Abarth 500 Electric! - I Might Buy One! Eventually.
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2023
- We test the new (and arguably 1st) electric hot hatch from Abarth, based on the already highly respected Fiat 500e. So, does it do what is says it can?
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Before you go and buy any Fiat car ask the salesman about the warranty, specifically the warranty if a problem occurs with a wiring loom. It states in their warranty that wiring looms are not covered. I knew about this, being an auto electrician, but when my daughter wanted a Fiat 500 I went with her and asked about the “comprehensive 3 year warranty”. When he finished telling me how good it was I asked about the wiring looms to which he said “ah, we don’t cover wiring looms” and then showed me it was on the warranty details.
Just a little heads up.
Let me warn Abarth buyers the reason for this. The USB port fries and then you have a contant battery drain. I have to disconnect the battery if im not driving every day which is a pain because they only have one lock on the drivers side and the bonnet release is on the passenger side. God help me if this lock ever breaks because there is no other way into the car!
FIAT dont need warrant!😂🤣
It's Italian and electric,what did you expect 😂😂😂
@@sang3Eta if you are talking the petrol version and it has blue and me it will be the blue and me unit.Its behind the trim in the back on the passenger side, just remove it.
Great review guys! ❤
Great video as always! Have to say, whilst listening to this, I thought my neighbour was struggling with a hoover hahah. Still, good to see more smaller EVs come into the market
Interesting to compare with the MG4 X-Power?
Test drove one of these and LOVED it.
Exciting to drive!!
Main issue with the simulated engine noise is it is simulating being in the wrong gear. It sounds like it needs to change up gear during constant speeds.
Should have done a simulated auto engine noise
Nice video, did you comment 9n the ride comfort, i seem to remember the ordinary ev is a bit harsh on suspension and tires so how is this one? Ok of smooth roads only ?
As a former owner of a couple of Peugeot 205 gti's I really like this car, the fake engine noise is a gimmick I probably would have used back in my 20's, but not now in my 50's.
I have heard EV's around town making a humming/ufo type noise. I would prefer the engine sound. But all EV's should make a sound around town so that you know they are coming.
Also, great colour, the current trend for greys and dull metallics is terrible, put me off getting a new car for the time being.
@@alanscott8063 EVs do make a sound, it comes from the tyre noise which is louder than an engine.
Yep, one of the ironies is that very few, if any, 20 somethings will be able to afford this, most buyers will be well north of 40..
you like the 1400kg+ weight too or whatever it weights? (im sure its far more than 1150kg which should be the max weight for a small hot hatch)
@@richmaniow true, whereas back in 1989, aged 22, I was able to pick up a 205 GTi 1.9, just 3 years old, for £6K! Not my best buy ever, brilliant car, but a tad dodgy at that price - I later discovered it had been in a flood!
BMW i3S beat it to the "hot hatch" category years ago 😉
You dont know what a hot hatch is then…
And can still give the boy racers a fright away from the lights!
@@allan2k195 be nice
@@jimf4748 Red light sprints are for kids. Real car enthusiasts don’t care about that…
@@allan2k195 Well I'm in my 70's and it still gives me a laugh! I've had some very good, fast, powerful ICE cars, but EV's are in a different league, especially for safe overtaking. I am a car enthusiast that's why I drive an EV. I found the petrol ones didn't offer the same enjoyment - but very much personal choice.
Anyone noticed they took the green one for the drive?
Anyway, I prefer the MG4 although I wish it had rear seat cup holder and lights and paddle shift Regen. Apparently you can get an aftermarket rear seat cupholder.
Great review guys
Its's a fun hatch!
I had four std spec 500/595s and loved them, not the fastest, but the funest (If that's a word)
For me this fits the bill
If we need and could afford two cars, I'd have one
Would you also order it in ASBO Blue ?
