SEAT didn't offer a diesel 131 until nearly four years after launch — so Spanish taxi drivers who wanted one simply bought a new gasoline 131 and had a diesel swapped in themselves.
Lead trim: 131 L / 1430 (1,438 cc, 75 PS) · up to 112 hp
SEAT 1311975–1984
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FactSEAT didn't offer a diesel 131 until nearly four years after launch — so Spanish taxi drivers who wanted one simply bought a new gasoline 131 and had a diesel swapped in themselves.
The SEAT 131 is a mid-size family car produced by the Spanish manufacturer SEAT from 1975 to the middle of 1984. It was presented in May 1975 at the Barcelona Motor Show as a rebadged Fiat 131, which had been presented nine months earlier in Turin, with a few locally produced engines and other concessions to the Spanish market, and was only offered as a 4-door sedan and 5-door station wagon; up to the end of its production life 412,948 units were produced. Unlike in Italy, where the 131 was launched as a successor to the 124, in Spain it did not mean the end of the SEAT 124, and the 131 initially took the place of the SEAT 1430. Two sedan versions were offered at first: the SEAT 131 L with rectangular front lamps, a 1438 cc OHC engine and a four-speed gearbox, and the SEAT 131 E with four round headlamps, a 1592 cc DOHC engine and a five-speed gearbox; the estate, the 131 Familiar, followed in the spring of 1976, the automatic in 1977, and a very short production of the SEAT 131 CLX 1800 the following year. In 1978 it evolved into the SEAT 131 Mirafiori/Supermirafiori (Panorama for the estate), and a 1.8 liter Perkins diesel was available from 1979. It was Car of the Year 1976 from the Spanish newspaper ABC and Car of the Year 1979 from the magazine Motorpress, and the 2500 diesel was one of the most successful taxis in Spain during the early 1980s.
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Trims & Figures
6 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 1800 (1,756 cc, 107 PS) | 1975–1984 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 106 hp | 104 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 131 2500 Diesel (2,445 cc, 72 PS) | 1975–1984 | 2.4 L Inline-4 | 71 hp | 108 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 131 CLX (1,919 cc, 114 PS) | 1975–1984 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 112 hp | 116 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 131 Diesel (1,995 cc, 60 PS) | 1975–1984 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 59 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 131 E / 1600 (1,592 cc DOHC, 95 PS) | 1975–1984 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 94 hp | 93 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 131 L / 1430 (1,438 cc, 75 PS) | 1975–1984 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 74 hp | 82 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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