SEAT 133

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. It used the chassis and engine of the by then defunct Fiat and SEAT 850 and gave them a new body in the style of the smaller Fiat 126. It was first exhibited at the Barcelona Motor Show in May 1974, and with the SEAT 1200 Sport it was the first car developed entirely in the new Martorell Technical Centre. The design brief asked for a car that was cheap to develop and build, so most components came from the 850, and it effectively replaced both the 850 and the 600. In Spain it did not enjoy great success because of frequent overheating, but exports rose, and about 127,000 units were exported, mostly under the Fiat name as the Fiat 133.