The SEAT Tarraco, the most luxurious and family-oriented SUV in the brand's range, has already fallen for the charms of ABT

Without a doubt, the world’s most renowned tuners are capable of surprising us no matter how well we know the way they work. On this occasion, ABT has decided to play with one of the most unexpected vehicles: the SEAT Tarraco. That’s right, the German company has decided to get its hands on one of the brand’s latest additions. As a general rule, ABT usually modifies vehicles from the Volkswagen Group with a sporty character and, although we will most likely see a CUPRA Tarraco in the future, the engine that has received the tuner’s upgrades is the 2.0 TDI.

With the launch of the Tarraco, SEAT wanted to offer the market a more exclusive and luxurious SUV, one that also reflects the new design language that its siblings will follow. However, the Spanish firm has so far made no statement about a future sporty variant, not even a FR trim like the one almost all of the brand’s other models offer.

But this has not stopped ABT from bringing out a much spicier side of the SEAT Tarraco, a model that already has certain sporty touches, as its cousin the Skoda Kodiaq RS has shown. To complete the whole operation, the German tuner has also taken the opportunity to modify certain aesthetic components, and thus emphasise that this is not an ordinary Tarraco.

Anyone who takes their SEAT Tarraco to ABT can dress up the look with up to four different wheel designs. All of them measure between 19 and 20 inches, except for the set fitted to the unit shown in the pictures, which is equipped with generous 21-inch wheels of a specific design.

As we have already mentioned, beneath the bonnet of this Tarraco lies the well-known 2.0-litre, four-cylinder diesel heart, capable of producing 190 CV and 400 Nm of torque. However, thanks to ABT’s power kit, the Spanish SUV is now capable of producing 220 CV and 440 Nm of torque, figures that come dangerously close to the territory of compact performance cars.

This is how ABT gives us a preview of what it will be capable of once more sporty variants arrive on the market, not only of the SEAT Tarraco, but of any other model belonging to the Volkswagen Group. In this way, customers who want to experience a more radical side of the Spanish SUV will be able to do so thanks to the German tuner, although prices are not yet known.