Estates still make much sense these days. I think they’re even more practical that most crossovers since, at least, estates don’t suffer from any identity crisis.

Here’s Seat with their new compact estate – the Seat Ibiza ST estate.

Powering the car is the a range of six engines consisting of 3 gasoline engines and 3 diesels with the 1.2 TDI and 1.2 TSI engines built new for the Ibiza range.

The car’s 18 cm longer than the regular Ibiza hatch creating 430 liters of cargo space – significantly more than the hatch’s 292 liters. The rear folding split seats would allow for more storage capacity when needed.

The car will be unveiled at the coming Geneva show and will be on sale this summer.