Price: £13,500(without options) On sale: Now 0-62mph: 8.2 seconds; top speed 129mph Average fuel: 40.9 mpg
Abarth is to Fiat what John Cooper Works is to MINI. More than a warmed-over version of the Punto, this car is aimed squarely at the likes of the Renault Clio 197, Vauxhall Corsa VXR and of course the MINI Cooper S.
Your first supercar
Well not quite, but how much can you get a premium marque on your drive?
50th Anniversary of the safety belt
More than a million people globally are estimated to have survived a car accident thanks to a 50-year-oldinvention – happy birthday three-point safety belt!
First drive: Fiat 500 Abarth
Looking beyond the tweaked styling and history - will it keep drivers entertained? We headed out for a drive to find out...