SEAT Ibiza Mk1

The SEAT Ibiza Mk1, codenamed 021A, is the first generation of the Ibiza supermini. It was introduced at the 1984 Paris Motor Show and entered production on SEAT's Zona Franca assembly lines on 27 April 1984, and it sold 1,342,001 units before the second generation arrived in 1993. It was advertised as having Italian styling and German engines: the body was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign and prepared for industrialisation by Karmann, while the gearbox and powertrain were developed with Porsche, so the engines carried the System Porsche inscription. It was based on the SEAT Ronda, which in turn was based on the Fiat Ritmo, and it came as a three-door and a five-door in L, GL and GLX trims. A light restyling came in early 1989 and a fuller one, called New Style, in 1991.