Revell 1/18 Seat 600 Mint Green (08850)

The Sociedad Espa ola de Autom viles de Turismo, Seat for short, was founded in 1950. Fiat also had some shares in this mixed company which was part state owned and part privately owned. At the end of 1953 they also started to produce some Fiat models under licence in Barcelona. From 1957 these included the Fiat 600, which was supplied by the Spanish works as the Seat 600. Technically this small car was similar to the successful Italian original; thus the Seat 600 had an integral body, front leaf springs and rear coil springs. Despite its small size, it offered four adequately proportioned seats and the water-cooled engine was in the rear.
As in Italy a few years previously, from 1963 it was followed by the modified Type D, the four-cylinder rear engine of which had now been increased to 767 cc. The Seat 600 D was powered by a 25 bhp engine, which enabled this popular small car to reach a top speed of 110 kph.