esse esse kit is another £3500 on top or there is just the assetto kit which is suspension and brakes for £1500 i think. If you go for the Esseesse kit this includes the assetto kit

ok, it soon mounts up! the standard Abarth is still an amazing car that i would be more than happy with, the only thing stopping me now is economy, insurance and depreciation! oh...that's quite a few things actually, damn.

Good thing I've got plenty of time to dream (and drool) anyway. thanks for the info guys.

The AGP makes a decent financial sense in standard guise however once you start looking at adding on the tuning kits it soon surpasses the cost of much more serious machinery.

I think for the Abarth to see a good balance of fun and financial sense it needs to be brought and kept in standard form.

Si - Punto said:

The AGP makes a decent financial sense in standard guise however once you start looking at adding on the tuning kits it soon surpasses the cost of much more serious machinery.

I think for the Abarth to see a good balance of fun and financial sense it needs to be brought and kept in standard form.

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I agree with that

Westover quoted me £4,200 for the esseesse kit fitted when I was looking at getting it.

I also had a call from Vospers a couple of weeks ago and they told me that it would be something like £4,000 fitted if you ordered it when you ordered the car and about £500 more if you ordered it within the 1 year / 12,000 mile deadline. Can't remember the exact prices that they said, as I had decided against it by then.

What Vospers said might be the official line, but it might be that the dealers are still not sure what the final price will be.

Has anyone else had it confirmed?

When i spoke to Abarth/fiat a few months ago they said to me 3500 or 1500 so thats as much as i know.

OPC said:

Westover quoted me £4,200 for the esseesse kit fitted when I was looking at getting it.

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Did they say anything about the assetto?

It is way too expensive with the Essessee kit fitted, i bet they dont sell many. Your gonna be talking the best part of £18000 once you have had it fitted with a few extra's. Thats crazy money... You could have a clio 197 with a few extra's and still have £4000 change in your pocket

domc said:

It is way too expensive with the Essessee kit fitted, i bet they dont sell many. Your gonna be talking the best part of £18000 once you have had it fitted with a few extra's. Thats crazy money... You could have a clio 197 with a few extra's and still have £4000 change in your pocket

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Which will end up going to your local petrol station

Skitz said:

Which will end up going to your local petrol station

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Or you could put it towards an LPG conversion...

OPC said:

Westover quoted me £4,200 for the esseesse kit fitted when I was looking at getting it.

I also had a call from Vospers a couple of weeks ago and they told me that it would be something like £4,000 fitted if you ordered it when you ordered the car and about £500 more if you ordered it within the 1 year / 12,000 mile deadline. Can't remember the exact prices that they said, as I had decided against it by then.

What Vospers said might be the official line, but it might be that the dealers are still not sure what the final price will be.

Has anyone else had it confirmed?

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My dealers are still unsure as to the final price and they didn't mention any price differential if the kits were fitted later.

One source from another dealer, who asked not to be identified, said he had driven an EsseEsse and the kit changed the feel of the car completely, not necessarily for the better.

I'm still thinking about the kit later but it would be good to try one first if anyone has a demonstrator. Perhaps that's being a bit hopeful.

I read somewhere that the Assetto kit includes a modded front bumper but haven't seen that anywhere else.

There are EsseEsse kits for sale on ebay.it for €5600. I don't know if that includes fitting. Also I was told that you had to provide the vin no before the kit could be fitted. Anyone else heard that.

I was also told that the Abarth wheels wouldn't fit other GPs as the hubs are different. Yes/No? It occurred to me that I would have a few parts for sale if I got the kit and could sell them on. Perhaps that might not be the case.

No the abarths are still 4x100 and abarth wheels have been fitted onto a GP already. Let me know if you do upgrade and want rid of your standard abarth wheels mate

It seems that there are a few unanswered questions as far as the dealers are concerned.

Autoworld still haven't got all their display materials for the showroom, no sales literature and no firm prices for upgrades or servicing.

The AGP is obviously just a taster for their main event, the A500. I don't think the AGP has even been launched properly.

That said, if the dealers stick to the idea of Abarth-trained technicians only allowed to work on the cars, it should be a good thing. Autoworld told me that their normal pdi team aren't even allowed to pdi the new cars let alone work on them.

They mentioned to me about an official launch not having happened when i went to test drive one and it does appear like that 500 is the main thing for them.

I thought you were allowed to have your car serviced at any VAT registered garage and it wouldn't affect your warrenty. So you could take your gpa anywhere.

i'm holding out for the ss kit before i decide if im gonna get one or not, the standard abarth doesn't really interest me the ss is "where it's at" i'm not sure what colour tho! not white, i've got a great pic of a black abarth with the ss kit, red looks good too but i just don't know. it is expensive tho i think it looks better than th clio/vrx etc etc etc

magicmole said:

My dealers are still unsure as to the final price and they didn't mention any price differential if the kits were fitted later.

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There shouldn't be any price differential. Abarth are recommending that the kit is fitted later once the engine has had a chance to bed in a little. The original £3,500 figure appears to have been a rough translation of the kit cost - the £4,300 is supposed to be the fitted cost, although Fiat/Abarth UK still don't appear to have clarified the fitting times and hence labour cost, so dealers are a little unsure at the mo.

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I'm still thinking about the kit later but it would be good to try one first if anyone has a demonstrator. Perhaps that's being a bit hopeful.

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I'm with you - I'd need to try it first.

magicmole said:

I read somewhere that the Assetto kit includes a modded front bumper but haven't seen that anywhere else.

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I don't think it does.

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Also I was told that you had to provide the vin no before the kit could be fitted. Anyone else heard that.

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Yes, although I think that was more to do with ensuring genuine orders and keeping track of warranties, i.e. which cars have what fitted, etc.

domc said:

I thought you were allowed to have your car serviced at any VAT registered garage and it wouldn't affect your warrenty. So you could take your gpa anywhere.

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Legally, yes, you can have your car serviced anywhere that follows the correct procedures and uses the correct parts.

However, the separation is more to do with their intention to keep Abarth as a separate brand. Fiat have a put a lot of effort into this, and they don't want it diluted by lazy dealers.

On a related note, I've heard that competition for Abarth franchises has actually been quite fierce. I don't think anyone's going to risk that by letting a Fiat monkey lose on one.

AlexK said:

On a related note, I've heard that competition for Abarth franchises has actually been quite fierce. I don't think anyone's going to risk that by letting a Fiat monkey lose on one.

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Any idea's on when the remaing abarth dealers will be announced?

The GP Abarth will be featured on next weeks Fifth Gear - Monday 29th 8pm