NEW MODELS
Say ‘ciao’ to Italy’s light and sporty machine
Fiat is only bringing the top model in its 124 Spider range, the one that wears the Abarth badge
Abarth. If you have never heard of it, then you don’t have performance in your blood. It is a racing and road car maker founded by Italo-Austrian Carlo Abarth in 1949, which became Fiat’s performance brand in 1952 with the Abarth 1500 Biposto, built on Fiat mechanicals. Abarth vehicles were renowned for their high performance and power, while being small and agile. They achieved huge success in competitions and took many records in the process. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Abarth brand made a name for itself as the synonym for sport, tuning and performance, changing the sports-car world. The latest model to wear the famous scorpion badge is the Abarth 124 Spider. Fiat has decided not to bring the regular Fiat 124 Spider models to our shores, choosing instead to only bring the top model, with a price tag of R649,900. Capitalising on the lessons learnt from the Abarth racing team, an obsession for lightness drove the brand to trim every unnecessary gram from the regular Fiat version. T...
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