14/08/2008 21:22. For those that aren't familiar with the Abarth name (pronounced,
strictly, A'bart - with a silent h - but more usually anglicised to
aBATH), it was once the brand on a host of small but immensely
quick Fiat-based cars of the 1950s and '60s. A Turin-based company,
Abarth was famous for its high-performance cars, its tuning kits,
and its logo: a scorpion. Today, the scorpion brand is owned by
Fiat but has been relaunched as a stand-alone entity within that
vast Italian conglomerate. Yes, okay, so the Grande Punto Abarth is
in essence a Fiat, but there is no Fiat branding anywhere on the
car (unless you dig deep into the oily bits). And it's quite a
rocket, with bold styling to match.
The Fiat Grande Punto on which the Abarth is based is itself a
hugely successful hatchback, loved for its... //
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