The Car You Can Say “This Is The Falcon You Know” But You’ve Never Seen It

There are some cars. Its designs are so ingrained that we can tell which car it is from even the smallest detail. For example, in our country, which sells like cheese and bread, continues to be the vegetation of the traffic even after years. Tofas branded vehicles are an example of this. Or Renault’s Broadway is among the vehicles we see most on the roads of our country.

Released in 1985 and selling well in its home country SEAT MalagaHow many of you know Although it is not very well known in our country, we will get to know this car, which is very similar to the cars we often see.

This is what the SEAT Malaga looked like:

As you can see, the vehicle is very similar to both Tofaş Doğan and Renault Broadway. Looking at the history of this vehicle SEAT’s partnership with FIAT As a result, we see that there is an inspired design line.

Before moving on to SEAT Malaga, let’s take a closer look at the SEAT – FIAT partnership.

SEAT 131

The Spanish automobile manufacturer SEAT, which has achieved a very good sales success both in partnership with Tofaş and under its own name, in our country. It had a partnership with FIAT. Within the scope of this partnership, we saw that SEAT launches cars that are almost exactly the same as FIAT. One of them was the SEAT 131, a copy of the FIAT 131. By the 1980s, the partnership between the two companies broke down and in 1982 the partnership between SEAT and Volkswagen Group started.

In 1985 SEAT Malaga was introduced.

SEAT Malaga

We looked at the history of SEAT. Now let’s switch to this car. SEAT MalagaIt was produced as a 4-door sedan. Designed by Italdesign under the supervision of Italian designer Giergetto Giugiaro, Malaga came with two different engine options at its debut. These were the 1.2-liter engine producing 60 horsepower and the 1.5-liter four-cylinder carburetor engine producing 90 horsepower.

Why does this vehicle look like Tofaş brand vehicles?

Although the SEAT Malaga is actually based on the SEAT Ronda, it is actually considered a sedan variant of the SEAT Ibiza. In fact, this vehicle was a redesigned sedan version of the SEAT Ritmo. SEAT Ritmo is also from the old FIAT partnership period. FIAT Ritmo It was coming from his vehicle.

Regata, the sedan version of the FIAT Ritmo, naturally resembled the Malaga.

FIAT Regata

Released as a sedan version of FIAT’s Ritmo Regata The model later became the vehicle that used the infrastructure of vehicles such as Şahin and Doğan in our country. In other words, the similarity between SEAT Malaga and Tofaş brand vehicles in our country actually comes from here.

The SEAT Malaga was produced until 1991, after which it was replaced by the SEAT Cordoba.

SEAT Cordoba

Very reminiscent of Renault 9 Broadway, but with no connection other than seasonal design affinity. SEAT Malaga continued to be produced until 1991. In this process, it became a popular car, especially in the Spanish market. In the international market, the desired success could not be achieved. If the right steps were taken, maybe we could see SEAT Malaga on the roads today.