At its core, the Abarth 500 is a cutesy yet angry-looking performance version of the Fiat 500. As an Abarth owner myself, I have to admit it’s nowhere near quick enough to compete with modern-day hot ...

Hot hatchbacks never really caught on in the United States, compared to their popularity in Europe. During the 1990s, 2000s, and the early 2010s, spotting a hot hatch, like the Ford Fiesta ST or the ...

Fiat's little pocket-rocket with the killer exhaust note reminds us that excitement doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. Emme Hall Former editor for CNET Cars I love two-seater, RWD convertibles and ...

For 2018, FIAT has continued streamlining trim levels for the 500 lineup, but not without the epic surprise of upgrading all trims to the MultiAir 1.4L turbo engines as standard equipment. Pop and ...

Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...

Let’s call this little guy Abarth Light. For 2013, Fiat is adding a new model to the 500 range, and if you find the base car’s porridge to be a bit too cold but don’t want the full viciousness of the ...

This week, we go back-to-back with the Fiat 500, this time arriving in performance oriented Abarth trim. Abarth debuted in 1957 and won many small-bore road racing and hill-climb events worldwide and ...

The 500 Abarth has 58 percent more power and 73 percent more torque than the 500 on which it's based, but halfway through my evening with the Abarth, I was not thinking that the car was 58 percent ...

More often behind his keyboard than on the road, you can still catch him on the auto show floor, harassing engineers to understand what lies beneath the pretty body work. The reborn, retro-chic, Fiat ...