PRENSA ∙ PREMSA ∙ PRESSE ∙ NEWS ∙ STAMPA 850 Spider at the Techno-Classica at Spider Techno-Classica the 850 SEAT celebrates 50 celebrates SEAT Hola! 1970’s. Formula 1430 formed the training ground for 1430, the first Spanish single-seater championship, The 1430’s importance to the brand doesn’t end ther the time. in the mid-70’s, a golden period for SEAT Competici versions were incredibly successful in rally compet The 1430 was also produced defining moments in SEAT letters that identified the chassis numbers). powered by the standard 1430 engine as well as 1.6 launched, inheriting the full 1430 engine range. Mo market car. The 1430 was produced until 1976, when the lights and the bigger, more powerful engine wer Although the design theof 1430 was very similar to than the standard 1.2 litre 124). headlight), and bigger tail lights, while under the time. The 1430 is easily recognisable by its twin-h unique Spanish model which can be considered themo The SEAT 1430 was released in 1969 so this marks it SEAT The that brought greaterrefinement to saloons and which also turns this 50 year. as a gorgeous example theof Sport850 Spider – the Two versions of the 50-year-old 1430 - a first seri to have driven off the brand’s production line. carmaker is showing the variety and diversity it of show for vintage, classic and prestige cars in Esse Essen, 10/04/2019

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. Once again, SEAT will be part of Techno-Classica, th anniversary of 1430 and and of 1430 anniversary bonnet was a 1,438cc, 70PS engine, (10PS more es saloon and a more powerful estate -, as well s history with some theof most popular vehicles eadlights, (the 124 always had a single n, Germany. n, At this year’s edition, the Spanish re than examples255,000 were built, the standard the124, simple modifications to ition, winning four Spanish rally championships created by SEAT at the beginning theof e enough to make it a different, more up- on, the Spanish carmaker’s racing division at s 50 a new generation Spanishof drivers who and 1.8 twin-cam versions, known as FU, (the e. Its engine was used to power the Formula only SEAT has ever developed the 124 evolution called “Pamplona” was ’s ’s motorsport history. The most powerful st complete Spanish saloon car of the th anniversary. It was a 124 derivative, a s s Techno-Classicashow for : : theSEAT 1430 1430Especial 1600Familiar, y, car a unique the in brand’s saloonof its times, heads to the renowned world Page 1of Page 3 PRENSA ∙ PREMSA ∙ PRESSE ∙ NEWS ∙ STAMPA So imagineSo the shock on the average Spanish driver today. door, generous load space and easyaccess lacked th success theof andFR Cupra versions theof current Nowadays high-performance estate models arerevered The grandfatherof today’s Leon ST Cupra: the SEAT Spanish chassis constructors. would go on to achieve great success, while at the was a 903cc, 52PS petrol engine that was later used onlyNot was the car a milestone for the company, b Bertone, and was also optionally available as a har The Sport was a gorgeous two-seater convertible des two vehicles couldn’t have been more different. differentiate it from the coupé version), was the 8 The base theof Sport,850 (its official name, thou other raison-d’etre than pure driving pleasure. car was built, both the domestic market and SEAT we cars to satisfy the urgent need for mobility theof SEAT as a company and the Spanish domestic market. These two apparently unrelated landmarks illustrate line since 1953. the same year the 1,000,000 The SEAT 850 Sport was the first niche car produced uniqueA and gorgeous sliceof SEAT’s history: the is appreciated and venerated by collectors. The SEAT 1430-1600 estate’s farsighted performance heavier, making it far less fiery. stopped. It was replacedby the SEAT 131 estate, p Cupra itsof era. Only 852 examples were made betwe was difficult to come by as the domestic market sti The 1430 Especial 1600 Familiar, (type FM), was so one would have put next to a sedate estatelooking weighing only 980kg, giving its a top speed 170kof (known as the FU). At the time it was the first Spa (or estate) version theof 1430 saloon powered by t th car built by the Spanish car maker left the Barcel nish-built sports saloon, delivering and 95PS Spanish population, by the time the 1,000,000 50 50 saloon, launched three years earlier, but the gh it’s also known as Sport Spider to owered by the same enginebut bigger and ll ll wasn’t ready for a vehicle that was an ST m/h. At the time, performance figures that no same time establishing a breeding ground for he 1.6 litre twin-cam engine theof 1430-1600, dtop. far ahead itsof time that commercial success SEAT Leon ST. But in the ‘70s cars with a fifth car. ut so wastoo its engine. Under the bonnet when in mid-1974 SEAT launched a Familiar, the great evolution experienced by both by SEAT. It launched years 50 ago, in 1969, by the Sport850 Coupé version, and, set re mature enough to offer a car with no igned by the renowned Italian car designer e dynamic image that we take for granted make it a very rare car andtoday, one that en and 1974 1976, when production In SEAT’s formative years the brand made SEAT850 Sport Spider and loved by car lovers, proven by the 1430Especial 1600Familiar ona assembly Page 2 of Page 32 th

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