An internal document from the Volkswagen Group refers to the potential allocation of a second electric platform for the Seat plant in Martorell, Spain. According to the Spanish magazine La Tribuna de Automoción, the Group’s leadership is evaluating the possibility of equipping the plant with the Scalable Systems Platform (SSP). This platform is intended to serve as the technical foundation for the electric successors to the Cupra Formentor and Cupra Leon. However, the planned investment is contingent on financial conditions, as Martorell is among the ten international sites required to significantly reduce costs by 2027 under the ‘Group Target Picture 2030’ (GTP) efficiency programme.
Currently, the plant produces both the Cupra Raval and the VW ID. Polo, both of which are based on the MEB Small, a front-wheel-drive entry-level variant of the Modular Electric Drive Matrix. As the current combustion and hybrid models – Seat Ibiza, Arona, Leon, and Formentor – are set to be phased out during this decade, the workforce has long advocated for a second platform to utilise the factory’s full capacity.
However, a final decision from the Supervisory Board is still pending. Officially, Seat states that it is working intensively on this project and expects clarity within the next two years. Production of new model generations would begin in the early 2030s.
The allocation of a second electric platform to the Catalan plant is directly linked to upcoming wage negotiations. To reduce site costs, the Group’s management is demanding a freeze on salaries until 2030, a reduction in overtime, more flexible working time models, and job cuts in non-production areas and among service providers. By the end of November 2026, the affected sites must submit concrete savings proposals before entering negotiations with employee representatives.
The Spanish trade unions UGT and CCOO have already rejected the austerity plans in their current form. They insist that the agreed inflation adjustment for 2027 be paid as planned and want to delay wage negotiations until the results from the German VW plants are available.
The decision for Martorell is connected to the restructuring of the European production network. Due to ongoing debates about the future of several German VW sites, the distribution of capacity across the entire Group is under scrutiny. Awarding the SSP architecture would secure the production of the electric successors to the Leon and Formentor in Catalonia. The allocation of further production, such as a potential Audi A1 e-tron or an electric Skoda Fabia, to the plant remains open for now, as does the future of the Seat brand.
atribunadeautomocion.es (ES), forococheselectricos.com (ES)
