SEAT 1430 explained

SEAT 1430
Manufacturer:SEAT
Production:1969–1975
255,414
Assembly:Barcelona, Spain
Predecessor:None
Successor:SEAT 131
Class:Family car
Body Style:4-door Sedan
5-door station wagon (Familiar)
Layout:FR layout
Engine:1438 cc (52 kW):
1592 cc (71 kW):
1756 cc (78 kW)
Transmission:5 speed manual gear box
Wheelbase:2420mm
Length:4030mm
Width:1625mm
Weight:855kg (1,885lb)
Related:SEAT 124, Fiat 124 Special
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The SEAT 1430 is a 4-door sedan made by SEAT in Spain from 1969 to 1975. The car was based on the FIAT 124 Special, but the front lights were the square ones from the FIAT 125 instead of round. The cockpit was almost identical to the Fiat 125. In 1973, the GTI version of the SEAT 1430 was introduced as the 1430 Especial 1600 model, popularly known as "FU". It was superseded by the SEAT 131, while the donor car, the SEAT 124 continued in its base form until 1980.

The SEAT 1430 also provided the engine and other underpinnings for the "Auto Replica MG 50", a Spanish-made replica of the MG TD.[1]

Notes and References

  1. AJ81 . Costa, André & Georges-Michel Fraichard . September 1981 . Les nouvelles repliques . The new replicas . 14 & 15 . Salon 1981: Toutes les Voitures du Monde . 43 . L'Auto Journal . Homme N°1 . Paris . french .