Seat Arosa

Seat Arosa (1997-2000)

The Seat Arosa, a micro car of Seat is almost identical to the VW Lupo, however, appeared in May 1997, one year before the Lupo. First, he was with the 1.0-liter gasoline engine with 37 kW ( 50 hp ) and the 1.4 - liter engine with 44 kW (60 hp). The latter were for the time being but only with automatic transmission. Later a 1.7-liter naturally aspirated diesel engine, a 1.4 -liter turbo diesel engine and a reinforced 16V petrol engine were added with 1.4 liters of displacement.

The Arosa is characterized by its small size and off at a relatively large interior space. It has 4 seats with a small trunk, the rear seats also can not be folded. The 1.0 -liter version has a fuel consumption of 6.4 liters of gasoline, the SDI version 1.7 uses about 5 liters of diesel in the combined.

In June 2004, production of the Seat Arosa has been set. A successor in the subcompact cars class first appeared in the spring of 2012 with the Seat Mii.

Models

  • Arosa 6H ( February 1997-August 2000 )
  • Arosa 6HS ( September 2000-June 2004 ) Revised model with a new design of the front and rear fascias and other dashboard.

Seat Arosa (2000-2004)

Rear view

Specifications

Others

  • Highest VIN vehicle class 6H Arosa: Model 1997 VSSZZZ6HZWW005000 The first 24,000 Seat Arosa were produced in Wolfsburg, then went in May 1998, the production of Arosa completely to Martorell, the SEAT company headquarters, 35 km from Barcelona.
  • Model year 1998 VSSZZZ6HZWR070000
  • 1999 model year VSSZZZ6HZXR054000
  • 2000 model year VSSZZZ6HZYR028000
  • Model year 2001 VSSZZZ6HZ1R -

The model years are not identical with the calendar year. Usually one speaks with model years from a period of eg Summer 1998 to summer 1999.

VSS is the term for Seat, Z are padding, 6H means Arosa, WXY -1 is the respective name of the age that W and R stand for the production Wolfsburg ( W) and Martorell (R ), the remaining digits are the serial number.

  • A Arosa 3L to drive like the VW Lupo 3L TDI and Arosa Racer ( such as the VW Lupo GTI ) is presented as a study, but did not go in serial production.
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