Fiat 133


So this is my first car, a Fiat 133. This vehicle is not even a real Fiat, but a product of the company SEAT which at that time built Fiats under license. This model even is a proprietary developmente with the measures of a Panda and the engine and transmission of the ancient Fiat 850 under the bonnet.
It is the only one of my former cars that I would not buy once more because the fuel consumption was between 8 and 10 litres per 100 kilimetros which is a bit much with only 34 hp. With a lot of luck in the summer I sometimes got along with 7.5 litres, but in winter sometimes it needed 12 !!! Well, partially the reason may be its low level of maintanance, which I took in rather relaxed way at that time and the former owners of the car even more. But with only 65000 kilometros I don't believe that you can explain the extreme thirst completely.
Furthermore since that time I suffer from a "rear engine trauma" because this layout causes the lack of a useful trunk. You can just put a case of beer into the trunk replacement at the front of the car, but this does not work with a case of cola, and putting it on the backseat is a struggle which may just gives you good reason to visit the bones' doctor.
The poor engine power makes you forget the word "overtake". So this car is just useful as fun car on short distances.
But really it was the combination of low power and high fuel consumption which made me prefer buy a reasonable car despite the offer of my parents to pay for the necessary welding work.

technical data :


Back