Rumors that Fiat might revive the 124 Spider, a stylish roadster from the 1960s, surfaced in 2014 and were confirmed at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, when Fiat came clean and revealed there’s a new roadster underway with Mazda MX-5 underpinnings. Various reports then claimed that Fiat 124 Spider will also be followed by a performance-oriented Abarth version with a more powerful engine and all the goodies that come with the scorpion badge. Now that the standard roadster revealed itself at the 2015 Los Angeles Show, it’s time to have a closer look at the Abarth variants that’s set to follow.
Official details about the 124 Spider Abarth are still scant, but since we know everything there is to know about the standard version, we decided to put together a speculative review to shed more light on this upcoming drop-top.
Likely to arrive in 2017, the 124 Spider Abarth is an extremely important car for this tight niche. The main reason for that is because Mazda said it won’t develop a high-performance version of the new Miata. So Abarth will exploit the potential of Mazda’s new chassis and give Miata lovers the power that the Japanese roadster has failed to deliver.
What will it look like and what engine will it have under the hood are two of the many questions I will answer in the review below. Naturally, our artist created a rendering of the Abarth roadster based on the new vehicle’s design language.
Updated 12/04/2015: Our spy photographers caught the upcoming 124 Spider testing for the first time.
Continue reading to find out more about the 2018 Fiat 124 Spider Abarth.
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