fiat 500 abarth

[irish boy]

Well after 3 years and 50k in her mgzr my wife decided it was time for a new car....we looked at mini's, fabia's, c30's etc etc but as soon as we saw the little fiat we knew it was the car to have, and they have fantastic deal's on pre reg one;s at the minute!

Still running it in but it's absolutely superb to drive, direct and nicely weighted steering and plenty of punch from the 1.4 turbo engine. Haven't explored the ime incar system yet but it seems very good had the phone working in less than a minute.....even reads texts out to you.

To be honest she's going to have a hard time getting the keys off me

[Shenanigans]

Urgh...I hate it when these pop up! I absolutely love them....Insurance doesn't like me being near turbo's

[LordFlathead]

I love those. There is a guy on here with one that makes over 200hp.

Ye Gods! what does that go like

[Arun_D]

LordFlathead said:

I love those. There is a guy on here with one that makes over 200hp.

Ye Gods! what does that go like

Member called 'Lagerlout' on here, his is track prepped and circa 280bhp!

[tbc]

nice car but I just couldn't see myself driving an Abarth

I just see them as a tanked up 500

nothing against an Louis Spence that does drive them but just not for me

[Shamu]

tbc said:

nice car but I just couldn't see myself driving an Abarth

I just see them as a tanked up 500

nothing against an Louis Spence that does drive them but just not for me

Do you not like M3's because they are just 'tanked up' 320's also?

Same could be said for pretty much every mainstream manufacturers performance arm...

[tinkertaylor]

Shamu said:

Do you not like M3's because they are just 'tanked up' 320's also?

This.

Great car, would love to drive one!

[astirling]

tbc said:

nice car but I just couldn't see myself driving an Abarth

I just see them as a tanked up 500

Which is exactly what it is. And it's awesome! I very nearly bought one of these before I moved to Oz.

[bazza1000]

What a cool little car these have got loads of character, imagine it being good fun!

[Allaloneatron]

I have one of these in Red but with the 1.2 Tuned and Turbo'd up to 275bhp.

(On GT5 mind you).

Nice car there. I really like both the Panda and 500. Lucky lady.

Edited by Allaloneatron on Thursday 2nd August 17:14

[jaybarts]

Love these little things, trying to pursuade the girlfriend to swap her punto for one.

[5hero]

Congratulations, they are lovely little things. Almost bought a red one too, but decided on grey in the end. Had mine for two years now, no issues at all so far! Enjoy

[Tusc_si]

Snap

[5hero]

^ almost

[Tusc_si]

5hero said:

^ almost

Good colour choice

[em177]

I saw one on the back of a lorry in that colour and at first glance before seeing the plates and badging etc fitted, genuinely thought it was in primer on its way to get painted!!

[irish boy]

Cheers everyone!!

Good to see there's a few other owners on site

[Waugh-terfall]

One just like OPs is on my list once I find a graduate job, it's those wheels, the stickers, though white with red accents is the other choice. They seemed pretty popular in Barcelona, and after hearing one rumble around Tesco Extra Brooklands the other day, I was reminded of how great they sounded being pounded around the city, Spaniards don't like to hang about, they gargle and pop away, excellent.