Fiat seem ready to rev up the Abarth brand again with Panda and Grande Punto Abarth versions. Rumours, prototypes, have been on the web for months but Channel 4 set a date. It’s always mystified me why they bothered with other “GT” branding with the unique heritage of Abarth.
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The U.K. Sporting Fiats Club info and nice photos of the Fiat Grande Punto Abarth Super 2000 Rally being campaigned in the Italian and European Rally Championship. It’s being driven with typical Italian style, see photo, and doing rather well! More at; SFC Forum – Grande Punto Abarth -
Eurocarblog have some (supposedly official) Fiat Trepiuno 500 interior sketches and some unofficial, but wonderful, Trepiuno Abarth concept sketches. The Abarth would be an awesome machine and I can see the standard Trepiuno being popular, petrol hit $1.67/Litre today… Fiat 500 - Interior & Abarth sketches - www.
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Memories of the great Fiat Abarth 131 vs Escort RS battles* in the late 70’s revived! Fiat News Fred Gocentas and Greg Carr reunited for the Otago Classic Rally19/4/05 * In 1977 Fulvio Baxxhelli & Francesco Rossetti won Rally NZ in a Fiat Abarth 131.
