General The 500C abarth is here!!!..(maxi):-)
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General The 500C abarth is here!!!..(maxi):-)
Ok guys, i've been thinking about this, and how controversial it is. So here's my verdict. Abarth, we all know they are just Fiats with T-jet engines (and good engines they are too) I think it's nice Fiat decided to revive the brand after such a long dormant spell. It's linked to the old race/tuning name, but that doesn't mean they're just going to build a race prepped shell for the track (even though technically they have what with the Assetto Corse, and the R3T priced at around £50,000 a piece!)
We can see that Fiat like to recycle their cars (Panda/500/punto engine/Ford Ka etc) which helps keep design/production costs low and efficient. So as there is already a 500C, why the hell not have an Abarth 500C? We can see they have built a Panda, Panda 4x4 and as a result, maybe a 500 4x4 which has no link to the past at all, and really has no relation to anything produced by Fiat for decades.
Not many people today (especially young 'uns) make the link between the brand Abarth and the old racing days when Abarth were in their prime, so having a convertible version of a fairly quick stylish car is imo a good thing and can only appeal to a wider audience. I think whilst the Abarth 500 appeals to both young, old, male, female, the A500C would appeal to mostly girls who perhaps want all the style and thrills of the A500, just with that added girly side, and maybe those who are considering a 500C who would be willing to stretch their budget to get a slightly quicker car with more extras. I will quote myself again "the A500C is not making the A500 worse, it's making the 500C better"
Remember folks, the majority of people buy cars these days for "image" the 500 is as others have said a lifestyle car with an appealing image. I'm guessing 90% of people who buy an A500 will never race it or track it, and i'm guessing that almost 100% of those who buy an A500C will never do this either.
So that's my verdict, like it or lump it. I think my mind was clearer before i started typing this (probably my fault for watching the Butterfly effect just now!)
Quoting yourself doesn't make something a fact dude.
Abarth 500C - for when you are too manly for a regular 500C but too metro for the full fat Abarth 500 esseesse.
Says the man with the 1.4 N/A
Where did i say it was a fact?
Opinion maybe, not fact...
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Means everything and..... nothing at all.
Do I live the same lifestyle as say Elle Mc Pherson (said to own one), I bet not. Do 500 Brit owners have the same lifestyle as say southern Italians, bet not either.
See you and me for instance DraigFlag, you love to race, and I love nothing more than driving at 50 mph on country roads with open top and windows, not exactly the same use of our cars..... (I imagine you replying that Abarths and 500s aren't exactly the same cars, right?
)The fact that the 500 can have so many distinctive options colour-wise and equipment-wise makes me think that it is far more individualistic car than people will credit it. So the term "500 lifestyle" itches me a little. I've already seen chavvy types in some 500, not sure about our supposed common lifestyle.....
Does it mean we're cool? Or is it we're insecure and hoping to get noticed?
What's really our lifestyle, if someone can answer that.
See my "rant" on the flashing/waving at fellow 500 owners for something more or less similar.
Sorry, i'm just more confused by that! And i don't like to "race" often, or speed, don't make me sound like a chav!Means everything and..... nothing at all.
Do I live the same lifestyle as say Elle Mc Pherson (said to own one), I bet not. Do 500 Brit owners have the same lifestyle as say southern Italians, bet not either.
See you and me for instance DraigFlag, you love to race, and I love nothing more than driving at 50 mph on country roads with open top and windows, not exactly the same use of our cars..... (I imagine you replying that Abarths and 500s aren't exactly the same cars, right?
The fact that the 500 can have so many distinctive options colour-wise and equipment-wise makes me think that it is far more individualistic car than people will credit it. So the term "500 lifestyle" itches me a little. I've already seen chavvy types in some 500, not sure about our supposed common lifestyle.....
Does it mean we're cool? Or is it we're insecure and hoping to get noticed?
What's really our lifestyle, if someone can answer that.
See my "rant" on the flashing/waving at fellow 500 owners for something more or less similar.
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efa B-)Says the man with the 1.4 N/A tuned in the spirit of Carlo Abarth
He never suggested it did, he's just posting his opinion. He is allowed an opinion and the right to defend it, just as everyone else is.
keeforelli
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i just knew when i started this thread yesterday morning it would become epic!
maxi in there for the mix right off...and then a big old debate about whether the A500C is a necessary addition!
not looked for 2 days and 92 posts already!
maxi you need you to arrange a test drive and report back!..(objectively!)
maxi in there for the mix right off...and then a big old debate about whether the A500C is a necessary addition!
not looked for 2 days and 92 posts already!
maxi you need you to arrange a test drive and report back!..(objectively!)
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Everyones missing the point. It's not even a proper convertible. More a car with a long cloth sunroof.
yea i certainly understand that, as do most so everyone's not missing the point...
The Abarth "brand" is being damaged? What about the punto HGT Abarth or Seicento Abarth or similar? no improvements to the car other than bodykits and stickers etc. since the relaunch they're at least quicker than standard versions Though no one remembers what Abarth was reduced to previously.PS a proper man would go for the Grande Abarth SS
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Meh, I aint driving that far just to drive a 500c Abarth and look like a plonker
Just another thing that crossed my mine, the A500C is actually more true to the original Abarth 500 than the tin top is. They were all convertible back then were they not? Didn't hear people saying they were "pointless" back then, especially when they were overtaking Yank tanks with engines 10 times the size!
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thats a weight reducing sun roof.
what is the difference in weight for the new ones?
what is the difference in weight for the new ones?
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Meh, I aint driving that far just to drive a 500c Abarth and look like a plonker
But you have already tested a 500c. Did you look a plonker in it? Which is more plonkerish.
That was on my way back from work. Don't mind looking a tit if it's on the way back home
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