SEAT Málaga
The SEAT Málaga (codenamed "023A") is a four door saloon produced by the Spanish automaker SEAT from 1985 to 1991, being named after the city of Málaga in Andalucía, southern Spain. It can be considered a saloon variant of the SEAT Ibiza, although the underpinnings of the Málaga and the Ibiza Mark 1 were both based upon those of the SEAT Ronda, a restyled version of the SEAT Ritmo which in its turn was the rebadged version of the Fiat Ritmo. In this sense, the Málaga most closely resembled the Fiat Regata which was Fiat’s own saloon  version of the hatchback Fiat Ritmo. However, the SEAT Málaga and the Fiat Regata were developed separately as the two manufacturers had already ended their partnership by the time of the launch of their two saloon models. The partnership had ended in 1982 after thirty years of jointly producing vehicles. It was launched on the market in the United Kingdom in September 1985 when the brand was launched there along with the SEAT Ibiza. It largely competed with budget offerings like the Hyundai Pony and gave budget buyers the more modern alternative to the outdated offerings from Lada, Škoda, Yugo  and FSO. Production ended in May 1991 which was well after the Volkswagen Group took over SEAT, to be replaced by SEAT Toledo which was the first Volkswagen developed car from SEAT. The saloon based on the Ibiza, the SEAT Córdoba, was launched in end of 1993. The Málaga sold relatively well in Spain, but was less popular in export markets, despite sharing the same "System Porsche" Powertrain with the SEAT Ibiza. The Málaga was marketed as the SEAT Gredos in Greece after the Spanish mountain range Sierra de Gredos, because the word "Málaga" was considered too similar to the  ubiquitous Greek swear word "malakas." Sales and production figures. The total production per year of SEAT Málaga vehicles is shown in the following table: