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Grande Punto Another new Abarth

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Picked my 'barth up late yesterday afternoon, but didn't have a chance to take any pics until this morning's lucky break in the weather.

So, how is it? Seems peppier with Sport Boost on than I remember from the test drive, but also a little more lethargic with it turned off than I remember, too. Brembos much stronger than I remembered - why you'd need the brake upgrade if you're not into track days I've no idea.

Problems? Passenger seat creaks a bit, but I'll worry about that later.

Otherwise, game on! (y)









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Looks great!!, had a look around the two they had at Westover in Poole a month ago or so, and was pretty impressed and thats baring in mind theres some other pretty exotic cars in the showroom too!, definitely would have paid the extra over the Sporting if it were out at the time of purchasing.

Have my 500 Abarth order with them also :)
 
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AlexK said:
As far as residual values go, if I was that worried, I wouldn't have bought countless new cars over the years.
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Good point Alex...it does normally work like that unfortunately.

Just for the record. If I wanted to buy a hot hatch I think I'd almost definitely go for the Abarth on looks alone. You've made a great purchase and the pics look great!

I'm really interested in checking out the Alfa Mito (in January) which has the same handling and 1.4T-Jet tune as the Abarth I think.
 
I wanted to wait for the Mito too and check out both cars before buying but when looking into it a bit more the Alfa retail for the 155BHP engine is £14,995. I also think that in the long run the Abarth will probably be a rarer car than the Mito which is destined to sell thousands. Gotta admit i do love the look of it and one day i will definately become an Alfa owner but at the moment im more than happy with my Abarth purchase.

Chris
 
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I don't think any of the Abarth owners who've posted on this forum think that.

Obviously I don't agree with 90% of your post, but as you took the trouble to drive the car before drawing your own conclusions, as far as I'm concerned, your opinion deserves to be respected.

As far as residual values go, if I was that worried, I wouldn't have bought countless new cars over the years.
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My comment has nothing to do with how the car drives which I'm sure is just fine but the fact you can buy a sporting for £9.5k and the Abarth is up there at £14k. A big difference; hopefully Fiat will start to offer discounts shortly.
 
I dont know how anyone can say a normal GPS comes close to an abarth in terms of performance. Yes maybe in a straight line a remapped Mjet will be as quick or a bit quicker than an abarth, I would probably keep up with one in my tjet but in corners and under braking a normal GPS has no hope in hells chance of keeping up with an abarth. Looks lovely mate, i would have one if i could get insured but i cant so do you fancy swapping wheels and seats with me? :D
 
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