SEAT · 2004–2015
SEAT Altea
The SEAT Altea is an automobile produced by the Spanish automaker SEAT from 2004 to 2015 being previewed by the Salsa Emoción concept. As a compact multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), the car was designed by the Italian Walter de Silva, and was launched in March 2004, as the first example of SEAT's new corporate look. The third generation Toledo was identical, except for the addition of a larger boot similar to the one in the Renault Vel Satis. It was launched at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show. Another extended version, the Altea XL, is also available (having been first presented at the 2006 Paris Motor Show). In 2007, the Altea Freetrack, with four-wheel drive and higher suspension, was released. On 21 August 2015, SEAT announced that the Altea and Altea XL had been discontinued. Although no direct replacement for the Altea was planned, SEAT is following the global shift from MPVs to SUVs, by launching its own SUV model based on the SEAT León. In February 2016, the Ateca was launched, which was the successor to the Altea according to CEO Luca de Meo: "For us, the Ateca is the replacement of the Altea."
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UK fuel mix: —. Records from the VCA fuel & emissions archive.
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Generations & variants
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UK vehicles on the road
12,024 licensed and 2,368 SORN (14,392 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 31,587 |
| 2015 | 31,546 |
| 2016 | 31,078 |
| 2017 | 30,018 |
| 2018 | 28,763 |
| 2019 | 27,138 |
| 2020 | 25,413 |
| 2021 | 23,183 |
| 2022 | 20,977 |
| 2023 | 18,804 |
| 2024 | 16,518 |
| 2025 | 14,392 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q935455CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAT_AlteaCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1307007083 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- UK Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) fuel & emissions data — https://carfueldata.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/Open Government Licence v3.0
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.