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29/09/2008 17:45. If the idea of the diminutive Fiat 500 packing a 99 kW from its turbocharged engine isn’t enough, then Fiat performance division, Abarth, has turned up the heat with the 120 kW Fiat 500 Abarth ‘esseesse’, which will make its debut at the Paris International Motor Show this week (2 October 2008)

But, following the philosophy that Abarth has followed for half a century of making it easy for owners to get into hot Fiats, buyers don’t have to decide whether to have the ‘hot’ or the ‘hottest’ Fiat 500 upfront. The ‘esseesse’ package comes as a kit which can be added by Abarth dealers to the normal – if the pocket rocket 500 can be described as ‘normal’ – anytime during the year after purchase or during the first 20,000 km of ownership.

True to Abarth tradition, the... // Fullboost