
Abarth Puts the ‘Hot’ In ‘Hot Hatch’
January 13th, 2010 admin

DETROIT — Carlo Abarth was to Fiat as John Cooper was to Mini and Carroll Shelby was to Ford. He took unassuming cars like the Cinquecento and made them wickedly quick. Abarth died in 1979 and over time the company bearing his name was all but forgotten. But cars wearing the Abarth Scorpion logo are rolling out again. Fiat brought an 500 Abarth SS to the North American International Auto Show since its unruly stepchild Chrysler didn’t have much to show . …
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