Been driving SEAT’s new estate version of the Ibiza, the ST, and came away from the Barcelona launch a bit confused. The car is identical to its three and five-door siblings bar having a decent sized boot on the back (above). At the event bosses confirmed this load-lugger isn’t going to be available with the Ibiza’s sportier badges – FR, Cupra and the recently unveiled Bocanegra. Apparently they don’t fit with the car’s more practical image. All fair enough. But here’s why I’m confused. SEAT is meant to the sporty arm of the VW Group’s mainstream volume brands. Skoda is pitched as the value-for-money one. Yet there’s a performance flagship of the Skoda Fabia range on the way, to be badged the vRS, and it’s going to be available as an estate. But there aren’t going to be hot versions of a very similar product from SEAT, the sporty arm. It doesn’t make sense. Would love to have been a fly on the wall when that decision was taken.
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