SEAT Málaga

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SEAT Málaga
1986 SEAT Málaga GLX
Manufacturer	SEAT
Also called	SEAT Gredos
Production	1985–1992
Assembly	Spain
Successor	SEAT Córdoba
Class	Small family car
Body style(s)	4-door saloon (sedan)
Related	SEAT Ibiza SEAT Ronda Fiat Ritmo Fiat Regata
Designer	Giorgetto Giugiaro

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1985 SEAT Málaga side profile

1986 SEAT Málaga GLX

The SEAT Málaga is a four-door saloon produced by Spanish automaker SEAT from 1985 to 1992. It can be considered a saloon variant of the first-generation SEAT Ibiza hatchback, which was launched the same year. The underpinnings of both the Málaga and the Ibiza were based upon those of the SEAT Ronda, a rebadged version of the Fiat Ritmo. In this sense the Málaga most closely resembled the Fiat Regata, Fiat's own saloon version of the Ritmo.

The car was spacious and economical, but let down by heavy steering and flimsy build quality. Production ended in 1992, well after the Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi took over SEAT. It sold relatively well in Spain, but did poorly in export markets, despite sharing the same System Porsche powertrain with the Ibiza. Its successor, the SEAT Córdoba, was launched at the end of 1993.

In the UK, Daily Telegraph journalist Neil Lyndon ran a Malaga as a long term test car for 12 months. He praised its versatility and actually drove it to Malaga and back, dubbing it the "spiritual successor to the SEAT Ritmo".

The Málaga was marketed in Greece as the SEAT Gredos, because the word Málaga was considered very similar to Malaka, a ubiquitous Greek swear word.

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