The SEAT 124 Sport is a two-door
coupé
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The term ''coupé'' was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. It comes from the Fr ...
car built by the Spanish manufacturer
SEAT
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Types of seat
The ...
between 1970 and 1975,
[SEAT 124 Sport Coupé entered in 2012 Silvretta Classic http://www.seat-mediacenter.com/en-content/2012/04-2/seat-124-sport-coupe-entered-in-2012-silvretta-classic/&backUrl=%252F%252Fen-content%252Fproc%253Flocale%253Den_HQ%2526nav%253D4%2526tag%25255BTopics%25255D%253DALL%2526formats%253DFORMATS_ALL%2526timescale%253DPAST_TIME_178] having sold 23,611 units when its production ceased.
The car was presented for the first time at the 1970 Barcelona Motor Show and it was built in Spain under license from Fiat as it had been identical to the
Fiat 124 Sport Coupé
The Fiat 124 Sport Coupé is a two-door, four-seater notchback coupé produced by the Italy, Italian automaker Fiat Automobiles, Fiat in three generations between 1967 and 1975. It was based on the Fiat 124 Sedan (car), saloon.
Its inline four ...
. It was launched in order to meet the rising local market demand for sports cars next to offerings coming not only from other car makers – like the
Authi Mini C 1275, the
Alpine A110, the
Renault 8TS and the
Simca 1000 Rallye GT – but also SEAT itself with the
SEAT 850
The SEAT 850, also popularly known as ''"ocho y medio"'' ("eight and a half", 8.5), was a supermini produced by Spain, Spanish automaker SEAT and based on the Fiat 850. The car was produced in Spain from April 1966 to 1974 and it was quite popular ...
Sport Coupé and Spider models.
Power was provided by double camshaft (''biárbol'') engines, with a displacement of either 1,608 cc (1600, FC-00) or 1,756 cc (1800, FC-02). Both engine variants were linked to a 5-speed gearbox, a transmission introduced for the first time in a model on the Spanish market. The first series produced from 1970 to 1973 was equivalent to the BC series of Fiat's version, and used 1608 cc engines provided by Fiat itself. The second series from 1973 onwards was a direct copy of the CC model, with both the 1592 and 1756 cc engines.
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