

Petrol engines
model	Cylinders / valves	Displacement	Maximum power	Max. Torque	Engine identification	V max	Construction period	variant
1.2 TSI	4/8	1197 cc	77 kW (105 hp) at 5000 min -1	175 Nm at 1550-4100 min -1	CBZB	180 km / h	since 03/2010	1, 2
1.4	4/16	1390 cm³	63 kW (85 hp) at 5000 min -1	132 Nm at 3800 min -1	BXW	169 km / h	since 2006	1, 2
1.4 TSI	4/16	1390 cm³	92 kW (125 hp) at 5000 min -1	200 Nm at 1500-4000 min -1	CAXC	194 km / h	since 10/2007	1, 2, 3
1.6	4/8	1595 cc	75 kW (102 hp) at 5600 min -1	148 Nm at 3800 min -1	BGU / BSE / BSF / CCSA	181 km / h	03 / 2004–03 / 2010	1, 2
1.6 LPG	4/8	1595 cc	75 kW (102 hp) / 72 kW (98 hp) at 5600 min -1	148 Nm (144 Nm) at 3800 min -1	CHGA	178 km / h	since 03/2009	1, 2
1.8 TSI	4/16	1798 cc	118 kW (160 hp) at 5000 to 6200 min -1	250 Nm at 1500 to 4200 min -1	BYT / BZB	210 km / h	11/2006–03/2009	1, 2
			118 kW (160 hp) at 4500 to 6200 min -1	250 Nm at 1500-4500 min -1	CDAA	210 km / h	since 03/2009
2.0 FSI	4/16	1984 cc	110 kW (150 hp) at 6000 min -1	200 Nm at 3500 min -1	BLR / BVY	206 km / h	03/2004 - 03/2009	1, 2
2.0 TFSI	4/16	1984 cc	147 kW (200 hp) at 5100 to 6000 min -1	280 Nm at 1800 to 5000 min -1	BWA	220 km / h	05 / 2006-06 / 2009	1, 2, 4
2.0 TFSI	4/16	1984 cc	155 kW (211 hp) at 5300 to 6200 min -1	280 Nm at 1700 to 5200 min -1	CCZB	218 km / h	since 05/2009	4th
Variants: Altea (1), Altea XL (2), Altea Freetrack 2WD (3), Altea Freetrack 4WD (4) ↑ on the German market since 05/2008
Diesel engines
model	Cylinders / valves	Displacement	Maximum power	Max. Torque	Engine identification	V max	Construction period	variant
1.6 TDI (CR)	4/16	1598 cc	66 kW (90 hp) at 4200 min -1	230 Nm at 1500 to 2500 min -1	CAYB	172 km / h	since 09/2010	1, 2
1.6 TDI (CR)	4/16	1598 cc	77 kW (105 hp) at 4400 min -1	250 Nm at 1500 to 2500 min -1	CAYC	183 km / h	since 10/2009	1, 2, 3
1.9 TDI (PD)	4/8	1896 cc	66 kW (90 hp) at 4000 min -1	210 Nm at 1800 to 2500 min -1	BXF	172 km / h	2009-09 / 2010	1, 2
1.9 TDI (PD)	4/8	1896 cc	77 kW (105 hp) at 4000 min -1	250 Nm at 1900 min -1	BJB / BKC / BXE / BLS	183 km / h	03 / 2004–03 / 2010	1, 2
2.0 TDI (PD)	4/16	1968 cc	100 kW (136 hp) at 4000 min -1	320 Nm at 1750 to 2500 min -1	AZV	199 km / h	2004-2007	1, 2
2.0 TDI (PD)	4/16	1968 cc	103 kW (140 hp) at 4000 min -1	320 Nm at 1750 to 2500 min -1	BKD	201 km / h	03 / 2004-09 / 2010	1, 2
2.0 TDI (PD)	4/8	1968 cc	103 kW (140 hp) at 4000 min -1	320 Nm at 1750 to 2500 min -1	BMM	201 km / h	12 / 2005-09 / 2010	1, 2, 3, 4
2.0 TDI (CR)	4/16	1968 cc	103 kW (140 hp) at 4200 min -1	320 Nm at 1750 to 2500 min -1	CBDB	201 km / h	since 10/2010	1, 2, 4
2.0 TDI (PD)	4/16	1968 cc	125 kW (170 hp) at 4200 min -1	350 Nm at 1750 to 2500 min -1	BMN	208 km / h	02/2006 - 03/2009	1, 2, 4
2.0 TDI (CR)	4/16	1968 cc	125 kW (170 hp) at 4200 min -1	350 Nm at 1750 to 2500 min -1	CEGA	208 km / h	since 03/2009	1, 2, 4
Variants: Altea (1), Altea XL (2), Altea Freetrack 2WD (3), Altea Freetrack 4WD (4) ↑ a b c d e f Standard with soot filter ↑ a b c Not available with soot filter ↑ a b Not on the German market ↑ With soot filter on request ↑ Still sold in some exporting countries

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• Seat Altea owner's manual Danish 04.06

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SEAT lanza el Altea Last Edition (accessed August 1, 2015)
2. ↑ SEAT Altea Última edición MPV ( Memento from August 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Motor-Talk.de - European Design Prize for SEAT Altea Prototype from January 15, 2004 (accessed on September 21, 2009) ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
4. ↑ Topnews.de: Seat Altea wins "Autonis 2009" design award (accessed on September 21, 2009)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Seat News: 09/2009 - SEAT ALTEA WINS DESIGN PRIZE "AUTONIS 2009" (accessed on September 21, 2009)
6. ^ Netzeitung.de: The winning cars ( Memento from October 21, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on September 21, 2009)

Web links

Commons : Seat Altea  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website