The Mini Cooper SE is a nice little Hot Hatch. That noise is annoying. I have been driving evs for 6 years and when i hear a petrol car go by, they just sound like they are struggling to me
In that light blue , looks like a ice pop on wheels 😂😂
A Smart Fortwo EQ Brabus is even smaller but only 90hp if they pushed for over 100hp it would be a very fun car
Wonder how it would look in a 2 seat coupe version.
Please get your hands on the MG4 XPower there are hardly any reviews
Sorry to burst your bubble but as pointed out to one Richard Hammond when testing the petrol edition, it failed the hot hatch test because it is not a hatch!
looks like a fun little car which is what i like, a few years time it will be cheaper but still pretty expensive i think but who knows, I will keep an eye on these too anyway.
The fake engine noise is awful haha, might as well make noises with my mouth like when we were kids lol.
i own a mini se and its very nippy but if it had a body kit it becomes a hot hatch ,you didnt really mean that did you ?
I just want wan cause it can!
Just because if the interior and it's range. Can do without the noise box.
Super wheels
I -like to- think my Cupra is a hot hatch
lovely handling car. fwd in the best way in that it pulls itself through bends like the most recent golf GTIs do. great ride as well as its better than my 330e on 18" wheels over rutted roads. sound generator is amusing for 5mins then you switch it off...wish they had an alternate whooshy "cyber" noise
if you talk good handling through bends you should mention a Mini R53 instead of a 1400kg+ ordinary family car also known as Golf GTI mk8. The GTI died after the Mk2.
@@PaulTC777 sorry, I dislike the mini. I find it’s ‘retro’ styling to be utterly forced and the insistence upon slapping union flag motifs everywhere is lazy.
So why are F1 cars RWD ?
What about Volvo EX30. Not really a hothatch but entry level model 272hp RWD and top one 428hp AWD. Starts at £33k. AWD is £41k.
The ex30 is going to become Volvos latest Q car. Unassuming and normal looking but goes like a stabbed rat! It’s on my list of new cars for sure.
It sounded like it was still ticking over when it was revving 😂
An electric panda 4x4 is what I am after. Loved my 4x4 Panda.
It is remarkable to think that the "new" Fiat 500 is now 16 years old, imagine buying a Ford in Escort in 1975 and it still being exactly the same design in 1991..
I do hope at some point we start to see the radical designs EV's once promised, maybe Cyber Truck will be the catalyst to push those boundaries..
PS great to see you both behind the wheel again 👍
The electric 500 came out 2 years ago???
Cyber truck looks awful though 😅
Imagine when batteries start improving and areodynamics are less import we might but then boring safety regulations might ruin all the fun designs
@@ElectricVehicleMan I think they mean the Fiat 500 name was revived in 2007 and they haven't changed the design much since then. Good thing in my opinion, the 2007 models still look great!
"...imagine buying a Ford in Escort in 1975 and it still being exactly the same design in 1991..."
The British car industry in a nutshell, and we wonder why it failed. 🤣
@@Burtis89 probably not the best example lol, the new Fiat Panda is looking promising though if it goes into production..
Would prefer a hot Zoe, they are really solidly built and great little car
30% hike in torque and range is all it needs (oh and lower driving position)..and 20% drop in price..
Cracking video. That fake noise is absolutely dire for me, might as well stick your head out the window making revving sounds.
MG4 X-Power has way more range and power for similar amount of money has to shake things up. Hopefully put price pressure on Abarth and co. to reduce prices and improve specs.
Had a 595 Competizione with the standard Record Monza quad exhaust. Loved it. Flooring it never failed to make me grin, with a sound like an old 60's racer.
The sound in that just isn't right and they're way off the money with the pricing. Sorry Fiat, not for me.
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The Panama-registered Fremantle Highway was transporting 2,857 cars from Germany to Egypt, 25 of them electric.
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What’s this got to do with a car review?
The Cupra Born 77kwh with DCC and wider Michelin Pilot Sport EV tyres and power boost is also a hot hatch
I think this will be a very rare sight and yes a good used buy once the predicted massive depreciation has happened. I like the wife car comment, looking forward to the video on how much the divorce cost, it will make EVs look cheap
Not for me but then I wouldn’t fit the profile of the customer it’s aimed at and still looks a great car for the target audience, my only concern is the price which seems a lot of money.
