{"id":88601,"date":"2022-01-11T17:55:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T17:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=88601"},"modified":"2022-01-17T09:08:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T09:08:07","slug":"40-years-of-seat-ronda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/40-years-of-seat-ronda\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Years of Seat Ronda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some car models are so inconspicuous that many people don’t even notice their absence on the road. One example of this made its debut in Spain 40 years ago and also made its way to the European market the following year. It came from the most successful Spanish automaker, which had already produced more than five million vehicles by that time. We’re talking about Seat and the compact car called the Ronda. Don’t know it? Doesn’t surprise us. Probably only a few copies still exist outside of Spain. Because, unfortunately, the Ronda hadn’t only its body shape in common with another European car, but also the tendency to corrosion. Seat was founded in 1950 with the help of Fiat. It is true that in the early 1980s a process of cutting the cord and becoming independent began. However, the Ronda was still based on the Fiat Ritmo, which had been around since 1978. From 1979 Seat had offered the Ritmo almost identical in construction and under the same model name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optical changes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As a result of the aforementioned efforts to get away from the Fiat Group, the car received a major facelift in 1982 parallel to the Fiat Ritmo and the new name Ronda. However, Seat only adopted the five-door body style. While larger taillights were also used on the Italian model, Seat also built independent angular headlights with triangular turn signals on the front of the vehicle. On the Ritmo, the turn signals were much smaller and sat next to round dual headlights. The door handles, bumpers and complete interior also differed from the Fiat. In addition, the Spanish brand used a different engine lineup than the Italians. There was the 1.2 with 47 kW\/64 hp, the 1.6 with 68 kW\/93 hp and the naturally aspirated diesel 1.7 D with 41 kW\/56 hp. In the background, a collaboration with Porsche was already underway to develop a completely new four-cylinder engine lineup and transmission generation. These made their debut in 1984 together with the very first Ibiza.<\/p>\n\n\n

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