SEAT offered the Cordoba lineup as a three-box sedan for the small-sized Ibiza and gave its customers a feeling that it was a larger vehicle, even though it wasn't.

SEAT introduced the first generation of the Cordoba in 1993 and, six years later, it refreshed the entire lineup, which consisted of a two-door coupe, a four-door sedan, and a station wagon.

SEAT introduced the Cordoba in 1993 as a three-box sedan version of the Ibiza, and both received a mid-life cycle refresh in 1996.