Is Fiat 500 Turbo the same as an Abarth?
Seen a few vids online of 500 turbos, but they are all badged up as fiat 500’s, is this the same as an abarth 595 that we get in europe?
Seen a few vids online of 500 turbos, but they are all badged up as fiat 500’s, is this the same as an abarth 595 that we get in europe?
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The turbo has 135bhp while the Abarth has 165 bhp, a koni suspension and fancy badges.
The 1.4 turbo Fiat 500 has the multiair engine, while the Abarth has a T-jet engine from the Abarth punto. Not all Abarths have konis but they do have different suspension set-ups. The 595 used to be 160 bhp and the 500 Abarth was 135 or 160bhp. These are labelled wrong on the internet as Fiat 500 Abarths as its easier for people to know what they are. Now they are all called Abarth 595, I assume this is to further them from the Fiat 500 and come as 135, 160 or 180 bhp.
In the US there is the fiat 500 turbo, and then there is the fiat 500 abarth. The 500 turbo has 135 hp while the abarth has 160