SEAT Ronda

The SEAT Ronda, codenamed 022A, is a small family car produced by SEAT from 1982 to 1986 and styled by Tom Tjaarda at Rayton Fissore in collaboration with the Technical Centre in Martorell. It was the first SEAT model named after a Spanish city and the first car SEAT developed after the split with Fiat. It was a restyled SEAT Ritmo, itself derived from the Fiat Ritmo, with rectangular headlights, new tail lights and a more commodious interior, and a boot of 370 litres. It came with locally built engines from the 124 series, a larger twin-cam 1.6 and a 1.7-litre diesel, and after 1984 with System Porsche petrol engines as the Ronda P. Exports began in April 1983 with deliveries to the Netherlands. In total 177,869 Rondas were built.