Sixty years after Carlo Abarth created the iconic pocket rocket seemed a good time to test the latest 595 Competizione version from Fiat and it didn’t disappoint. When he started tinkering with the diminutive baby Fiat, a pint of beer in Britain cost the equivalent of 8½p, petrol was 5p a litre and the Beatles launched themselves at The Cavern Club, Liverpool. The rest, as we say, is history … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Abarth 595 Competizione 180 Manual
Brits use to relish small high performance cars, and thank goodness the Italians still build them, like the Abarth 595 Competizione. While the UK may have grown up and developed a taste for family hot-hatches, there is still a lot be enjoyed behind the wheel of this excitable version of the classic Fiat 500 city car. It looks simply stunning with the dark-trimmed brightly badged … [Read more...]
