Thinking about a Fiat 500 Abarth

[Ayham]

It's no secret, I'm a sucker for hatchbacks!! The tinier they are, the crazier I get! And this is completely fulfilled by the new Fiat 500 Abarth....

What Fiat has done is something smart; drive it for 20,000km or 1 year and then you get to upgrade it to the Esseesse "SS". In this attire, the power is upped from 135bhp/180N.m to 160bhp/206N.m, alongside the usual suspension, wheels, body upgrades. Honestly, I can't think of a better car for DD provided it's priced reasonably.



What's your take on this??

[akanso]

sounds good although i dont have a good background about the car :)

[Ayham]

Wikipedia is your friend, too much info to list here....But it's an all time classic and now they've revived it.

[Bruno]

wait... drive it for 20,000km and then they upgrade you to the SS version??

now that's cool! :bow: price?

[Ayham]

It's not for free from what I gathered. But you can't claim it until you've done of the two conditions.

[mahmoud_bedewi]

schumacher drives one of those :)
any idea about price and availability here in UAE?

[petrolhead]

I think the car will priced the same as a mini, which is a better car

[SSense]

I appreciate your idea of having a DD car.. will be a good move ;)

[Ayham]

I think the car will priced the same as a mini, which is a better car

The Mini is VERY overpriced IMO!!

I hope this one will not...

[Stratus650]

I saw the car personally and yes it does look nice ! but is it really reliable here ? I'm not quite sure about that...

how about this (The Coupe)...


Performance figures
Power 125 bhp / 93 KW @ 6800 rpm
Torque 148 Nm / 109 ft lbs @ 4800 rpm
BHP/Liter 79 bhp / liter
Power to weight 0.11 bhp / kg
Top Speed 200 km/h / 124 mph
0-60 mph 8.7 s

It also can be equipped with a bolt on turbo kit to reach +200 hp.
Easy to maintain, reliable, well priced....

[M_Powerholic]

^^

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[evo 6.5]

i think this the best car in its class

i dont know if the car works in this part of th world

but even fiat built quality has gone up in the last few years

[SewerSideUp]

It's great run around with some oomph to back it up, but will it suffer the same fate of the unattainable stick shift BMW's or the Ford Focus RS/ST models ?
In short, will they actually have it on sale here with the proper warranty regulations that allow you to do anything other than oil changes ?

[Ayham]

Being a Jordanian, the Suzuki Swift will always have a place in my garage! Especially if it's got Turbo written on the trunk! But I haven't seen the new model in Turbo version...That would be my perfect DD grocery getter / autocross track weapon!

But back to the Abarth....So no word whether it'll debut here at all! You'd look at all the Toyota Yaris's here and believe there's a market for such cars. I guess it's tiwce as expensive.

[petrolhead]

This car is meant to compete with the Mini as a "lifestyle" car, albeit a cheaper version, but knowing the mentality of dealers here, the more expensive it is the more people will buy it