Introduced at the 2006 Paris Motor Show, the Altea Freetrack went through a facelift just three years later.

The Altea XL was the extended version of the Spanish MPV Seat Altea, and it was unveiled at the 2006 Paris Motor Show.

At the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, the Spanish car-maker SEAT introduced a facelifted version for its Altea MPV. But the minivan revolution was over and the car sales dropped.

When customers started to ask for more crossovers and SUVs, carmakers that didn't have such vehicles in their offers tried to adapt. The Altea Freetrack was one of those.

Even though the MPV segment was almost dead in 2006 in Europe, SEAT tried its luck introducing the Altea XL, a minivan with car-like handling.

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