In 2020, right before the world pandemic situation, SEAT was forced to find a solution to launch its well-known lineup Leon, and it found it: it unveiled the car at its Martorell factory in Spain. Along with the fourth generation of the compact hatchback, it also revealed the second generation of the station wagon version of it, named Sportstourer.

The Spanish brand owned by Volkswagen shared its platform with the Golf or the Audi A3. Unlike its more famous siblings, it didn’t have access to the same markets as these two. Still, the design language of this brand was its most powerful weapon since, from the mechanical point of view, it was similar to them. While the five-door hatchback Leon targeted young customers and regular families, the station wagon, called ST in SEAT’s naming system, aimed at those who needed larger trunks for bikes, kites, or other larger items.