SEAT · 2000–present
SEAT Salsa
The SEAT Salsa is a concept car presented at the 2000 Geneva Motor Show, as a foretaste of SEAT's new design line under Walter de'Silva. Featuring a three-door coupé body style, it is powered by a 250 PS (184 kW; 247 hp) 2.8L 24 valve V6 engine. The SEAT Salsa was described as a Multi Driving concept car, because its driver could select through a dashboard switch several driving modes (sport, comfort, city) thus modifying not only the engine and the gearbox parameters but also the driving position, the interior lighting or even the layout of the dashboard. Six months after the presentation of the Salsa in Geneva, SEAT revealed the SEAT Salsa Emoción at the 2000 Autosalon Paris. The Salsa Emoción is the evolution of the initial Multi Driving concept car, adding new features in terms of an all road adaptability. On the design process of the Salsa concept, the Alias StudioTools CAID software has been used.
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Engine
Type: 2.8L 24 valve V6 in 15.0°, DOHC Displacement cu in (cc): 170.317 (2791) Power bhp (kW) at RPM: 247 (184.2)/6200 Torque ft·lbf (Nm) at RPM: 219 (297)/3200
Brakes and tires
Brakes front/rear: vented disc/vented disc, ABS Driveline: Four wheel drive Tires: Michelin PAX 225-640 R 460 A Segment SPORT, 7.5J x 18 wheel
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Specifications
- name
- SEAT Salsa
- Manufacturer
- SEAT, SA
- aka
- SEAT Salsa Emoción
- Production
- 2000
- Related
- SEAT León Mk2, SEAT Altea
- Class
- Multi Driving Concept car, sports car
- Body style
- 3-door coupé
- Layout
- front engine transverse
- Engine
- 2.8 L 24 valve V6 in 15.0°, DOHC
- Transmission
- 5-speed Tiptronic
- Wheelbase
- 2591 mm
- Length
- 4152 mm
- Width
- 1777 mm
- Height
- 1381 mm
- Kerb weight
- 1570 kg
- Designer
- Walter de Silva
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5693306CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAT_SalsaCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1209548147 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SEAT_Salsa_Emocion_Clasissauto_2015_(5).jpgCC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo: Juancar22 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.