The new Abarth Punto Evo was revealed at the recent Geneva Motor Show, adopting the new styling changes from the latest Fiat Punto Evo.Now Abarth are ready to talk performance, and their Punto Evo will stick to the same 1.4-litre turbocharged format as before. However, the new engine adopts the latest MultiAir technology from the Fiat group so power is up...

Abarth UK have announced dates for each round of the new 2010 Trofeo Abarth 500 race series.The one-make series is the British version of Europe’s highly successful International Trofeo Cup. 2009 was a very successful season for the championship and included some of the continent’s legendary circuits such as Valencia, Brno and Imola. Now the potent new...

The Abarth 500 has already appeared on the track in a on-make racing series, but now the Abarth 500 R3T will be going off-road in new rally trophy that starts in 2010.The new 500 R3T uses a tuned version of the turbocharged 1.4 found in the 500 Abarth that pushes out 180bhp. The 500 R3T also gains adjustable suspension, six-speed sequential transmission, a...

While Abarth will be showing off the new Punto SuperSport on their Frankfurt Motor Show stand, over on the Ferrari stand they will be showing off the cutest car to ever bear the Ferrari name – the 695 Tributo Ferrari.Ferrari and Abarth have worked together to produce this special edition 500. The 695 Tributo’s power plant is reworked to push 180bhp...

Fiat has released some details of the upcoming 177bhp Abarth Grande Punto SuperSport upgrade kit.The SuperSport upgrade boosts the Punto’s 1.4-litre engine to 177bhp and 199lb ft of torque, increases the top speed to 134mph and decreases the 0-62mph time to just 7.5sec. The ‘SS’ kit swaps the Punto onto harder springs, and new 18-inch alloy...

The Dutch have decided to celebrate the first anniversary of Abarth’s return with a very limited special edition. The Abarth 500 Competizione is available now, but there will be just ten of these exclusive little hatchbacks available.So what’s so special about the Competizione edition? For a start you get some very tasteful 17-inch Competizione...

Even though the Abarth 500 doesn’t go on sale in the UK until February 2009, it has just been voted Best Hot Hatch by Top Gear magazine.The Top Gear judges described the 135bhp supermini as “frisky and fun” and “an irresistible piece of Italian tailoring” while praising it for its acceleration, grip and handling as well as its...

To commemorate the centenary of the birth of Karl Abarth, the founder of the Abarth tuning company, Fiat are releasing a limited edition Abarth 500 with 160bhp on tap.The Abarth 500 ‘DA O A 100′ (0 to 100, for non-Italian speakers) gets an upgraded version of the turbocharged 1.4-litre engine, giving it a top speed of 131mph and 0-60mph in 7.3...