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Fiat’s performance subsidiary Abarth is no stranger to joining forces with premium brands in order to create high-end version of the humble 500. They’ve already given us the 695 Tributo Ferrari and the 695 Competizione. Well now, the scorpion division is rolling out yet another special edition Fiat 500, just in time for the 2012 [...]
A racy new commercial for the Fiat 500 Abarth could be banned from television in the US and breaches Australian advertising regulations. And come to think of it, we don’t expect to see it on telly in the UK either. But can you guess why? Take a look at the ad, entitled “seduction” and draw [...]
According to a recent report by Auto Express, Abarth is working on a hot Fiat Panda which is expected to arrive in 2013. Powered by a tuned version of Fiat’s 875cc TwinAir turbo engine, it’s expected to produce at least 110bhp. That means the hot Panda should be good for 0-62 mph in 8.5 seconds [...]
Fiat 500 Abarth not hard enough for your tastes? Superchips to the rescue. The UK-based tuning company has focused its efforts on liberating more oomph from the popular hot hatch. After several weeks of testing on the rolling road dyno and in the real world, the boffins from Superchips have developed an ECU remap which [...]
Abarth, the tuning arm of Fiat, has announced that the Abarth 500C convertible will be available with a manual gearbox. This move is part of Abarth’s philosophy of “making the ordinary extraordinary”. Although I think it’s rather harsh to call the Fiat 500 ordinary. Although having said that, the tag line “making the extraordinary extra [...]
