spotted testing... note the 4 pot front brakes?!?!

rumoured to be 1.4 petrol turbo 150 bhp lighter than the mini, so 0-60 8 seconds ish...

Looks like fun for what it is

Looking good! How can you tell it has 4-pots from the pic? :confused:

Chris

Oh hell yes.

I'd love one.

The brakes have very wide looking calipers so they could be 4 pots - its hard to tell on that photo

Looking good! How can you tell it has 4-pots from the pic? :confused:

Chris

check out the pic.. the big calipers... the first pot on the top is above the "9:45 spoke" the second pot 'through' the "8:45" spoke.... my guess on checking out the calipers anyway.... if they are they may not make it to production, but I believe the test was at the 'ring' so i guess big brakes would be usefull

Looks very nice. I thought Fiat improved quality? Ah well.. Looks like this one is held together by Gaffer tape.

Yummy:thumbup:

But will it beat a 2.0 Fabia

Looks like a nice car.

Another "Yummy" here too.

Another "Yummy" here too.

I am hoping you already have your name down for one Dave and then you can take me for a spin in it:thumbup:

Looks promising indeed!

I am hoping you already have your name down for one Dave and then you can take me for a spin in it:thumbup:

I was hoping it was going to be you taking me. :P

I was hoping it was going to be you taking me. :P

We

that looks really good , even with the tape on it

i think i've found my next car , hopefully minus the tape

looks like a fun car....nose is a bit girly tho

It's not a real 500 Arbarth; the bonnet isn't propped wide open!!

Looks like that this will be out Autumn next year, just when I will be looking to exchange my vRS and having played on the fiat 500 site, I will definately be giving this a test drive, alongside the new fabia vRS as a potentail replacement.

Have seen an article that Vauxhall, are looking to do a twin turbo diesel version of the VXR , model lineup not yet finally decided but Zafira looks like the 1st in line, and they will be very limited, due to cost of production.

I like.

Nice. Incidently, I know someone who's selling an original Fiat 500 Abarth.

spotted testing... note the 4 pot front brakes?!?!

rumoured to be 1.4 petrol turbo 150 bhp lighter than the mini, so 0-60 8 seconds ish...

Yes please

I'd love a small Fiat 126 that's been tweaked.

springs to mind Just how much fun could you have with that

Another thumbs-up here

Cracking.

I understand its another platform share job.Can anyone remember which other company is using the basics of this for their car?

(Give me that little Fiat any day though:thumbup: )

Cracking.

I understand its another platform share job.Can anyone remember which other company is using the basics of this for their car?

(Give me that little Fiat any day though:thumbup: )

Ford Ka IIRC??

yeah, it's the new ford Ka.... they say there won't be a 'fast' version of that though , just a 'warm' one, as they don't want to hit sales of the fiesta ST....