133
Fiat · on record 1994 to 2025
The Fiat 133 was a small rear engined saloon developed by SEAT using much of the older 850's mechanical layout beneath a body that looked more contemporary. It reached some export markets through Fiat channels at a time when front wheel drive small cars such as the 127 were already changing expectations. That unusual parentage and brief market life make the 133 a curiosity today, with surviving examples more likely to be preserved for rarity than for broad commercial success.
GROWING
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
3
licensed vehicles
2025 census
2025 census
8.1% of the peak fleet remains licensed
2
declared SORN
total surviving
peak 37 in 1994 · +0 vehicles a year, five year trend
Population history
Licensed and SORN vehicles at each census. The filters below apply to the family population, MOT and registration figures. They do not alter the generation history above.
Licensed
SORN
Latest census observation
Inside the surviving fleet
AutoCensus parses every DVLA variant description, so the fleet can be read by fuel and specification rather than as one number.
First registrations by year
When surviving examples first joined the British fleet.
New registrations
Vehicles first registered each year. A fleet still being sold shows here; a finished one shows only imports.
MOT reliability
DVSA test results for this family, 2006 to 2022.
Pass rate by year
| Failure reason | Failures | Share of all tests |
|---|---|---|
| An obligatory lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating | 3 | 11.1% |
| A tyre has any of its ply or cords exposed | 3 | 11.1% |
| A flexible brake hose excessively chafed, damaged or deteriorated | 2 | 7.4% |
| Excessive wear in a pin and/or bush or pin/bearing, for example: 2mm for a 12mm diameter pin; 3mm for a 25mm diameter pin; 10% of the pin diameter for pins over 25mm diameter | 2 | 7.4% |
| The calculated out-of-balance of the brakes across an axle is greater than 30% | 2 | 7.4% |
| An obligatory headlamp inoperative, excessively damaged or deteriorated or has a product on the lens or light source so that the light output is well below that required to illuminate the road ahead | 2 | 7.4% |
| An obligatory main or dipped beam headlamp not in good working order and in clean condition, i.e. damaged or deteriorated to such an extent that the beam image is adversely affected | 2 | 7.4% |
| The security of the driver's or any passenger's seat is significantly reduced. | 2 | 7.4% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2006 to 2022. Advisories are excluded.
Where the 133 remains
Based on MOT test locations, 2022. Test location is a proxy: a vehicle is counted where it was last tested, not where it is kept.
| Postcode area | Vehicles tested | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| PA | 1 | 100% |
How this record was calculated
LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 annual
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2022
FAMILY DEFINITIONFIAT 133
PROCESSED20 Sep 2026
Full methodology
Population history combines DVLA VEH0120 Q4 census observations through 2013 with the annual VEH0220 census from 2014 onward. Figures before 2014 cover Great Britain only. Historical VEH0120 is used only when its overlapping UK observations reconcile to the current canonical family definition. Vehicles are grouped into this family using the DVLA GenModel together with durable routing rules for known inconsistencies.
Variant figures are parsed from raw DVLA model descriptions and the original string is always retained. Configuration is only assigned where the model description explicitly identifies it; a blank configuration is not treated as a two door Wrangler. Blank transmission fields are shown as manual because DVLA records the field for automatic vehicles.
MOT figures count tests, not vehicles, and geographic figures count each vehicle at its most recent test location. The decline projection is a straight line fitted to the latest five years and is illustrative only.