Motor vehicle
The
SEAT 133
is a small rear-engined car designed and sold by
SEAT
in Spain from 1974 until 1979, and until 1982 to export markets. The car used the chassis and engine of the by then defunct
Fiat/SEAT 850
and featured a new body in the style of the contemporary, somewhat bigger and only indirectly related
Fiat 127
.
[2]
History
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The car was first exhibited at the Barcelona Motor Show in May 1974.
[3]
It was developed by SEAT, with which
Italian
company
Fiat
had signed an agreement of collaboration in the 1950s.
The 133's design premise was that it had to be a cheap car both to develop and build. Thus, the final product inherited most of its components from the
SEAT 850
(or very closely related
Fiat 850
).
The 133 effectively replaced the
SEAT 850
and the
SEAT 600
both of which had been produced in considerable numbers with around 800,000 of the more venerable 600 built ? almost exclusively for the domestic market - by 1974.
[1]
Initially the 133 was only sold in Spain and did not enjoy great success, since it suffered from frequent overheating problems. It was intended to replace the old 600 and 850 models, and was also meant to provide a means for SEAT to open new markets and make up for the loss of sales in Spain that would come with the disappearance of the restrictions in car imports during the 1970s. Export rates were higher than for the 133's predecessors (as well as the remainder of the SEAT range), reaching 36.7 percent in 1976.
[4]
Up to 200,000 SEAT 133s had been produced by 1979 in Spain.
Noteworthy at that time was the engine's compression ratio of only 8:1, which permitted the car to run on 85 octane petrol/gasoline.
[3]
This was still appropriate in Spain, but elsewhere in western Europe even "regular" fuel grades by now generally guaranteed a higher minimum octane rating.
[3]
As with the 850, it was a
rear-wheel drive, rear-engined
car ? a layout that was being supplanted by front-engined,
front-wheel drive
hatchbacks
like the
Renault 5
and Fiat's own
Fiat 127
at the time.
Reflecting the rear engine lay-out, there was just a small well for parcels behind the back seats, with more room for luggage at the
front boot
.
Export markets
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The SEAT 133 was named as the
Fiat 133
in certain export markets where the SEAT brand was unknown. Around 127,000 units were exported, mostly under the Fiat name.
The SEAT 133 was exported to Germany from the autumn/Fall of 1974:
[1]
there it found some success among rear-wheel-drive loyalists in the mid-seventies. It was also sold in Britain from June 1975.
[5]
These countries had no SEAT dealership network at the time, and the cars were branded as Fiat 133s, to be marketed alongside the Fiats
126
and
127
.
From 1977 to 1980 the
Fiat
Argentine
subsidiary built them, also under the Fiat name, and from 1981 to 1982 by
Sevel Argentina
. Around 15,821 Fiat 133 were made in the Fiat/Sevel Plant at Cordoba, Argentina, between 1977 and 1982.
[6]
A sporty version called
FIAT 133 T IAVA
developed by
Industria Argentina de Vehiculos de Avanzada
(
IAVA
) was made between 1979 and 1980.
[7]
In April 1977, it was announced that Egypt was about to become the world's 32nd car-producing country. This followed the signing of an agreement for the shipment of
CKD
kits from Seat's
Barcelona
plant to the
Helwan
premises of the
Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company
for assembly, in order to supply the Egyptian market and for export to
Iraq
.
[8]
Motorsport
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The 133 is popular in the Finnish low-budget motorsport called
jokamiesluokka
, a local folk racing series, where over 30 percent of the drivers chose to drive Fiat 133s at one point.
[9]
Technical data
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Technical data SEAT 133 (1979; all data works figures unless otherwise specified)
[10]
SEAT
|
133
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133 Especial
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Fiat 133B (Argentina)
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Engine:
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4-cylinder-inline engine (four-stroke), rear-mounted
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Displacement:
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843 cc
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903 cc
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Bore x Stroke:
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65 x 63.5 mm
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65 x 68 mm
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Max. Power @ rpm:
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34 PS (25 kW) at 4800
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44 PS (32 kW) at 6400
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40 PS (29 kW) at 5600
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Max. Torque @ rpm:
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54 N?m (40 lb?ft) at 3200
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55 N?m (41 lb?ft) at 3700
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59 N?m (44 lb?ft) at 3600
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Compression Ratio:
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8.1:1
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9.0:1
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8.95:1
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Fuel system:
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1 Weber or Solex downdraft carb. (1bbl)
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1 downdraft carb. (2bbl)
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1 Weber 30 downdraft carb. (1bbl)
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Valvetrain:
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OHV
, camshaft in block, chain
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Cooling:
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water
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Gearbox:
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4-speed-manual, rear wheel drive
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Front suspension:
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Upper double wishbones, lower transverse leaf spring, stabilizing bar
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Rear suspension::
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IRS, double wishbones, coil springs, stabilizing bar
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Brakes:
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Front and rear drum brakes
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Front disc brakes (Ø 227 mm), rear drum brakes
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Steering:
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Rack-and-pinion steering
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Body:
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Steel, unibody construction
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Track front/rear:
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1,150 mm (45 in) / 1,215 mm (47.8 in)
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Wheelbase:
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2,025 mm (79.7 in)
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Length x Width x Height:
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3,450 mm (136 in) x 1,420 mm (56 in) x 1,330 mm (52 in) mm
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3,490 mm (137 in) x 1,420 mm (56 in) x 1,330 mm (52 in) mm
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Weight:
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690 kg (1,521 lb)
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700 kg (1,543 lb)
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710 kg (1,565 lb)
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Top speed:
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120 km/h (75 mph)
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135 km/h (84 mph)
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125 km/h (78 mph)
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0?100 km/h (0?62 mph):
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n.a.
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Fuel consumption (
DIN
):
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7.0 litres per 100 kilometres (40 mpg
‑imp
; 34 mpg
‑US
)
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References
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]
- ^
a
b
c
d
"Bunte Mischung: Der neue Seat 133" [Colorful mix: the new SEAT 133].
Auto Motor u. Sport
. No. 13. 22 June 1974. pp. 76?78.
- ^
Jacobi, Claus
, ed. (25 March 1974).
"Spanischer Konkurrent fur VW-Mini"
[Spanish competitor for mini-VW].
Der Spiegel
. No. 13. p. 82
. Retrieved
2013-05-19
.
- ^
a
b
c
Hardcastle, David (4 May 1974). "Motorweek: First Spanish exclusive?".
The Motor
. No. 3734. p. 28.
- ^
Fernandez-de-Sevilla, Tomas,
Economical Crisis and Business Strategies: FASA-Renault in Spain During the Seventies
(PDF)
(unpublished paper), Universitat de Barcelona, p. 12
- ^
Schruf, Werner (7 June 1975). "News: Fiat 133 arrives".
Autocar
. Vol. 141, no. 4100. p. 25.
- ^
"FIAT SOMECA CONCORD S.A.C.I."
cocheargentino.com.ar
(in Spanish)
. Retrieved
2008-02-23
.
- ^
"Coche Argentino - Fiat 133"
(in Spanish)
. Retrieved
2007-08-25
.
- ^
Hutton, Ray, ed. (23 April 1977). "SEAT in Egypt".
Autocar
. p. 16.
- ^
"Jokamiesluokka"
.
kauhajoenua.net
(in Finnish)
. Retrieved
2010-05-01
.
- ^
Braunschweig, Robert; et al., eds. (1 March 1979),
Automobil Revue '79
(in German and French), vol. 74, Berne, Switzerland: Hallwag, AG, pp. 313, 494
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