- SEAT 132
The Seat 132 is a four door rear wheel drive notchback saloon assembled in Barcelona's
zona franca , (Catalonia ,Spain ) and sold bySEAT between 1973 and 1982. For the important taxi market, the 132 filled the niche vacated with the withdrawal in 1970 of the diesel enginedSEAT 1500 , the 132 being usefully larger than theSEAT 124 which was SEAT's largest model during the early 1970s.SEAT's new car shared its body with the
Fiat 132 , but when launched in May 1973 it featured its own engine options::* The "Seat 132 1600" had a four cylinder 1592 cc engine of 98 bhp.
:* The "Seat 132 1800" had a four cylinder 1756 cc engine of 107 bhp.
:* The "Seat 132 Diesel" featured a two litre 55 bhp Mercedes Benz engine, corresponding to that offered in the Mercedes Benz 200D. This followed the pattern established with the
SEAT 1500 which had also been available with a Mercedes Benz diesel engine.From 1979 a "Seat 132 2000" became available, with a four cylinder 1920 cc engine of 109 bhp: in due course a larger 2.2 litre four cylinder Mercedes diesel version was also offered.
In the early 1980s extensive discussions concerning funding and control took place between the major share holder, the Spanish government, and Fiat: SEAT needed major capital investment which Fiat was not prepared to inject. The outcome, by 1982, was an end after nearly 30 years, to the relationship with Fiat. Already in 1981, Fiat having by now switched to their new Argenta model, production of the Seat 132 ceased, after approximately 100 000 examples had been produced. No direct replacement in this class has, till now, been offered by the company. The forthcoming Seat Exeo can be seen as a belated replacement, however.
Technical data SEAT 132 ["Automobil Revue", catalogue 1979, p.498-99 and 1977, p. 455-56; all data works figures unless otherwise specified.]References
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