SEAT 1500

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SEAT 1500
Curb weight		1,210 kg (2,670 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor	SEAT 1400
Successor	SEAT 132

The SEAT 1500 was a Spanish-built 6-seater model of

. The 1500 was the successor to the SEAT 1400 C; it was manufactured from 1963 to 1973, 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 minor details such 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-wheelbase 'pullman' version. A total of 134,766 cars were built.

Engine

Engine options were initially restricted to a 1481 cc petrol fuelled water cooled unit, driving the rear wheels via a four speed all synchromesh 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 more modern design based on the Fiat 124 with a much better power-to-weight ratio.

From 1969, both 1.8 and 2-litre

in many corners of Europe in the 1960s.

Body

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.

External links

• SEAT 1500 history (Spanish)
• Museo Seat (Spanish, Catalan, English, German)