My Abarth Punto Evo

[DavidTillyer]

Last April I bought an Abarth Punto Evo. Not the greatest hot hatch available at the time but it had a certain something that made me love it more than the cars from the other brands. I bought the basic trim with optional climate control but even the basic had bluetooth, ipod control, cruise control, 6 speaker+sub stereo and nice seats. I opted for no Abarth stripes as they look a little boy racer-ish.

I'm not big into modified cars, at least not visually so I was keen not to change the car much but there were areas for improvement and there still are. It has 171bhp stock (Abarth say it should have 163) on normal fuel but a new induction and intercooler from Forge Motorsport should help there. I've not yet had the car back so I'm sure of the exact gains they have made.

Here is the car when I bought it:







I changed the vents on the dash for the nicer Fiat ones so they matched the stereo:



And I never really liked the wheels, too bling for me so I bought a set of the larger Abarth wheels and had them powdercoated black:



Now it looks like this:



Hope you like

[Chunkychucky]

Very nice looking car Agree with you on the stripes, and the Esseesse wheels suit it well in black, lovely colour

Edited by Chunkychucky on Friday 17th August 18:00

[Raddy]

Lovely looking motor, even better without the stripes.

[Rigbyy]

Thought I recognised it, Rigby from FF.

[Mouse1903]

Nice to see another Abarth :-)

[sawman]

looks good with the new wheels, I can never quite get past that oddly placed abarth badge on the rear quarter - couldn't they find somewhere better to stick it?

[Another Fluffer]

Really great looking little cars!

[MissChief]

I really like these and I've sworn off Fiats since my Multipla!

[Jaffo]

Beautiful car,but I much prefer the wheels it came on.......they were stunning whereas the new ones look a little aftermarket.

Still lovely tho...

[BriC175]

That's gorgeous! Must say, these are probably the first 'modern' Fiat that actually interests me. Much prefer them to the 500 Abarth too!

[Rosscow]

Original wheels were gash, you did the right thing changing those!

New vent looks better, too.

I agree with the oddly positioned badge though...

[Matt_L]

Great choice on the wheels, really suits the car, and I love that colour too!

Have to be another one to agree about the oddly placed badge though.

[s1mmons]

Amazing car, I've wanted one of those Abarth punto evos for ages. I will never afford one though

[tommy vercetti]

Great looking car

[heisthegaffer]

Beautiful car mate. Very underrated (as is often the case with Fiats sadly) and I think the best looking hot hatch of modern times (although I do prefer the original Abarth Punto if you don't mind me saying).

Would be interested to hear of the power gains.