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"S.E.A.T." redirects here. Not to be confused with Sociedad Española de Automóviles y Transportes.
SEAT S.A.[1]
Headquarters in Martorell, Spain
Native name
Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (S.E.A.T.)
Company type
Sociedad Anónima / Subsidiary
Industry
Automotive
Founded
9 May 1950; 74 years ago (1950-05-09)
Founder
Instituto Nacional de Industria
Headquarters
Martorell, Catalonia, Spain
Area served
Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America (except Brazil and Argentina) and Singapore
Key people
Wayne Griffiths (President)
Products
Automobiles, electric vehicles, automotive parts
Production output
533,608 vehicles (2023)[2]
Services
Design, manufacture and distribution of SEAT cars and components
Revenue
€14.3 billion (2023)[2]
Net income
€625 million (2023)[2]
Number of employees
14,751 (2020)
Parent
Volkswagen Group
Divisions
SEAT SEAT Cupra Cupra Racing
Website
www.seat.com
SEAT
Product type
Cars
Owner
Volkswagen Group
Country
Spain
Introduced
1950
Related brands
Cupra Fiat
Previous owners
Instituto Nacional de Industria (1950-1990)
Website
seat.com
SEAT S.A. (English: /ˈseɪɑːt/, Spanish:[ˈseat]; Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (lit. "Spanish Passenger Car Company") is a Spanish car manufacturer, that sells its vehicles under the SEAT and Cupra brands.[3] Founded on 9 May 1950, it was created as a joint venture between Spain's government-owned Instituto Nacional de Industria (INI), which held a majority stake, Spanish private banks, and Fiat. After being listed as an independent automaker for 36 years, the Spanish government sold SEAT to the Volkswagen Group in 1986, and it remains a fully owned subsidiary of the Group.[4]
The headquarters of SEAT S.A. is situated in Martorell, near Barcelona, at the company’s industrial complex. Over 468,000 units were produced in 2020 with more than 427,000 cars exported to over 75 countries worldwide.[5]
^"Legal Note Archived 6 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine." SEAT. Retrieved on 20 November 2012. "Autovía A-2, Km 585 – 08760 Martorell"
^"En 1985 hemos vendido más de 100.000 automóviles en el mercado exterior" [We sold over 100,000 cars in export markets in 1985]. ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. 1986-07-14. p. 47. Retrieved 2022-09-22 – via Archivo ABC.
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Global Information
533,608 vehicles (2023)[2]