SEAT does not build many cars like the SEAT 1200 Sport: a 2+2 coupé with 1,197 cc Overhead valve engine, built from 1976 to 1979 as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. Its designer of record is Aldo Sessano.
Where it came from
The SEAT 1200 Sport is a two-door, four-seater coupé developed by the Spanish car maker SEAT. First presented in December 1975, and sold commercially from February 1976 to September 1979. The SEAT Sport was, along with the SEAT 133, the first car developed entirely in the company's newly opened Martorell Technical Centre.
Under the skin
Under the skin sits 1,197 cc Overhead valve engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 805 -. The gearbox is a 4-speed manual. The wheelbase is 2225 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Where it sits in SEAT's history is not in doubt: the SEAT 850 Sport Coupé came before it; the SEAT Fura Crono (indirect) followed it; it was built at Terrasa, Spain. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Ford Fiesta, the Lotus Esprit, the BMW 7 Series. Nearby in the SEAT catalogue sit the SEAT 124 and the SEAT 133.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the SEAT 1200 Sport has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.