At the Los Angeles Auto Show today, Fiat unveiled our North American version of the particular 500 model for which enthusiasts dream: its high-performance 500 Abarth. Carrying the legendary tuner's ...

The Abarth (pronounced "ah-bart," as near as we can gather) is the hot rod of the Fiat 500 lineup. Carlo (nee Karl) Abarth started tuning Fiats to support his passion for racing more than 60 years ago ...

After having been absent from the U.S. for more than 30 years, the Cinquecento is making up for lost time with a steady stream of variants. First up was the all-new 2012 Fiat 500, which arrived on our ...

Kurt Ernst June 5, 2012 Comment Now! If you’re on the fence about buying a 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth hot hatch, we’ve got some bad news for you. Unless you can find a dealership with unsold inventory (and ...

Shortly after the all-new 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth made its U.S. media debut at Spring Mountain Motorsports Park in Nevada, executive editor Ron Kiino and I got to talking about which car we could pit ...

The peppy 101-horsepower Fiat 500 gets a heart transplant in the form of Fiat's award-winning 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo engine that boosts available power to 160 ponies. Antuan started out in the ...

Kurt Ernst January 11, 2012 Comment Now! Fiat is giving American driving enthusiasts a bit of good news today: after a multi-decade absence, the word “affordable” can again be used in conjunction with ...

Today they are called tuners, but years ago they were often termed wizards and every European country had them. Men like Amédée Gordini in France, Walter Glocker in Germany and, among many others in ...

In a widely expected move, Fiat finally gives us the turbocharged 500 Abarth. Fiat relaunched the Abarth designation four years ago, but it dates to modified Fiats in the 1950s. The sub-brand arrives ...

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First Impressions: When I think Fiat Abarth, I think back to a trip to Genoa, Italy in 2009. The scent of briny sea and basil in the air. Splashes of sunshine and dollops of rain. The cobblestone ...

Chrysler Group, which is owned by Fiat, is no longer taking dealer orders for its 2012 Fiat Abarth. With supplies cut off, all that’s left is what remains on dealers’ lots, according to the Detroit ...