Fiat Grande Punto Abarth

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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.

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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.

 

Comments

  • cosmohybrid (Member) on Apr 02, 2007 at 11:20 pm

    italian beauty….drool….

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  • aesthari (Member) on Apr 02, 2007 at 11:21 pm

    A Fiat Nuova 500, Abarth tuned? This is gonna be good.

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  • DtG (Member) on Apr 02, 2007 at 11:42 pm

    The new Punto always reminds me of an Aston Martin because of its headlamps…

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  • proton GL (Member) on Apr 03, 2007 at 12:02 am

    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

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  • Capt Shopalot (Member) on Apr 03, 2007 at 12:27 am

    Yet another proof why I fallen in love with continental cars log ago…

    Can Proton be inspired to make Savvy/Neo looks like this?

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  • silverfish (Member) on Apr 03, 2007 at 1:41 am

    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.

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  • pausch (Member) on Apr 03, 2007 at 2:35 am

    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++.

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  • mystvearn (Member) on Apr 03, 2007 at 4:22 am

    The car is ok, the logo looks great :D

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  • lowprofile (Member) on Apr 03, 2007 at 5:13 pm

    fiat owns ferrari and maserati. that's y they have features that look alike. family mah.

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  • vanama srinivas on Aug 17, 2010 at 7:22 pm

    it is looking beautiful

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  • vanama srinivas on Aug 17, 2010 at 7:27 pm

    its beautiful to ride

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