RE: Abarth 124 Spider | Spotted

[WJNB]

Stupidly overpriced from day one.
I could live with the signature matt black bonnet but the boot & spoiler looks too much like an afterthought, the spoiler in particular. Have seen some less dreary interiors too, a bit of colour would be nice.
Best of all you will go for weeks without seeing another which you can't say about MX-5's, Boxster's & TT's

[fido]

kcalculates said:

No, the engines/drivetrain used in the 124 are Fiat units.

Nope, the gearbox is the 6-speed from the MX-5 NC (and is able to handle more torque than the ND version).

[Luke.]

WJNB said:

Stupidly overpriced from day one.
I could live with the signature matt black bonnet but the boot & spoiler looks too much like an afterthought, the spoiler in particular. Have seen some less dreary interiors too, a bit of colour would be nice.
Best of all you will go for weeks without seeing another which you can't say about MX-5's, Boxster's & TT's

Matt boot and bonnet was the Heritage pack option.

[ZOLLAR]

I picked mine up from new in March of this year, I absolutely love it!

I came from a BMW Z4 (E85) and am definitely in the lightness camp now.



Highly recommend them and the exhaust note is outstanding.

[kcalculates]

fido said:

kcalculates said:

No, the engines/drivetrain used in the 124 are Fiat units.

Nope, the gearbox is the 6-speed from the MX-5 NC (and is able to handle more torque than the ND version).

Good to know! I've heard the new gearbox in the ND is it's weal point.
I think I preffer the 124 Abarth over the MX5 ND, looks aside.

[JONSCZ]

Hifiman2007 said:

I have one. It may have a list of 30k but no one paid this.

Have to disagree there.
I had one of the 1st in the UK in Sept 2016 and didn't get a penny off the rrp of nearly £32k with options - despite trying a few dealers.
Whoever bought mine got themselves a great car - and I suffered nearly £14k depreciation when I px'd it. It only had 1800 miles in 2 years when I sold it as I just didn't get the chance to drive it much.
I did have it remapped to 200bhp at Alfacare which transformed the car. Anyone who has one now, then I totally recommend the remap.

[Shuthan_S5]

Had a friend who worked for Fiat at the time, and he told me how they struggled to sell these. Think the prices of these new were ambitious and even now, can think of many other cars for the price.

Edited by Shuthan_S5 on Wednesday 10th July 17:28

[Integroo]

JONSCZ said:

Have to disagree there.
I had one of the 1st in the UK in Sept 2016 and didn't get a penny off the rrp of nearly £32k with options - despite trying a few dealers.
Whoever bought mine got themselves a great car - and I suffered nearly £14k depreciation when I px'd it. It only had 1800 miles in 2 years when I sold it as I just didn't get the chance to drive it much.
I did have it remapped to 200bhp at Alfacare which transformed the car. Anyone who has one now, then I totally recommend the remap.

Bloody hell £7.80 a mile in depreciation alone.

[Hifiman2007]

JONSCZ said:

Have to disagree there.
I had one of the 1st in the UK in Sept 2016 and didn't get a penny off the rrp of nearly £32k with options - despite trying a few dealers.
Whoever bought mine got themselves a great car - and I suffered nearly £14k depreciation when I px'd it. It only had 1800 miles in 2 years when I sold it as I just didn't get the chance to drive it much.
I did have it remapped to 200bhp at Alfacare which transformed the car. Anyone who has one now, then I totally recommend the remap.

I think you were an early adopter! Like some one who buys a phone when it comes out then 6 months later same phone discounts by 40%

[Earthdweller]

Hifiman2007 said:

JONSCZ said:

Have to disagree there.
I had one of the 1st in the UK in Sept 2016 and didn't get a penny off the rrp of nearly £32k with options - despite trying a few dealers.
Whoever bought mine got themselves a great car - and I suffered nearly £14k depreciation when I px'd it. It only had 1800 miles in 2 years when I sold it as I just didn't get the chance to drive it much.
I did have it remapped to 200bhp at Alfacare which transformed the car. Anyone who has one now, then I totally recommend the remap.

I think you were an early adopter! Like some one who buys a phone when it comes out then 6 months later same phone discounts by 40%

1st q they were on sale there was about £500 off them

It very quickly went to 20% with even more off the standard car plus very favourable finance deals

[Trevor555]

Happy owner here.





I paid a fair bit under 20 for mine, felt great value compared to my last few cars.

And I've found myself taking this one out for a drive just for fun.

Lightweight, RWD, LSD, Bilstein suspension, brembo brakes.

I've not had fun on wet roads since my AE86 from 25 years ago.

Bringing it back from the garage I got 48mpg.

The red bits didn't grow on me so changed them for black, easy to do.

I'd recommend one.

[JONSCZ]

Integroo said:

Bloody hell £7.80 a mile in depreciation alone.

Tell me about it...!

Yeah, they quickly introduced deals a few weeks after I bought mine. I really enjoyed it, though - even with the (limited) miles I drove. It had loads of character.
I really wish I could have afforded to keep it as a 3rd car, but I had the chance to get my (realistically achievable) dream car - hence why I px'd it.

[Trevor555]

carinaman said:

The colour mismatch of the front bumper reminds me of an Alfa Mito.

Edited by carinaman on Wednesday 10th July 16:19

They're not all like that, the blue one I went to see wasn't.

[Bowlers]

HorribleGit said:

Neighbour has one, horrible exhaust note that ruins the car.

Neighbour has one also. I genuinely thought it was broken when I first heard it.

[ahenners]

Colleague has one and it sounds fantastic for a four pot 1.4 when it starts up and drives away. Bet these are a lot of fun.

[TheDrBrian]

sounds like someone farting through a straw and has loads of fake vents.

No

[Don Roque]

I'm sure they're a nice drive and all that, but they're hideously ugly out of the showroom and the Moon Lander ride height doesn't help. Address that and they might have been onto something...

[Jon_S_Rally]

I love how much some people on this forum hate four-pot turbo engines. It really is hilarious. I wonder how many of them own stonking V8s and V10sm and how many own diesel four-pot rep-mobiles that their wives made them buy

I really like these. I think they look far better than the MX-5. They have a lot of body work above the front wheels (I assume due to pedestrian protection requirements) and the way Mazda made the nose drop away to add some aggression makes the lines of the car really strange. The design of the Fiat seems much better resolved in these areas.

Couple that with a turbo engine that is probably easier to live with in the real world and it's the one that would interest me the most.

[AC43]

Jon_S_Rally said:

I love how much some people on this forum hate four-pot turbo engines. It really is hilarious. I wonder how many of them own stonking V8s and V10sm and how many own diesel four-pot rep-mobiles that their wives made them buy

I really like these. I think they look far better than the MX-5. They have a lot of body work above the front wheels (I assume due to pedestrian protection requirements) and the way Mazda made the nose drop away to add some aggression makes the lines of the car really strange. The design of the Fiat seems much better resolved in these areas.

Couple that with a turbo engine that is probably easier to live with in the real world and it's the one that would interest me the most.

I like the drivetain and the looks.

Saw a red one with the black bonnet when I was on holiday in Italy last year and thought it looked the bollx.

[soad]

Still too new and dear for me. I don’t think they sound that bad either.