That's a nice bit of footage Maxi - I would like to see an extended play (without the music ). There isn't much out there in relation the Fiat 500 in relation to handling particularly on bumpy roads. The drop of 10mm on the 1.4 sport does make a difference but when the Abarth guys dropped their suspension to esseese levels it performed miserably on bumpy roads with the standard A500 doing better.
The chassis on the 500 is handicapped with the gene of the Panda but it takes careful tweaking to get the best out of it. What will work well on a track does not necessarily translate to what's needed on a blast across the moors. The A500 does have some trick up its sleeve with the TTC.
Excuse the use of the A500 again on video below but towards the end of the comparison you can see the how the 500 handles when it's been pushed to it's limit. The A500 has been proved to handle well in the chicane test but that video is mega long and it's in Japanese ! If I had a choice between a bigger engine or a smaller turbo charged engine I would prefer the cc option but emissions and road tax rates unfortunately dictate the choice. Plus the Swift is still god damn ugly !
What's wrong with the Stranglers?
I would post the video but it's about 10 minutes long so would take ages to put up in decent quality, the bits on the straights are boring because it's very uphill that way, in the other direction you may or may not be able to achieve Vmax in a 1.2 500 though
When you're going things you shouldn't really do it's probably best not to post 10 or so minutes of footage on youtube I shall try and dig up a couple of the bumpy bits of a bit of a larf though.