Archive for the 'Abarth' Category

GENEVA 2010: ABARTH 500C BLOWS ITS TOP

Friday, March 5th, 2010

For every car, there’s a prospective customer. And for a car like the Fiat 500C, a cutesy retro mini with a pseudo-cabrio sliding canvas roof, we hardly need to point out who that target demographic is. But as if to highlight what a difference the little things can make, the Abarth version is another beast [...]

360HP Fiat 500 Abarth by Romeo Ferraris to Participate in Italian Endurance Race

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Romeo Ferraris, as in the Italian tuning firm and racing car builder, has announced that it will take part in the ’6 Hours of Vallelunga’ endurance race in Italy on November 22 with its specially developed Fiat 500 Abarth competition model. The carbon-fiber bodied Italian hatch with the humongous rear wing packs a heavily modified [...]

Abarth Takes to the Seas with Special Racing Powerboat Equipped with Three 350HP V8 Engines

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Sure, Fiat’s rejuvenated motorsport and tuning division is all about cars, but form time to time Abarth likes to extends its reach on other sports also, even if it’s only for promotional reasons. The brand with the Scorpion logo has now teamed up with boatmaker Sacs and designer Christian Grande to create the Powershore Abarth [...]

Hamann Presents Insane Fiat 500 Largo with 265HP at 2009 Frankfurt Show

Friday, December 4th, 2009

The Fiat 500 Abarth has certainly caught the attention of the tuning world in Europe. Making its world premiere at the ’09 IAA in Frankfurt, the Hamann Largo is one of the most impressive tuning proposals for the Fiat 500 Abarth yet, putting to shame the official 180HP+ Ferrari-badged Abarth 695 special with its heavily [...]

Fiat Unleashes 500-Based Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari: Limited Edition Sport Model with Over 180HP

Friday, December 4th, 2009

The same Italian supercar maker that’s so protective about its name that went as far as to threaten to take legal actions against a Brit that created a 360 Modena limo unless he removed all Prancing Horse emblems, has now given its blessings for the creation of a special edition version of the Fiat 500 [...]