{"id":35578,"date":"2022-11-09T00:03:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T05:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=35578"},"modified":"2022-11-09T00:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T05:03:54","slug":"new-fiat-500-abarth-teaser-confirmation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=35578","title":{"rendered":"New Fiat 500 Abarth confirmed, reveal coming in November"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though it’s been absent from America for a few years, the Fiat 500<\/a> continues on overseas. But the line has been strangely split. The main 500 is a recently redesigned car from the ground up, and is electric only<\/a>. Meanwhile, the 500 Abarth<\/a> has survived, but it’s still mostly the same car introduced more than a decade ago. And the obvious question has been, will there be a new one? The answer is yes. And we’re going to see it soon.<\/p>\n

The past couple of weeks, Abarth has been sharing teasers about a new product. Two of those teasers were very explicit. On Monday, it announced the product would be a new 500 Abarth, and it would be shown on November 22. And on Tuesday, it showed a glimpse of the car, which is shown at top (original teaser post below).<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n
\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n
\n
\n View this post on Instagram\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n
\n \u00a0\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

A post shared by Abarth_Official (@abarth)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Looking closely, we can see that this new Abarth is based on the electric 500. It has the same headlights that are split by the hood about 75% of the way up. It also has the circular turn signals with body color<\/a> inserts. Combined with the vivid lime green and humming, electrical noises in the background, we have to assume that the new Abarth will be battery<\/a> powered. Assuming the electric Abarth follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, it should have more aggressive styling, sportier suspension, and likely extra horsepower.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We won’t have long to learn more with the reveal just a couple of weeks away. It’s also likely going to fuel our desire to have the Fiat 500 return to America, since it offers a lot of style and solid range for not a lot of money<\/a>. A part of us holds out hope that Fiat<\/a> will bring it here, since according to the L.A. Auto Show<\/a> press conference schedule, Fiat has a conference. We genuinely don’t know what will be announced, but it sure would be great timing to announce the electric 500 for America and then drop a hot version a week later. Or it could just be a 500X<\/a> update. We’ll find that out even sooner.<\/p>\n

Related video:<\/strong><\/p>\n