SEAT is launching a new offer that lets buyers who missed out on scrappage make a double saving.
The company’s Eco-nomics initiative delivers savings of up to £2,000 off the recommended retail price of selected SEAT Ecomotive models – the Spanish maker’s cleanest, greenest cars.
And by trading out of an older, more polluting model into an Ecomotive, buyers can then look forward to further savings courtesy of lower day-to-day running costs.
SEAT says that buyers of a new generation Leon Ecomotive SE – which features the new 1.6-litre TDI engine, Start-Stop technology and Energy Recovery system – can, including the discount, save more than £4,300 over a typical three-year/45,000 mile ownership spell.
The savings, calculated against average SEAT Leon range economy statistics, are boosted by the new Leon Ecomotive’s exemption from road tax by virtue of its 99g/km emissions figure.
That figure is all the more impressive given that the original Ibiza Ecomotive, launched three years ago, had the same CO2 rating despite its lighter weight and smaller size.
Leon Ecomotive SE buyers will see the list price of the car cut from £18,045 to £16,045, while Ibiza Ecomotive customers opting for the supermini in either SC or five-door form could qualify for a saving of £1,250 off a price of £12,790.
SEAT’s operation’s chief Richard Harrison said: “With the ending of the government’s scrappage scheme the industry has seen numerous swappage-style deals pop up.
“However, we wanted to take the original ethos of the scrappage scheme and add a SEAT twist by making our latest, class-leading, green technology models even more accessible for everyone, not just owners of ten-year-old cars.”
The scheme applies only to retail customers and for orders made between April 1 and June 30.