2016 Fiat 500X Abarth Rendered

Fiat’s 500X compact SUV, revealed in Paris this month, could be just what the company’s tuning arm Abarth needs for an expanded role.

With the Abarth brand largely focused on performance tunes of the tiny 500, the 500X presents a new opportunity for the famed badge that has been associated with Fiat since the early 50s.

These new renderings, crafted by independent Hungarian artist X-Tomi, offers a look at what we might expect if Abarth turns its attention to a hotted-up 500X hero.

The tweaks here are minimal - limited for the most part to a lowered ride height and those familiar multi-spoke wheels - but it does fit the part.

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