Hi All,
I am looking for a brand new Abarth 500C. LHD Countries I know is Germany, Netherlands and Italy.
www.mobile.de is the website I am looking at. Can anyone suggest the best country/place to source the A500C. and How people comment about the AMT box.
There was a
thread from a guy from Norway looking to buy a LHD 500 dualogic in the UK but I never heard back on the response that I gave him. The countries that I listed (Malta, Greece, Finland) were cheapest for
pre-Tax prices but it would appear that the UK
could be the cheapest and they should be able to 'deliver' LHD - it does not have the same restrictions as e.g. Poland on RHD.
http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2010/07/09/europe%E2%80%99s-cheapest-cars/
Re LHD countries the EU had only 4 countries that are RHD and they are the UK, Ireland, Cyprus & Malta. The rest are LHD.
The cheapest country to buy cars in Europe would appear to be Denmark
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=770373
http://www.autocar.co.uk/forums/p/9437/72459.aspx
but they have
no Abarth dealership. The countries that have them are the following :- Italy, Germany UK, France, Swtizerland, Austria Netherlands, Greece & then Belgium, Portugal, Spain & Poland.
http://www.italiaspeed.com/2008/cars/abarth/07/500_abarth/introduction.html
If it was me I would enquire with an 'outfit' in Brussels in Belgium. Historically they always did the best prices. I would also suggest checking with
Research Abarth or another Abarth dealership in the UK who should be able to do a LHD Abarth.
Given that the A500 is build in Tychy in Poland (it was thought that they were 'finished off' in Turin - but that is
not the case) I can't see why one could not be got direct from there - but I would struggle with the language barrier.
On the last question about the ‘race inspired’ Competizione automated manual gearbox - I understand that the shift is better in Sport mode but I haven't driven in. From seeing the
youtube clip of the a A500c esseesse with a manual gearbox Hammond was very pleased with the overall package. Still you are spending most of your time going through town I could see why you would opt for a 'dualogic'.
There are a load of reviews out there on the A500c with the original gearbox but hopefully someone who owns or has driven the 'automatic' will comment.