SEAT PANDA - GUISVAL

Nº 22.

Serie Campeón.

Guisval.

Escala 1/64.

Hecho en España / Made in Spain.

Año 1982.

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"The SEAT Panda (codenamed 141A) was a badge-engineered Fiat Panda produced by SEAT from 1980 to 1986, in the company's Landaben plant in the Spanish city of Pamplona (from February 1980 until April 29, 1983 when its production ended in that plant) and also in the Zona Franca plant in Barcelona. After the break in the partnership between SEAT and Fiat, the SEAT Panda model was restyled and renamed. It received a slight restyling in 1983, with a new grille and other slight differences."

 

"The "Marbella" badge was first used for the 1983 model year, on a luxurious version of the SEAT Panda.

 

"After a second, more thorough restyling in December 1986, it received the SEAT Marbella nameplate (codenamed 28 for SEAT Marbella and 028A for SEAT Marbella box) and was produced by SEAT until 1998 in the company's Zona Franca plant in Spain. The end of Marbella production in 1998 also meant the end of vehicle production in that factory. The SEAT model didn't receive the mechanical and cosmetic tweaks (such as the loss of front window quarter-lights) applied to Fiat Pandas "Mark II"s from 1986 but was instead subjected to those from SEAT."

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Manufacturer

SEAT

 

Production

1980–1986 (Panda)

1986–1998 (Marbella)

 

Assembly

Pamplona, Spain

Barcelona, Spain

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAT_Marbella

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Fiat Panda

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

"The FIAT Panda is a city car from the Italian automobile manufacturer FIAT, now in its third generation. The first generation Fiat Panda was introduced in 1980, and was produced until 1986, when it underwent several changes. From 1986 until 2003, it was produced with only a few changes. They are now sometimes referred to as the "old Panda".

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"The first Panda was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro (...)"

 

SEAT Panda / Marbella

 

"Spanish car maker SEAT also produced a version of the Panda between 1980 and 1986, based on the first Panda model. It was called SEAT Panda. SEAT also made a tiny, tall delivery version of the Panda called the SEAT Trans.

 

Up to 1983, SEAT made rebadged versions of Fiat cars through a licence agreement between the two firms. Thus, there existed a Spanish version of the Panda. When Pope John Paul II visited Spain in 1982, he rode in a specially built SEAT Panda.

 

"After Fiat sold their share in SEAT and the licence agreement ended, the whole Fiat-based line of SEAT cars were quickly given minor facelifts. The SEAT Panda had its bonnet, bumpers and rear tailgate redesigned. From 1986, when it received a second facelift, it was known as the SEAT Marbella until the end of production in 1998."

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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Panda

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