Still not a hot hatch, more like a warm hatch but nothing wrong with that, they are the most fun. Too expensive for what it is but I expect they will come with big discounts when the Chinese brands become more established.
All it really needs is a koeningsberg ‘Dark Matter’ motor!
sorry just because the MG has 400bhp doesn't discount it as a hot hatch, perhaps its high riding style and size does. but I'd want the Abarth with awd and 400hp, now that would be a "hot hatch"
Noddy approved this car 😂
And here is me looking forward to a time when local chavs couldn't own cars that made a god awful racket late at night. Hopefully the high price point keeps these cars out of their grubby hands
Cupra born v3 hot hatch
I think a proper hot hatch must have 4 decent seats. Fiat 500 is a 2+2. Nice car though. I would go with BMW I3S, carbon fibre body, aluminium chassis. Fast and handles great.
Another great video. Sadly, I'm going to fall on the side of not liking it, based on the fake engine noise, the rear seating and the pricing. It's a nice car, but I'm clearly not the target audience.
Shout out to the group of people in dressing gowns, who wandered through the shot at around 4:15 - 4:25. 😀
The sound, sounds like you're driving a 595 comp everywhere in 2nd or 3rd. At a cruise in 5th or whatever, its not that annoying!
Glad you can turn off that noise! With an ICE it was fine, EV's are different and don't need that sound. However may appeal to some...
It's better than the annoying "spaceship" noise that most EV's produce to be compliant with the law, and the "truck" reverse bleeper is even more annoying.
@@johnharrison373 I agree at low speed, but wouldn't want it on after say 20MPH!
Any i3S owner will say Yes. You have to own one to know.
YES! I gladly pay 2000euro extra for the double stitching , its so important for my ego and nonsense mental garbage etc etc.
Pretty sure it’s standard. 😄
@@ElectricVehicleMan YES 2000 euro to much on the final sales price, remove and replace double stitch crap car becomes cheaper. 🤣
I will stick with my petrol Abarth until the day they stop selling petrol thanks.
I wish my neighbour would get one of these.
They currently have an Abarth 595 and christ is the exhaust awful! It literally vibrates the house on a cold start
I remember buying a 2yr old R35 Nissan GTR for £36k with 11k miles on the clock. £36k isnt cheap
and soon they will realise... Stoopid price frankly..aimed at London well heeled who consider five figs play money...
Imagine how much a electric nissan GTR will cost 😮
@@Burtis89 even an M3 these days is £100k though tbh.
So, a small city car where the speed limit is 30mph max. So, why?
i am getting my first electric car soon need to order it through mobilty but once i passed my test i cant wait its a Renault Megane e tech techno
I hope this comes to the US. Could, might, maybe, be the first reliable Fiat. Would be a great for local errands but way to much for a Fiat so maybe on the used lot. I would never run it with the sound, to annoying.
You would be better off with a pair of roller skates
The sound is ridiculous. No changing gears sound (it's as if you hear a person driving in 2nd gear who still cannot find the next gear after owning it for a year...), no burp when letting off the accelerator, etcetera. All Abarths are too noisy nowadays (remember the Fiat 124 Spider MX5 Abarth), just because it was the natural sound in the sixties? It's archaic.
Surely all EV s have hot hatch performance compared to ICE. So is the EV hot hatch going to be down to body kits and styling. Obviously top speed would be different but acceleration will be the attraction and EVs all have good acceleration. So why do we need hot hatches unless it’s just for the looks ?
And that sound would drive me mad
Some have straight line speed, performance is more about handling and power than just instant torque.
Plus some are quite sedate.
The added engine noise is ridicules, one of the reasons I love my EV is that it's nice and quiet.
Americans except for Tesla owners overwhelmingly reject electric vehicles . Now as to the first electric hit hatch . The humble Chevy Spark electric had 400 ft pounds of FWD torque and about 115 to 125 HP .
