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New Volkswagen MQ281 manual gearbox shaves up to 5g CO2/km

Green Car Congress

SEAT Componentes, together with Martorell and Barcelona, one of the three production centers for the Spanish brand and simultaneously part of the production portfolio for Group Components, has started production of the new MQ281 gearbox. As is the case with many Volkswagen gearboxes, the MQ281 is produced in-house.

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SEAT Ibiza sets new fuel economy record

Green Cars News

They simply don’t come much more frugal than the SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive, which recently clocked up an impressive average fuel economy of more than 120mpg as part of a mammoth 1,186mile tour of 12 European countries. He set out from Cieszyn in Poland after the International Police Motor Corporation sealed the car’s bonnet and fuel filler.