60 YEARS SINCE SEAT’S FIRST EVER CAR ROLLED OFF THE PRODUCTION LINE

60 years ago the first Seat 1400 rolled off the production line in Barcelona

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Yesterday was a very special day for SEAT: exactly 60 years ago to the day, the company’s first car rolled off the production line at its Zona Franca factory in Barcelona.

SEAT had been established only three years earlier, and had developed the 1400 with a focus on the transport needs of government officials. Initially available as a saloon, SEAT would also create estate, seven-seat and commercial versions of the 1400; Spanish cabbies loved the 1400, and it remained a popular taxi well into the following decade.

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