SEAT 600 is 50 – but how about the 800?

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It was last weekend, at Techno Classica in Essen, that the world was made aware of the SEAT 600’s 50th anniversary. Congratulations! It may have taken a while before production of the Spanish Fiat sibling took off (100,000 mile stone reached after 5 years only), but once the Spaniards had taken their national baby in their arms, things started to move rapidly. The factory in Barcelona pumped out hundreds of thousands of them, and the model is now considered Spain’s people’s car that put the country on the road after the Civil War. And it was not just Spain. They exported them throughout the rest of Europe – and ahead.

Up to 1973 no less then 797.319 SEAT 600s were made. Some were more equal than others. This gorgeous Estate by coachbuilder Savio, for example. Or how about the SEAT 800, seen above? A stretched version of the 600 with lengthened wheelbase and two extra (suicide) doors. It remained the sole four-door model of the 600. Remarkable, now that Fiat is extending their current 500 range to extremities unseen before…

(Words Jeroen Booij, pictures SEAT PR)

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