Five Extreme Tests in the Arctic Cold - Sub-zero proving ground

Forests of snow-covered birch and pine trees, temperatures that can reach 35 degrees below zero and a frozen lake used as a track, with a 60 centimetre thick ice sheet that makes it the ideal driving surface during the winter months. At a location near the Arctic Circle, SEAT engineers push up to 90 cars to the limit every year. The following are the most extreme winter tests that the SEAT Ateca FR was put through.