{"id":845,"date":"2007-05-24T00:43:05","date_gmt":"2007-05-23T22:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.greenmedia.md\/?p=845"},"modified":"2007-05-24T00:43:05","modified_gmt":"2007-05-23T22:43:05","slug":"fiat-abarth-500-spotted-at-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/fiat-abarth-500-spotted-at-the-ring.html","title":{"rendered":"Fiat Abarth 500 spotted at the ‘Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This diminutive roller-skate of a car, as seen in Car Magazine<\/a>, looks positively angry. And somehow, I love it. The Abarth 500 is aimed somewhere between a Brabus ForTwo<\/a> and a Cooper S in size and performance, which is no bad place to be. The 1.4L turbo-four from the sleek, hot Abarth Grande Punto<\/a> is likely going to put out the same 150 hp and 170 lb.-ft., making a pretty nice way to save a little gas money. If you’re in Europe. The wheels are larger than on the base model and where low-profile tires, sacrificing yet more ride comfort for some by-the-seat-of-your-pants fun. There’s a small roof spoiler at the rear, and most of the chrome from the base model is swapped for body-color or black, which definitely works. Even with the ridiculous ‘camouflaging’ duct tape, I think it looks cool, and inspires maybe some creative striping ideas.<\/p>\n

It’s high time that we start aligning our taste in cars here in America with that of the Europeans. We’ve been rather slow on the uptake, but hot-hatches, while being a smaller market (pun intended), are definitely a growing one, albeit slowly. The fact is, if I – a power-hungry, tire-smoking, gasoline-sniffing, recklessly driving mid-western whitey – am getting excited about a microcar, maybe it’s time to box a few and send them over. You know, get a head start on boosting the market. Wha’dya think, Fiat? Wanna send one over with it’s Grande Punto counterpart so I can drive them and tell our readers how cool they are?<\/p>\n

[Source: Car Magazine]<\/p>\n

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