VW may discontinue Seat brand by 2029, media reports say
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- Volkswagen’s board reportedly plans to phase out the Seat brand by the end of 2029.
- The report said Seat would no longer form part of Volkswagen’s 2030 target strategy.
- Volkswagen declined to comment, while the company’s supervisory board was expected to vote on the reported decision.
Seat’s future looks increasingly uncertain after a report that Volkswagen plans to remove the Spanish car brand from the market within the next few years.
German business publication Wirtschaftswoche reported that Volkswagen’s management board had decided to phase out Seat by the end of 2029 at the latest. The company’s supervisory board was expected to vote on the reported decision on Friday.
The report also said Seat would no longer appear as part of Volkswagen’s target vision for 2030. Volkswagen declined to comment on the report.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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