Lean, Mean Cool-looking Machine
While the length of the waiting list for the new Fiat 500 is testament to just how good the design is, the cutesy looks aren’t to everyone’s taste. Lucky for them, then, that German suspension specialists H&R have applied their considerable expertise to giving the 500 boost in the man-points department.
Key to the modifications is a set of height/damper adjustable coil-overs which drop the car around 30mm. Add in a set of TRAK+ wheel spacers to push the alloys to the edge of the wheelarches and the car gains a much more squat and purposeful stance.
The car’s standard skinny rubber has also been ditched in favour of some tasty split-rim eMotion 17” wheels, while the make-over is completed by the addition of a cheeky boot spoiler and plenty of the oft-overused “sporty-look” honeycomb mesh.
Don’t know about you, but in black it’s certainly the pick of the new range. However, we hope that the H&R boffins have left plenty up their sleeve for the forthcoming Abarth and SS versions.
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