ISIHLALO sikaLeon, esakhululwa okokuqala ngo-1999, ngoku sikwisizukulwana saso sesithathu, siyavuyisana nawe. Isizukulwana sangoku, esaziswa ekupheleni kuka-2012, sesona sithengiswa kakhulu, sele sithengise iiyunithi ezingama-682 567. Eli nani linyuke laya kutsho kwi-1 893 279 xa sidibanisa izizukulwana ezidlulileyo – esokuqala ngo-1999 nesesibini ngo-2005.
Ayisiyiyo kuphela i-Leon ethengiswa kakhulu, kodwa ukusukela ngo-2014 ibiyeyona modeli ithengiswa kakhulu ye-brand yaseSpain. Ibe negalelo elikhulu kuhlumo lwentengiso olungaphazamisekiyo lwe-SEAT ukusukela ngo-2013 kunye nokubuyela kohlobo kwingeniso.
UWayne Griffiths, i-SEAT iSekela likaMongameli weNtengisoIsizukulwana sesithathu sikaLeon siphawula ngaphambili nangemva kwe-SEAT, sizithatha njengomnye wabaqhubi abaphambili kwinkqubo yokutshintsha uphawu. Yeyona modeli yethu ithengiswa kakhulu, eye yasivumela ukuba sitsibe phambili kwishishini leenqwelomoya ngokunjalo, ngenxa yempumelelo ezuzwe luguqulelo lwevan, esilufake kuluhlu, kwesi sizukulwana, okokuqala ngqa. .
Ukufakwa, ngokokuqala ngqa kwimbali yomzekelo, i-van (i-Leon ST), okwangoku imele ngaphezu kwe-30% yokuthengisa okupheleleyo, igalelo kwimpumelelo yesi sizukulwana. Iveni ikwangoyena unoxanduva lokukhula nge-90% kwiintengiso ze-SEAT kumjelo wezithuthi, phakathi ko-2012 no-2016.
Kodwa i-debuts ayizange iphelele apho, emva kokuba ifumene i-bodywork yeminyango emithathu (i-Leon SC) - into eyandayo enqabileyo-, kunye ne-X-Perience version, evela kwi-Leon ST, efumana impembelelo kwindalo yonke ye-SUV.
Kwesinye isiphelo sineLeon Cupra, ebulela kwi-300 hp yayo, isesona ESIHLALO sinamandla. Ukwazile okwexeshana ukuba livili elihamba phambili elikhawulezayo kwisekethe yaseNürburgring kwaye abe ngomnye wabokuqala ukwenza oko ngaphantsi kwemizuzu esibhozo.
Kulo nyaka i-SEAT Leon sele ibone ukuhlaziywa, ukujoyina i-Ibiza entsha, i-Ateca kunye ne-Arona esandula kubhengezwa njengeyona mveliso inkulu ekhubekisayo kwimbali ye-brand.