Can targeted updates make a nine-year-old crossover feel relevant today?
In this fast-moving industry, you would logically expect that if any car is left essentially untouched for nine years, it will be so outdated as to be virtually unsellable. Case in point: the last Fiat Punto. Yet regarding the Seat Arona, we have witnessed a curious phenomenon: sales have declined only gradually from their post-launch peak.Perhaps we’re seeing something akin to the vinyl record revival: people rediscovering the joy of a traditional hands-on format, having grown weary of its digital, electric replacement. Or perhaps that’s wishful thinking. Either way, getting into this updated 2026 Arona and discovering that it looks, functions and even drives virtually the same as an original 2017 Arona did was weirdly refreshing, rather than contemptible.
