UNVEILED AT the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, the sporty Fiat 500 Abarth had been scheduled to arrive in Australian showrooms in early 2009.

Unfortunately for Australian buyers, it is now not expected until late 2009. Public Relations Manager for Fiat Australia, Edward Rowe, told TMR today that its popularity in Europe has kept it away from [...]

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Like most auto enthusiasts, we love Rinspeed.  But let’s face it, they’re all bat-shit insane. In a good way, of course, but insane nonetheless.

Until now, at least.  Because, aside from the bizarre iChange concept, Rinspeed will be bringing something more functional than crazy to the Geneva Motor Show, in the form of the E2: a [...]

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Fiat is rightly rather excited about the little 500 Abarth; so excited in fact that it is celebrating the European debut of the 500 Abarth by launching a limited edition version. And yes, it’s got more power - quite a bit more. The standard Fiat 500 Abarth boasts 99kW, which has been upped to 118kW [...]

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The new Fiat 500 Abarth or just ‘500 Abarth’ was first introduced at the 78th Geneva Motor show earlier this year. Word on the street is that the production versions will be on sale from July 19 in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, France and the Netherlands. Nup…no Australia in [...]

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This is going to be one hot little car. Fiat’s 500 Abarth not only looks the goods but is promising to be a top little performance package and best of all, its coming to Australia! Tap this link to get the official goss on the Fiat 500 Abarth or watch the following video. The start [...]

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We showed you the unofficial official images of Fiat’s new 500 Abarth last night and can now provide one ‘official’ hi-resolution image of Fiat’s new hot hatch. Even better, we can give you some drivetrain specs.

The new car was developed by the Fiat Group Automobiles Style Centre in the spirit of the legendary Fiat [...]

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The first official images of the highly anticipated Fiat 500 Abarth have hit the net thanks to the folks over at Carscoop. Throughout the latter half of 2007 we saw spy photos of the little Abarth pocket rocket testing at the Nurburgring and like many Fiat/Abarth fans waited impatiently for the first real pictures.

Featuring a [...]

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One little car that is causing a big fuss around the world right now is Fiat’s new 500 which made its debut in Europe yesterday. The timing coincided perfectly with the 50th Anniversary of the original Nuova 500 a car still remembered fondly and mentioned in the same breath as other iconic models such as [...]

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Watching a Fiat 500 belt around the Nurburgring would be enough to put hardened car fans to sleep but this little red freight-train is the Fiat 500 Abarth and the ‘Abarth’ bit makes all the difference.

The raunchy exhaust note is believed to be compliments of a 150kW 1.6-litre turbo-charged engine…

Will the little Fiat giant [...]

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