The Fiat 500 Abarth is a fun car but not a great car. It produces a rather addicting exhaust note, is fun to squeeze through traffic, and it returns a white-knuckle experience should you venture out on to a race track in one. The Abarth isn’t about the track though, despite the engineers stressing that they track test the car over and over. Instead, it’s about enjoying a drive at any speed be it slow or fast because the car produces instant smiles on your face and on those around you. Okay, so maybe your neighbors will eventually tire of hearing the 500 Abarth being fired up… but who cares about your neighbors.
There’s a new version of the Fiat 500 Abarth that should prove to be even more fun. Why? Because it likes to go topless. It’s the all-new Fiat 500 Abarth Cabrio, and I got a chance to spend some time with one.
A note before you watch: There would be lots of great GoPro footage in the video posted after the break but my suction mount decided to take a vacation and remove itself from the car. I got the camera and mount back, but the GoPro freed itself from the plastic housing and I didn’t notice that the microSD car was somehow ejected in the accident. Otherwise we would’ve totally used the falling footage in the video. Regardless, enjoy the clip posted after the jump.
[youtube width=”720″ height=”405″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDqZR-l0YhA[/youtube]
[Disclaimer: Chrysler invited, well they invited Autobytel to attend and Autobytel sent me. I’m writing a review of the car for them, and I also shot two videos as well. Since we were up there we shot one for Hooniverse too. I was put up in a swank hotel in Beverly Hills but I only stayed one night and let my camera man have the room for the second night. I was given food during the day and drinks at night, and it was all delicious until I spilled a Guinness on a previously clean white tablecloth.Wow, that turned out to be a long disclaimer…]
![http://i.imgur.com/w4rAAuQ.jpg"](http://i.imgur.com/w4rAAuQ.jpg"){kind=link}
![http://i.imgur.com/3bLGzzz.gif">](http://i.imgur.com/3bLGzzz.gif">){kind=link}
Leave a Reply