mamoon2

Just put a deposit down on one of these for the missus. Limited build of 400 per year, 200 already sold out and the car is not coming out till March 2009.

135ps from 1.4 litre Turbocharged engine should be quite nippy.

Went to look at the Fiat 500 and its a cracking looking car, hope it lives upto the pictures.

NotoriousREV

Even better with the SS option, although the SS wheels aren't a nice as the standard ones

mamoon2

what's the ss option? Abarth are telling me there won't be many options, only 17 inch wheels, leather and climate upgrade and they won't know for sure til December

NotoriousREV

Bugger, I was confusing it with the Abarth Punto SS (Esse Esse) but a 500 SS is due out in November according to this:

160-hp Fiat 500 Abarth SS to follow in November - Autoblog

lozgti

Yeah,yeah








Nice though.Any idea on price?

HankScorpio

Pics of the essesse on here:
PistonHeads Headlines

AdamNI

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Can't hold it in any longer! I'd love one of these, small, nippy, and should be huge fun, and look really cool imo. As much as i love the scoob, it's just too fast most of the time. Something like one of these were you can rag it to death and not end up doing silly speeds has an appeal to me.

wilffive

Only 12 ABarth dealers nationally. Nearest to me in Bristol is Plymouth and Cardiff. Not good when you want the new toy serviced.

Steve vRS

...and with it being a Fiat, you'll need a good dealer near by!

I'll get me coat

Steve

mamoon2

wouldn't have been an abarth mate they don't come out til next year. It must have been a fiat 500. Abarth take a bog standard fiat 500 and put new engine, suspension, brembos, bucket seat ect... Then badge it "abarth 500" same as alpina do with bmw.

Clarebabes

Cool

Got a 500 recently and it's brilliant! Could do with a bit more power as mine is the 1.25l, but very economical and very pretty

NotoriousREV

I saw one broken down on the motorway a few weeks back. Commented to the Mrs that they weren't out yet, guessing it was a press fleet car.