Would you like to spend 6 minutes listening to the Abarth engine and exhaust, watching it slide around in a parking lot, and see the interior up close? Oh did I mention no annoying music or announcers? If that sounds good, well then I have the video for you.
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Although many would call the Jennifer Lopez campaign for the Fiat 500 “annoying”, Fiat seems to have started off on the right foot with the Abarth marketing. Their “Seduction” commercial is about a man lusting after an Abarth, to the point of imagining her as angry Italian woman. The model/actress is actually Romanian and her [...]
Update: the Abarth will be unveiled tomorrow! Refresh this page at 4:35pm (EST) to watch it live! We’re less than a month away from the official announcement of the Abarth Fiat 500 for the USA. It will be unveiled on November 16th at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Fiat has added an Abarth section to [...]
Abarth has a well established racing pedigree, so it is no wonder that they’ve chosen to release a track ready Fiat 500. Debuted at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, the 695 Competizione features a color matched rollbar replacing the back seats (which just so happens to increase the storage capacity of the hatch), lightweight Sabelt [...]
Since I’ve started collecting links to awesome Fiat and Abarth related videos on YouTube, I decided it was time that we have our own YouTube channel. Please check it out, leave a comment, and suggest some videos to add to the favorites and playlists! One of the playlists I’ve added is for Fiat commercials and [...]
Anyone who thinks the Fiat 500 is just a cute little city car needs to watch these videos! Thanks to the partnership with Abarth and contributions from Rally professionals and the tuning community, the tiny Fiat gets some much needed punch. Watch the videos below: Drifting in a Mid-engine RWD Abarth Fiat 500 Abarth Rallying
It may not be an Abarth, but the little Fiat 500 can still spin some tires when driven by a professional. Check out the video of Johnny Kanavas, a professional driver from California, taking the new 2012 FIAT 500 Sport out for a spin. Can’t wait to see what he can do with a Fiat [...]
Have you ever heard of Gumball 3000? If you’re a fan of sports cars, you probably have. Just watch this video for a sample of some of the amazing cars in this cross-country high-speed rally: Basically once a year a bunch of uber-rich, adrenaline junkies take their super-cars across country (or countries in Europe and [...]
My futurewife calls it a “fast clown car”. My mother was very surprised I would want something so “much rounder than my 300ZX“. While I can’t argue with the lack of a standard sports car profile on the Fiat 500, there’s just something about it that excites me. I’ll admit that the base model is [...]
If you’re interested in the history of Abarth, check out this post on its founder: Carlo Abarth. Included in the post are a couple of videos from “The Scorpion’s Tales”, with English subtitles. Here’s the first of two parts: Update: the official Abarth website has also posted the videos.