The all-electric Fiat 500e has spawned a hot Abarth variant; are we looking at the first hot electric supermini?
, you won’t be surprised to hear that the same rules apply to the new 500e, coming with a more potent powertrain matched to an uprated chassis. Abarth has confirmed it'll ship to customers in June 2023 in the UK. Prices have not been set yet, but with the top-spec Fiat 500e Prima costs just under £34,000 in the UK, so we’d expect it to start from around that figure and go up from there.
The Abarth’s key difference is the more powerful electric motor that drives the front wheels. Peak power is rated at 152bhp, up from 118bhp on the most powerful Fiat 500e model, with torque peaking at 173lb ft – an 11lb ft improvement. Being electric, all this performance is available from a standstill, giving it a 0-62mph time of 7sec – 2sec faster than the standard 500e.
The 500e’s power is drawn from a relatively small 42kWh battery pack, with only 37.3kWh of that being usable. Abarth has not confirmed specific weight and range figures yet, but the Fiat 500e with the same battery pack has range figures of around 130 miles in mixed driving, rising to up to 220 miles in urban conditions. These figures can drop substantially, though, with cool weather and high-speed running potentially restricting range to as little as 100 miles.
To go with the changes to the chassis and powertrain, Abarth has given the 500e its own tougher stance, with new design elements inside and out. These include new bumpers, the front end being deeper and more aggressive, with colour-coded grille openings and Abarth script between the LED headlights. At the rear, Abarth has fitted a tiny diffuser like insert right at the base of the rear bumper with a matching roof spoiler.
Prices and final specifications for cars in the UK are still to be finalised, but customer cars are set to land in June next year
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