IBE concept SEAT

SEAT was presented in Geneva in 2010, took him to Paris last year more developed and has also led to the Barcelona Motor Show last week, this time even he could enter. The SEAT IBE concept is a small electric sports car bodied coupe, two plus two seats and two doors. Measures 3.83 m long, 1.80 wide and 1.22 m high, and perhaps could well mark the lines for future Ibiza.

It's a car designed specifically for electric, so the aerodynamics and the car's weight play a key role. SEAT says the car weighs 1,000 kg, but did not disclose further details on these two aspects, beyond the intentions. Do they think to use lightweight materials like aluminum or carbon fiber body parts?

The electric motor will power 75 kW (102 hp) And 200 Nm of torque, less peak power, because according to data SEAT continuous power is 68 hp. You can reach 160 km / h top speed and accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h 9.8 seconds.

The batteries will be Lithium ion, With a capacity of 18 kWh and allow you to have a range of about 130 km (A figure on today's low, especially when you consider the trends toward autonomy are closer to the 200 km to 100). Presumably this will change in the final version. Anyway I must say that SEAT did not specify any date for launch.

Narrow tires to reduce consumption SEAT IBE

The tires are intentionally narrow (width 175) and low rolling resistance to reduce consumption, this does not compromise the stability of the tread and IBE thanks to the great width of the car and the track. Alloy wheels 19 "will probably be reduced up to 16 or 17 inches in a more pragmatic.

Aesthetically details are very powerful as headlights leds and LED rear lights and fiber optics. Twice Glass ceiling does not have to disappear. We must recognize that the Spanish builder has proposed a very sporty design without being loud outside. Inside the concept car is usually the most groundbreaking.

I especially the design of the seats look as backet I liked it. The center console is quite strange as thin and may have been one of those things that fall in the final design. The box instrument is a digital screen (this would not be so strange, like a Renault Scenic and takes one.)

Another unique detail of IBE concept is the system IBE connectWith a standard dock for connecting a mobile phone smart phone on the console and integrate it with certain features of the car (battery life, recharge programming, music, etc.) by exploiting others that bring your phone as gps, internet in the car or applications, such as exchange of information (on the traffic accidents or weather) with other cars or road infrastructure.

Indeed, in the past received a Hall of Barcelona special mentionIn the eighth edition of the awards for best innovations in the automotive sector, organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers (STA) And the show floor.