The Fiat Grande Punto Abarth
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Now I wonder what that does? With a clear stretch of road ahead, I gingerly lean across and hit that switch, half expecting it to make the engine louder but not much else.
Im wrong. Its a case of whoahh, aarrggh, yikes, hang on a minute and I just manage to retain my composure in time to switch it off again.
Phew. So thats what it does takes a skinny-sounding 1.4 litre petrol engine and makes it perform like a pumped-up 2-litre performance car, while tightening up the steering to make it more sporting, too. Maybe they should really be calling it the %A-B-A-R-T-H!
But then given the history of the Abarth badge complete with the sting in its tail promised by its iconic scorpion badge I... // Manchester Evening News Blog