abarth_178
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New Pictures from Abarth:
Assetto Corse
Assetto Corse
I'm not too sure if I'm convinved on the OZ racing style alloys, at first I was in favour of these and then I grew to like the tungsten colour ones on the normal Abarth 500.
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On a sidenote, why does the second press shot show a crate with "asseto corso" on it, if the picture is of the essesse car, the asseto corso does not appear until the last picture :S.
You can get a 1 year old civic type R for £13,000 thats more car and more performance than the 500ss for LESS money.essesse kit makes the price seem steep indeed, a couple of grand more and we are talking Scirocco money (I know that is indeed unfair but that is much more car for the moeny).
Can't help but be dissapointed at this i may be putting nails in its coffin but with only 160bhp its not going to compete with the current hot hatch bunch. and the other thing if i am to believe the specs of the ss it gains its extra 25 bhp from a bmc air filter and no other engine tuning ???The 500 Esseesse has 160bhp, details here:
You can get a 1 year old civic type R for £13,000 thats more car and more performance than the 500ss for LESS money.
Can't help but be dissapointed at this i may be putting nails in its coffin but with only 160bhp its not going to compete with the current hot hatch bunch. and the other thing if i am to believe the specs of the ss it gains its extra 25 bhp from a bmc air filter and no other engine tuning ???
I think it will compete just fine. The standard 500 Abarth has 135bhp and I bet that's no slouch as it is. With 160bhp, I'm sure the 500 will be great fun.Can't help but be dissapointed at this i may be putting nails in its coffin but with only 160bhp its not going to compete with the current hot hatch bunch.
Looks that way. Remember, it's the same engine as used in the Grande Punto Abarth, and that has 155bhp in standard form. The lower state of tune is almost certain to be down to ECU software, so the kit effectively just lifts the restriction, plus a few other toys (and quite a lot of mods in the handling department, don't forget).and the other thing if i am to believe the specs of the ss it gains its extra 25 bhp from a bmc air filter and no other engine tuning ???