Year Founded
1950
Founder
National Institute of Industry
Headquarters
Municipality of Martorell, Spain
Parent
Volkswagen Group
Official Site
1953
This is the first logo of SEAT and the logo has black crest with grey inline and red color fill. The red part is divided into 3 parts. The first part has the name of the company designed in grey using customized Tw Cen MT Condensed font type, the second part has the 2 words on top of each other ‘Licencia’ and ‘Fiat’; both words are in grey and in uppercase letters designed in customized Calibri Body Bold font type. The last red part has no words. The outside of the crest is covered with different black lines with grey color filling. These parts look like supporting components of vehicles but it is not clear whether this prospection is true.
SEAT S.A. is an abbreviation for Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo which means Spanish Passenger Car Company in English. The company was launched I 1950 by Instituto Nacional de Industria and the government of Spain. The company’s biggest stake holders also include FIAT and some Spanish private banks. Its headquarters is in Catalonia, Spain. Its current President is Wayne Griffiths and the company deals in automotive parts, electric vehicles, and automobile production. In 1986, The Spanish government sold SEAT to Volkswagen and till date it stays as its subsidiary. The company manufactured more than 468000 units in 2020 and exported more than 427000 units in 75 countries. The company started in 1940 as SIAT when it was first started by Banco Urquijo along with 6 other mega companies. It was named SEAT in 1950.
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