SEAT 133
The SEAT 133 is a small rear-engined car designed and sold by SEAT in Spain from 1974 until 1979. 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 126. History The car was first exhibited at the Barcelona Motor Show in May 1974. 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. 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