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Seat celebrates 25 years in Britain. See the picture highlights

Seat is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the company’s introduction to the UK.

In September 1985, a handful of dealers across the country introduced British motorists to the Mk I Seat Ibiza.

See the pics of Seat’s highlights over the last 25 years

By the end of 1986, its first full year of operation in the UK, 5922 new Seats had been sold.

That same year, Volkswagen grabbed a 51 per cent stake in Seat and the takeover was completed in 1990.

Seat recorded its peak in UK sales in 2007 when 34,790 cars found their way onto British driveways.

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