New Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corse Car Pictures
With the revival of the Abarth tuning division, Fiat is serious about motorsports. They’ve been racking up victories in the Intercontinental Rally Championship with the Punto, and have even been sponsoring Valentino Rossi’s MotoGP Yamaha. And to drive the point home, while the "esseesse" (read: SS) version of the Cinquecento Abarth was the division’s new reveal, it was this racing version, called the Assetto Corse, that took center stage.
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New Fiat 500 Abarth Car Review Pictures
And now there’s a faster, meaner-looking sports version. Called the New Fiat 500 Abarth Car, it goes on sale in Britain early next year and is the most eagerly awaited tiny tearaway since the souped-up Mini Cooper. The New Fiat 500 Abarth Car name comes from the world famous tuning firm that in the 1950s and 1960s took ordinary Fiats and turned them into racing cars with a formidable reputation. It is Fiat’s equivalent to the AMG division of Mercedes and it has certainly done its job on the 500.
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New Fiat 500 Diesel Car Review Pictures
Perhaps it isn’t the most interesting live reveal that took place in Paris, but we managed to get a few shots of the New Fiat 500 Diesel Car anyway. Yes, there is an optional 75-horsepower 1.3 Multijet diesel engine, complete with a particulate filter to keep things squeaky clean, but that’s not why it’s called the New Fiat 500 Diesel Car edition.
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