Fiat’s Abarth in-house tuning division will be making a comeback with the new Fiat Grande Punto Abarth. Set to bring Fiat back into the hot hatch game, the Grande Punto Abarth will feature a 1.4 litre Turbocharged engine making 150 horsepower at 5,500rpm on regular grade petrol, or 155 horsepower on RON98. With this engine, you get 6-speeds of manual fun to shift through. Peak torque is at 3,000rpm, with 230Nm, but only if you activate the sports mode which up the boost. Otherwise it is 206Nm at 2,000rpm. A more powerful version is also set to be revealed, with a total of 180 horses under the hood from the same engine.
The suspension system uses a McPherson layout at the front, and a torsion axle at the rear, similiar in setup to the Honda Civic 5-door Type R, something that has attracted criticism but somehow manages to perform well on the track. Brakes have Brembo twin pot calipers up front on 305mm ventilated discs, while the rear caliper is a single piston setup gripping 264mm discs.
An Abarth-tuned Fiat 500 is also in the works, which could prove to be quite fun.
More photos after the jump.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
italian beauty….drool….
A Fiat Nuova 500, Abarth tuned? This is gonna be good.
The new Punto always reminds me of an Aston Martin because of its headlamps…
long time ago i remember a 2.0 RITMO abarth, here in malaysia. exciting already,
also this scorpion badge sometime put on a 131 racing, exciting
but…….this punto although with scorpion, looks blunt
Yet another proof why I fallen in love with continental cars log ago…
Can Proton be inspired to make Savvy/Neo looks like this?
Actually, the front is reminiscent of Maserati's coupe.
Anyway, fantastic looking thing and it is a shame that not a lot of people over here appreciate Italian cars like this.
Does anybody knows whether Torino Motors still holds the franchise for FIAT and will they bring in the Punto Nuova and the 500? I saw an advert for Punto Nuova by FA Italia costing RM100K++.
The car is ok, the logo looks great
fiat owns ferrari and maserati. that's y they have features that look alike. family mah.
it is looking beautiful
its beautiful to ride