Abarth 500e has a load of sex appeal. We drove the equally charismatic Fiat 500e last year, and loved it. The cheeky little Italian lives up to an expectation of being fun yet functional, but the Abarth version is expected to fan that ember into a warming fire. In regular Abarth 500s, the burble from its inner sanctum helps [...]
There you have it. Pound for pound, the EVs are starting to take over. For my money, I’d take a Nissan Z.
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What surprised me was that such a tiny little thing could bring forth many large smiles and much merry-making, but the 2021 Abarth 595 Competizione did it well bells on. When Fiat re-birthed their diminutive Bambino, like many, my eyes rolled like a runaway fruit machine. I expected a tasteless pastiche in the style of the awful Chrysler PT [...]
We were in a Fiat 500, in an Abarth 595 frock, last week. You might expect our first modern Abarth experience to reflect racing sportiness, or the butch-laden testosterone of modder-dom.
Fiat 500 and Abarth: 60’s Chic with Modern Style Yes yes yes oh yes: cute, relatively comfy, stylish Oh dear me no: horrible auto, only 5 speeds in manual, too expensive in anything but the base model. The Bambino, a classic of the late 50’s, was built for nearly 20 years with scarcely a change. It’s cute-as-a-button face made [...]
Above: Fiat 500 ABARTH ABOVE: Fiat 500 “Bambino” Above: Fiat 130 SPORT Coupe Above: Fiat 130 SPORT Saloon Above:124 SPORT A fortnight spent in the company of the impossibly cute Fiat 500 Esseesse was as enlightening as it was enjoyable. It harkened back to the halcyon days of sun, sand and passion pop. The dying embers of the 70’s [...]
