SEAT 1500

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SEAT 1500
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The SEAT 1500 was a Spanish-built 6-seater saloon and estate cars, built by SEAT and based on the Italian Fiat 1800. The 1500 was the successor to the SEAT 1400 C: it was manufactured between 1963 and 1970, with the five door estate ("Familiar") version arriving in 1965. Apart from the larger engine, differences between the 1500 and the C version of its predecessor were limited to such minor details as a speedometer that now read up to 140 km/h (87 mph).

There was also a '1500 pick-up' offered, and the coach builder ONECA developed a long wheel base 'pullman' version. A total of 134,766 cars were produced.

See Wikicars' comprehensive SEAT 1500 Review.

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Styles and Major Options

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Pricing

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Engine and Transmission

Engine options were initially restricted to a 1481 cc petrol fuelled water cooled unit, driving the rear wheels via a four speed all syncromesh gearbox. With this engine a top speed of 145 km/h (90 mph) was claimed. After 1968, demand for petrol engined versions of the SEAT 1500 fell away with the introduction of the SEAT 124, a much more modern design based on the Fiat 124, and a car with a much better power to weight ratio.

From 1969, both 1.8 and 2-litre diesel versions of the SEAT 1500 were offered, and most would be used as taxis. Initially only cars with the smaller diesel engines were delivered, using an engine last seen in the Mercedes Benz 180D with a claimed output in this application of {{#ifeq:|on|0000000000000046{{#ifeq:{{#expr:(kW PS)*0}}|0|00000000000kW PS}}}}{{convert/{{#if:1|bhp}}|46|{{#ifeq:{{#expr:kW PS*0}}|0|0}}|kW PS|0|||r={{#ifeq:{{{sp}}}|us|er|re}}|d=LoffAonDbSoff|s=}}. According to one report this version took nearly 50 seconds to reach 100km/h (62 mph), but fuel cost savings were impressive, helped by the lower level of sales tax on diesel fuel. These were the first diesel powered saloons manufactured in Spain. Fiat were not producing diesel engines at this stage. Engines were supplied by Mercedes Benz and Perkins Engines Company Limited. The diesel engines supplied to SEAT by Mercedes Benz were versions of the four cylinder diesel engines that powered Mercedes diesel engined cars in many corners of Europe in the 1960s.

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Hybrid Models

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Unique Attributes

The Fiat based body used the Pininfarina styled boxy design which had since 1959 featured on the 'C' version of SEAT's 1400: it was broadly similar to the designs provided by the same designer to Peugeot and BMC at this time. The car originally had a single pair of headlights at the front, but from 1969, double headlamps similar to those fitted on the Fiat 2300 were a feature of the SEAT 1500s. The post 1969 twin headlight models acquired the soubriquet 'Bifaro' in Spain.

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News and References

• SEAT 1500 history (Spanish)

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• This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding Dutch Wikipedia article as of 2008-04-20

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