Fiat Grande Punto Abarth

04/08/2008 12:13. I'm afraid I may be leading you astray in describing this car as a Fiat. It's Fiat-based, of course, and the company at the head of the scheme is Fiat Group Automobiles, but what you see here is the first Abarth-branded car to be introduced to the UK (in the 21st century, at least), and the name of the celebrated Italian tuner is being promoted almost to the complete exclusion of that of the manufacturer. So, no more Fiat references.

In standard form - we'll come to the non-standard forms shortly - the Grande Punto Abarth is the most powerful car in the range, knocking the 130bhp turbo diesel off its pedestal. The power comes from a version of the 1.4-litre T-Jet turbo petrol engine, tuned in this case to provide a maximum of 155bhp, which is enough to push the car from 0-62mph in just... // CARkeys