The SEAT Arosa model is a small city car which was presented for the first time by the Spanish automobile company SEAT (Volkswagen Group subsidiary) in 1997. The car was called in honor of the Spanish municipality "Vilagarcia de Arousa". Till 1998 this model was issued at Volkswagen plant in the German city of Wolfsburg. In May, 1998 all production was postponed for SEAT plant in the city of Martorell, Spain. The car was constructed on the basis of the Volkswagen Group company A00 platform. The truncated version of this platform â€“ A03 was used in such models, as Volkswagen Polo and SEAT Ibiza. The SEAT Arosa car was issued in a 3-door body a hatchback. The wheel Arosa base made 2 323 mm, car length â€“ 3 551 mm, width â€“ 1 639 mm, and height â€“ 1 460 mm.

For the SEAT Arosa car the producer offered the whole five options of engines among which were both petrol, and diesel power units. Offered petrol motors treat: four-cylinder 8-valvate OHC engines volumes 1.0 and 1.4 50 h.p. and 60 h.p. liters, and also the four-cylinder 16-valvate power DOHC unit of 1.4 liters, which capacity I made 100 hp. Into the list of diesel engines enter: the four-cylinder 8-valvate power SDI unit of 1.7 liters with a power of 60 h.p. and the three-cylinder 6-valvate turbirovanny TDI engine of 1.4 liters, which capacity makes 75 hp. In a standard complete set for all engines the 5-step mechanical transmission was offered, however as an option cars in a complete set with the 60 h.p. 8-valvate petrol engine could be equipped with 4-step automatic transmission. Dispersal from a place to 100 km/h takes nearly 18 seconds from SEAT Arosa.