Seat 131 Engine.1600cc improved 2000cc 1978.

The SEAT 131 was a car of tourism derived from the Fiat 131 produced by SEAT under licence between the years of 1975 and 1984.

History

The Fiat 131 was introduced in at the Salon of Turin in 1974 as a replacement for the Fiat 124 in the context of the oil crisis of 1973, which significantly affected the project. On the one hand, the social climate forces you to evolve the shiny engines source Fiat 124 toward options that are less thirsty, including the first mechanical diesel in a car Fiat since the demise of the Fiat 1400, the time you are replacing the versions coupé and spider 124 by a rational two-door, much to the delight of the markets norteeuropeos. To change, following the rhythm of the times, the emphasis is on endurance, comfort, and particularly in the security, including items such as one of the first bodies deformable with a triple ring of security, the rack steering with the steering column, collapsible could be assisted and adjustable, the fuel tank behind the rear backrest, or the brake system mixed disc-drum with a separate circuit for each train, the compensator of the brake in function of the load and assistance master vac.

The front train was already using a modern and economical suspension-MacPherson strut, anti-roll bar and steering rack, while to the rear is relied on a rigid axle with springs derived from the 124-S particularly well guided. As a novelty, the links of reaction on the bridge -which formed a parallelogram that is deformable with the arms thrust to control the tendency of the train to turn on itself or on the tree transmission - have to be placed obliquely as in the FIAT 132 , so that contributed in a natural way by guiding cross-sectional of the bridge but keeping, unlike its older brother, the bar Panhard.

In 1974 this scheme was a behavior to the level of the nimble Alfa Giulia Nuova Super or Triumph Dolomite and above the contemporary tourist as the Opel Ascona B, or the Ford Taunus TC2-, all with classical, for which he received praise from the specialized press.

However, the crisis accelerated the universalization of solutions more effective and comfortable, catching the front wheel in all segments and imposing suspension independent rear between the models of the propulsion options that Fiat had available, but whose implementation postpuso for the question of costs.

If you are already in 1972, the brand had dismissed for the Fiat 132 the use of the independent rear suspension of the Fiat 130 in a vehicle of mass production in the style of the Peugeot 504, for the universalization of the front-wheel drive there would take advantage of the experience of Lancia and its advanced Lancia Beta, because with the bialbero Fiat and MacPherson strut suspension on both trains, but uses the more modest Fiat 128 as the basis of the project 138 that resulted in the Fiat Ritmo 1978, not completing the long transition to the front-wheel-drive until 1985 with the Fiat Croma.

Outside Italy, the Fiat 131 was manufactured under license and marketed by SEAT -which exported a large part of the production under the brand Fiat-TOFAŞ in Turkey as Murat 131(1) and by Polski Fiat as the Fiat 131 P in Poland. Was exported to the five continents, including Australia and the united States where it was marketed between 1978 and 1982 as the Fiat Brava and Fiat Superbrava in their first two series. It was also mounted in regime CKD in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Morocco, Portugal, spain, or Zambia.

• (1) In 1988, TOFAŞ has developed a derivative of the Murat 131, with aesthetics inspired by the Fiat Regata named Tofaş Şahin (hawk), Doğan (falcon) or Kartal (eagle), keeping the ancient local names of the Mirafiori, Supermirafiori and Panorama. In 1996, would be renovated slightly with the engines of origin Fiat/Tempra and the aesthetics of the Fiat contemporaries., continuing its mounting in CKD in Egypt and in Ethiopia until 2010. The version family "Kartal", was replaced in 1985 by a version of native design with ceiling sobreelevado.

The 131 SEAT

Presented in Hall the Automobile of Barcelona, 1975 [10] , the SEAT 131 was immediately wide acceptance to be a elegant car, reliable and very modern in front of the Seat 1430 replaces it. Unlike in the case of the Fiat 131, its appearance did not mean the end of the commercialization in the local market of the Seat 124, but its reestilización by Giorgetto Giugiaro in the "version 75", -unheard of in Fiat - which remains as a complement of the 131 going to share many mechanical elements of this, occupying the place of the Fiat 128 in other markets until the appearance of the Fiat Ritmo.

Unlike the Fiat, for which you had developed an entire range of mechanical-based engines of the Fiat 124, and dividing the range between the Mirafiori motors monoárbol low consumption -1297, 1301, 1357 and 1585 cc - and Supermirafiori engine biárbol up to 1.995 cc, the SEAT 131 was used exclusively engines and transmissions of source Fiat 124-S, and Fiat 132, not getting never the proponents of the original version in Italian except in units designed for export, always under the brand Fiat .

Instead, the range started with the 1438 cc, already out of production in Italy, and who had mounted among others the Fiat 124 Special, Autobianchi A111 and SEAT 1430, having as a top echelon the biárbol source Fiat 132 1.592 cc and a maximum power of 95 HP (DIN) that had also been used in the range of Seat 1430. Later, the offer is completed with the biárbol 132 in its displacements above; 1800 107 CV in the first series, 1919 c. c. and 114 HP developed by the Technical Centre in Martorell, with the front reduced for fiscal reasons to the second, and finally the original variant Fiat 1995 c. c. in the third series.

The first Diesel engine catalog, does not appear until September of 1978, with the Perkins Diesel. In its context this first 131 Diesel was an alternative factory to frequent kits to transform vehicles from gasoline to professionals that they used as a base for the own 131. SEAT up then offered their Diesel factory-only in the "Seat" big, first the 1500 and then the 132, and opted to stagger its range by offering only the Diesel variant with less power in the 131 until the demise of 132, passing then to use the router 2500 D which used the engine Sofim 8140.61 (that Fiat offered since a long time variants of 2000 and 2500 cc.).

