For € 13,964 in Germany, without fitting and painting, JE Design can transform
your Seat Ateca SUV into something that’s much more capable off road than the
standard model. As previewed by this one-off model, created in cooperation
between a Luxembourg-based Seat dealer and JE Design, the compact crossover
looks pretty much off-road ready.
It still doesn’t
have a low-range gearbox or other amenities necessary to help it tackle arduous
terrains, but it does get a few interesting upgrades. Among them we find the
front and rear wheel arch extensions with visible bolts, which add 35 mm to each side, for € 2,142.
Front and rear skid
plates in matte silver, priced at € 650 and € 590 respectively,
rear spoiler (€ 417), rear window side wings (€ 179) and an LED light
bar (€ 1,190) complete the look. There are also new 16-inch rims shod in
215/65 all-terrain tires available for € 1,890, with 40 mm spacers and
longer wheel bolts, as well as a static ride height increase of 20 mm that costs € 158.
Protecting the
wheel arches and roof panels from scuff damage is a paint normally used on the
loading areas of pickup trucks, while offering peace of mind when loading
shopping items into the boot is a matte silver protection strip that protects
the top edge of the rear bumper (€ 99). At the same time, the rest of this
Ateca is wrapped in matte Khaki, for which the tuner is asking € 3,000.
Rounding up the
list of aftermarket parts is the stainless steel rear silencer (€ 899),
with two round tailpipes on each side, 80 mm in diameter. JE Design
says the ‘All Terrain’ conversion can be applied on all Ateca models except for
the FR and Cupra versions. However, the latter two can get the wheel arch
extensions, roof panel with LED light bar and underbody protection parts
individually and, for the FR 2.0-liter TDI 4Drive, a sports exhaust.
