Was it a Research Garage demo? no adverts or anything on it though, just some graphics...srtipes etc in white.

Kristian

may be a tech on a pdi road test

there was a convoy of four going through nuneaton, could be some marketing ploy

Didn't turn any heads at the bus stop but none of them could drive so prob weren't intereseted. Though it looked quite cool personally

Kristian

there's a nice red on in the cov fiat dealer, will have to book a test drive when the abarth ss comes out

that supposed to be tht turbo?

yeah, they do an abarth with 130bhp then the ss which should have about 150bhp, plus other abarth performance extras you can add

just to let you know, seen the four of them again just up the road from us, I'm told its the staff on a training course from research garage

100hpJames said:

yeah, they do an abarth with 130bhp then the ss which should have about 150bhp, plus other abarth performance extras you can add

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The abarth will have 155bhp and the essesse will have 180bhp

that black 500 with white stripes sounds like 1 of the demos from work

where do you work?

I thought the ss was 150 ish and upgradable to 180?

100hpJames said:

where do you work?

I thought the ss was 150 ish and upgradable to 180?

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He works at Fiat Platts in lightwood.

The satndard abarth is being released with 155bhp, then you can upgrade (or buy from new) the essesse version which is going to be 180bhp. I want the seats.

ive heard slightly different stories about the abarth tho kris- and this is the first ive heard of a 150 bhp 500 coming out

Saw in Motorvogue Northampton last evening (as driving past at about 7pm)what looked like a 500 under a decorated shroud in the showroom. Interestingly later on about 11pm the local young drunks were sitting on and lounging about the used car display. Clearly the local Fiat dealer is a social centre. (!?) None of these folks seemed that interested in the showroom display.

Sorry I'm thinking of grande punto figures not 500 figures.

Sorry james!

It's ok, there was talk of a 180bhp uprgade for the 500 abarth though IIRC
anyone going to the 500 launch at their local dealer tommorrow night? I'll be going to research telling them I'd rather keep the panda lol

I am going

Hoping to get the sei finished tomo, so i can drive it in really fast and noislily lol. I somethimes get asked how the conversions doing when i get parts lol

Kristian