It seems a pair of tastily-tuned Fiats wasn't considered enough of a draw for Abarth at the Barcelona Show this year.
As well as showing-off its 500 and Grande Punto Abarth models, Fiat's in-house tuner brand decided to liven things up with a tankful of live scorpions on its stand.
The scorpion logo has been associated with Abarth ever since the marque's founder Carlo Abarth picked the creature in 1949, apparently because he was born under the Scorpio sign of the Zodiac.
With quite a few cars and brands out there named after various dangerous beasties, we're hoping the Abarth publicity stunt doesn't start a trend!
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