SEAT Bocanegra
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SEAT Bocanegra concept car
Supermini car
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concept car
Concept car
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, built by the Spanish
Spain
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automaker
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SEAT
SEAT
SEAT, S.A. is a Spanish automobile manufacturer founded on May 9, 1950 by the Instituto Nacional de Industria , a state-owned industrial holding company....
and designed by former Lamborghini
Lamborghini
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designer Luc Donckerwolke
Luc Donckerwolke
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who at the moment had been assigned SEAT's design director.
It was presented at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, sporting a more aggressive image as a showcase for the fourth-generation SEAT Ibiza
SEAT Ibiza
The SEAT Ibiza is a car in the European supermini class, constructed by the Spanish car maker SEAT S.A., is SEAT's best-selling car and perhaps the most popular model in the Spanish firm's range....
, which was introduced in May 2008 at the Madrid Motor Show
Madrid Motor Show
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. The name Bocanegra - standing for "Black Mouth" in Spanish - derives from the whole front bumper made out of black-painted plastic with the headlights encased in clear perspex, tracing back to a SEAT's previous model from the 1970s, the SEAT 1200 Sport
SEAT 1200 Sport
The SEAT 1200 Sport is a 2-door 4-seater coupé presented officially by SEAT in December 1975 and commercially launched from February 1976 to September 1979. Its huge importance for SEAT lied on the fact it was the first model of the Spanish brand entirely developed in its newly-opened Martorell...
which at the time had been nicknamed Bocanegra because of its black plastic front end.
It has a 1.4-liter TSI engine giving 180 bhp, and a newly presented seven-speed direct shift gearbox.