It was replaced by down by vehicles derived from the saga, Fiat front-wheel-drive is initiated with Fiat 128; Fiat Regatta and the Seat Malaga, vehicles three volumes with similar occupancy and lower consumption of the new C-segment is shaping up in southern Europe as an alternative to the sedans economic of the beginning of the 80's, a role which the Fiat Regata covered with naturally in other markets. For the local market, however, disappeared, the Seat 132, and in a market by tariffs on the imported, the 131 with its powerful motors and large equipment happened to be at the end of his life, the "Seat large" competing against other sedans of domestic manufacture of certain prestige as the Chrysler 150 and the Renault 18, and even with the versions Diesel of the Peugeot 505, leaving a significant gap in the market.

Evolution of the SEAT 131

Traded the three series presented in the Fiat 131 with minor modifications with respect to the original model:

The First Series (1975 - 1978)

Unlike the Fiat 131 original never came to be called Mirafiori, in keeping with the tradition of combining motor and finish, staggering the range initially in models L 1430 (referring to the level of equipment "Luxury", higher than the Mirafiori Italian) and the 1600 (by "Special", similar to the Mirafiori's "Special" Italian)

• SEAT 131 L 1430: (JA 04) basic Version. Also had a variant dedicated to the market of the taxi, with black paint of origin, upholstered seats in Nappel.

• SEAT 131 L 1430: (HA 00) inferior Version that combines the basic finishing with the engine rods and rocker arms of 1.438 cm3 75 hp of maximum power and gearbox of 4 relationships in sync.

- Externally mounted the calender chrome two rectangular headlights, windshield frames, and moon later without baguette and chrome windshield wipers chrome, without chrome trim on door frames or framework of tuition later, not takes side moldings waist of the body, protections of the rubber of the bumper only on the sides and wheels of 4.5 inches with fifteen circular holes and the bezel is chrome plated and equipped with radial tires of metal structure 155SR-13 .

- Gear shift lever long, with no central console, dashboard with rev counter, speedometer gauge with graduated scale up to 180 km/h, trip meter, temperature gauge and water level of gasoline. In option moons, coloured and heated rear window. Upholstery in "nappel-velours", headrest on front seats optional, armrest shorts in the doors.

• SEAT 131 L 1600: (JA 40) Incorporating the engine biárbol of 1.592 c. c. version of low compression, suitable to the use of petrol of low octane and 92cv (DIN). The equipment level was similar to that of the 131 L, with the same box of 4-speed and shifter horizontally from the 124, with the scorecard of the 131 1600, And as the only difference.

• SEAT 131 L 1430 5 Doors: (JF, JA) Tires with half-inch more throat than the equivalent version with bodywork sedan of four doors. Radial tyres of a metal structure 165SR-13.

• SEAT 131 E 1600: (JD, JB) Version more luxurious, until the appearance of the CLX; had the engine biárbol of 1.592 cm3 yielded 95 hp (DIN) maximum power. Presented with the gearbox of 5 speeds of the ancient SEAT 132 first series (the so-called "turret" with the short lever and moved to the rear, other than the source of Fiat 124), later received a further reduction on the bridge later that he was granted some developments more shorts in place of the 10/39 that initially shared the version L.

- Outwardly it differs by its double optical circular with conventional lamps integrated in the calender, tires of the same size with tires 160SR-13 and specific design with tapabujes black, chrome trim in door frames moulding molding chrome windshield and moon back, arms windshield wiper in black color antireflejos, rubber profiles in the central area of both bumpers, and the frame is also chrome plated on the base of the plate later.

- Scorecard with scale of the speedometer graduated up to 200 km/h, and with quartz clock, controls of heating are lit, shift five-speed with lever vertical cuts and center console, steering column adjustable in height, steering wheel, more padding in the area of the pusador of the chime, intermittent, simultaneous, emergency light, courtesy lights rear, moons, coloured and heated rear window. Upholstery in synthetic velvet, seats wider front with headrest adjustable hinged door panels with chrome trim and armrests long with shooters the more robust.

• SEAT 131 AND Luxury (JD, JA)

• SEAT 131 E Luxury Auto (JD) ( riding for a change 3-speed transmission Source GM)

• SEAT 131 E (JD) Air-conditioned (considered a different version and not an extra as listed in the price list and in the anagrams)

• SEAT 131 E 5-Door (JM, JB) Tires with half-inch more throat than the equivalent version with bodywork sedan of four doors. Radial tyres of a metal structure 165SR-13.

• SEAT 131 1800 CLX: Incorporating the engine biárbol of 1.756 cm3, 107 hp (DIN) from the Fiat/Seat 132 "Restyling" 1800 , with the same box of five speeds to 1600 with no change to the development. It is the first to mount electronic ignition. Equipped with halogen lamps, a new mirror, exterior mirrors electrically adjustable, new side moldings on the lower doors and wheels from the Seat 131 And with bodywork of five doors, shod with radial tyres low profile (175/70SR13). It also incorporates a set of suspension-specific, as well as an exhaust system with greater relief. Seats upholstered with two-tone design with the central zone in cone and steering wheel with padded integral, being otherwise similar to the E. it Was available in only two metallic shades of paint for car body: Green Mineral and Gray Mist