Christian Friedl is moving from Porsche to become director of Seat’s Martorell plant in Spain, starting from January 1. He replaces Rainer Fessel, who is moving to take over the management of the VW factory in Wolfsburg.
Friedl was previously the director of the Porsche plant in Zuffenhausen, Germany. That job now goes to Jens Brücker.
Seat said Friedl will lead Martorell’s transition to making electric vehicles (EVs). Along with the six combustion-engine vehicles made at the Martorell plant (see table) it has also started production of the Seat Leon e-Hybrid and the Cupra Leon e-Hybrid. In the coming weeks it will also add a plug-in hybrid version of the Cupra Fomentor. The first battery electric vehicle from the Cupra brand, the el-Born, will be manufactured Zwickau, however, alongside its MEB platform sister car, the VW ID.3.
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