Just Had Test Drive In An Abarth 500 - Dissapointed.....

[TheDetailDoctor]

......thought it would feel quicker to be honest.

Looking for the replacement for the 500 1.2 I currently have & I have to say after driving the Abarth I didn't get the "I have to have it" feeling.

Felt solid, actually felt a bigger car than my 500, but I guess that's down to the improved suspension setting offering more body control, but something was missing for a $13,500 hot hatch, didn't feel very 'raw'.

[ghiblicup]

Did you have the sport button on?


Try the esseesse before you dismiss, it gives the car that edge.

[14-7]

ghiblicup said:

Try the esseesse before you dismiss, it gives the car that edge.

Do they not cost around £18000?

[TheDetailDoctor]

14-7 said:

ghiblicup said:

Try the esseesse before you dismiss, it gives the car that edge.

Do they not cost around £18000?

Yep, that's Clio Sport money. Or a decently specced Mito.

[ghiblicup]

TheDetailDoctor said:

14-7 said:

ghiblicup said:

Try the esseesse before you dismiss, it gives the car that edge.

Do they not cost around £18000?

Yep, that's Clio Sport money. Or a decently specced Mito.

The MIto does not enter into it and Clio's are not as good an overall package. I'd have the Abarth over my old Trophy every time.

[AndyWoodall]

Abarth 500 with the Essesse kit is £16,100.

I'll repeat what someone else said, was the Sport button off?

[TheDetailDoctor]

I tried it with & without the sport button.

[dwilkie]

To be fair I drove a 500 Abarth (not the Essesse) and, incidentally, a Clio Sport 200 before I decided on the MiTo - it just felt "different" and I preferred the whole package, though I guess it was pricier so I bloody well should have :P

[TheDetailDoctor]

AndyWoodall said:

Abarth 500 with the Essesse kit is £16,100.

I'll repeat what someone else said, was the Sport button off?

Plus £250 for "special paint" (e.g. anything other than white), £100 for graphics, £700 for leather, £500 for a sunroof etc.