The Abarth 595 Competizione is a totally 'in your face' Fiat 500 on steroids. Tested here in luminous yellow with black stripes with collagen plumped bumpers, you would think that was enough to make the Abarth 595 Competizione stand out in a crowd, well you'd be wrong, its not just the looks, its the noise from the quad exhausts that really gets peoples attention.
The new, facelifted 595 Abarth Competizione has been updated with the current Fiat 500’s coloured centre rear lights and some new, more sculpted bumpers, however, it’s in the finer details where the Competizione discovers its true identity. The 595 Copetizione comes with an abundance of racing bits, like the Sabelt bucket seats, Brembo brakes and low profile matt black sports rims. There are the famous scorpion badges everywhere, including Abarth iwritten large in the lower front grill.
This Abarth 595 Competizione is equipped with a mechanical, limited-slip differential which it has inherited from the 695 Biposto and you also get Koni FSD dampers, four piston Brembo brakes and larger vented discs.The 595 has a Garrett turbocharged, 1.4-litre, four cylinder engine which puts out 180bhp giving a 0-62mph time of just 6.7sec and a top end of 140mph. You can have the 595 Competizione fitted with a Robotised sequential, automatically operated or a five speed manual gearbox. From £21,000 the Abarth 595 Competizione is right in the firing line of some exceptionally talented hot hatches, however, the charm and scallywag character of this little Italian Pocket Rocket will definitely win over the purists amongst you.
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