More efficient gasoline mechanics than ever before and the ever-rising prices of Diesel technology (courtesy of increasingly complex exhaust gas treatment systems) will make the SEAT Ibiza and Arona to abandon diesel engines starting next year. autumn.
Currently, the offer of diesel engines in both models is based exclusively on the 95hp 1.6 TDI, after the 115hp variant had been withdrawn from the market some time ago — the Volkswagen Group had said on several occasions that there was not much. more life on the 1.6 TDI on the market.
The "farewell" to diesel engines in the range of SEAT Ibiza and Arona will be official from October 31, after which date Car and Driver says that the Spanish brand will no longer accept orders for the two models with the 1.6 TDI.
What's next?
As might be expected, with the disappearance of the diesel engine from the SEAT B-segment model range, the Martorell brand will strengthen the range of petrol engines.
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To start with, the 1.0 TSI three-cylinder, with 90 and 110 hp, which works according to the Miller cycle and has a variable geometry turbo, used by the SEAT Leon, will reach Ibiza and Arona.
Intended to replace the current 1.0 TSI, 95 and 115 hp, which equips the two models, this engine offers the same level of performance while being more efficient in terms of consumption and emissions.
The other new feature is the arrival — it will be another return — of the latest iteration of the 150 hp 1.5 TSI to the Ibiza range, an engine that was already available in the Arona FR.
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