This means that all authorised servicing, maintenance, warranty repairs, and software updates for the two aforementioned brands will be carried out by VGS.
Despite a challenging automotive industry in 2024, the continued success of the Seat and Cupra brands allowed the brand to deliver a total of 558,100 cars.
Sven Schuwirth will contribute to the company’s transformation towards electrification and manage the market launches of its models at this new role.
Strong sales for Cupra and the strong demand for electrified models sees the firm's sales withstanding the semiconductor shortage.
The Spanish brand has reached the milestone of one million vehicles sold in the U.K. since is first started exporting cars there in 1985.
The use of 3D-printing means the seat will not emit any adhesive related emissions, and customers can choose between three rigidity grades for their seat.
The Seat Board of Directors has appointed Wayne Griffiths as the new President of the company, effective from 1 October 2020.
Seat will remember 2019 as the year its electric offensive began with the presentation of the el-Born concept and for posting new sales records
In the past year, Cupra has consolidated its organisational structure and achieved a sales record of more than 22,800 units sold until November.
With one month left before the end of 2019, the Spanish carmaker has already reached its highest ever sales volume record previously set in 2000.
The Seat Leon has became the most widely sold model in the Seat range, overcoming the dominance held by Ibiza for the previous 30 years.
In the first six months of the current financial year, the sales revenue of the Volkswagen Group grew by 4.9% compared with the first half of 2018.
The Spanish brand delivered 492,300 cars from January to November this year, up 13% compared to the same period in 2017.
The brand grew by more than 20% in key countries such as Germany, the U.K., France, Italy, Austria, Belgium and Portugal.
Seat's global sales grew in the first quarter of 2018 to reach the highest volume in the 68-year history of the brand.
The Spanish carmaker delivered 40,200 vehicles in October, with Germany and Spain spearheading last month's growth.