Megane e-tech. 220hp and a hatch
Its pointless.... but a nice colour
Is abarth actually fiat or is it a sister brand with similar cars? Looks much like a Fiat 500
A hot hatch, that's not hot and far too overpriced compared with other packages. Fine for the looks but that's it. £12k tops and 7 sec to 60?!
Andy no matter how good evs are the thing that gets me is if your insurer has to get involved after a crash and can't get it repaired at a garage because of the 15' exclusion zone en case the battery explodes will the car just be writen off because not alot of garage's haven't the room ?
is this a thing !!!! Govt is for ev's BUT Insurers against, how much increase of car insurance???
Looks at size and color of that EV and without looking it up, know in my gut that we'll sadly never get that in the US since not enough people here buy small cars to be profitable. Also, too many people buy larger cars than they need and the profit margins are usually correlated to the size of the vehicle.
I couldn't buy a car with the built in sound effects. That's a show stopper for me.
Electric "hot super Mini" at best if we're being honest.
MG4 X-Power every day of the week. Prefer the look of the ordinary 500e to be honest
Mg quality is dire though I've had a zs and a 4 trophy both sent back due to build quality
My daughter would wet herself. Lovely colour. xx
Thank you, I've just got a tan from holiday!
@@ElectricVehicleMan Not you, it ! xx
@@ElectricVehicleMan :)))
First of all you have to see these in the flesh before you just assume it’s another breathed on Fiat 500 variant. It has a much more premium feel to it over the previous model. The doors for example close with a satisfying clunk rather like a Mercedes. In comparison with MG, forget it, there is no comparison. This is way better looking. Way better looking than the awful Mini, Honda E, BMW i3, this just oozes Italian style. You either get it or you don’t.
Think the mg 4 x power will be the best selling hot hatch for a long time
Like the Mitsui Evo from its humble origins, a little chassis tweaking could make it special - time will tell
Hot hatch - MG4 XPower
minimal info ----mountain gossip
It’s a Vegan Arbarth. How quick is it when you don’t mention the stats.
wtf is that sound on the outside.
Where can you upload your own sounds pack?! TO insert some of those warp reactor sounds from star trek or whatever else you might fancy. There are audio artists that create such things.Jingles, and sound packs
Same trousers for years !
Look at the car, not my crotch!
My MG5 is a hot hatch compared to my old cars!!
The price is not good
Like your vids but why on earth would I subscribe to see them earlier? Fridays fine. It's not a breaking news channel. I had one of the original Fiat 500s. The real one with the 2 cylinder air cooled engine in the back. As wide as it was long. Zero to sixty, unavailable.
Subscribing doesn’t get them earlier, members do.
As well as members only vids occasionally and live stream.
Like anything, it’s optional!
I compare this to the original 500e only sold for California etc.
I'd much rather that car. Lighter, simpler, less emphasis on posh pretentiousness.
The California one was heavier, slower, 40% less range, twice slower AC charging and no fast charging.
mg 4 xpower is more of a hot hatch.
Sorry but this is a cute Fiat 500 it is NOT a hot hatch. Yes it is expensive but Fiat are very good at overcharging their customers. If you want a real hot hatch buy an MG4 X-power if your budget I'd a tiny bit bigger buy a Volvo EX30 Performance. As for this Abarth.... the ICE is 180bhp for £28,000 so as a minimum Fiat could have put a 200bhp electric motor in. Instead of just using the exact unit from its Jeep, Peugeot, Citroën, Vauxhall parts bin.
Way too expensive at 42k for the cabrio version..in the real world if pushing it only get 100/120 miles range ..They are apparently getting rid of the petrol version Abarth massive mistake
42k for the top spec cabrio, not just for the cabrio.
@ElectricVehicleMan All models ain't that cheap ..Beautiful car though 👌
Give me one good reason to buy this car rather then an mx5 rf.
Can get more hairdressing equipment in the back seats and boot!
@@ElectricVehicleMan I have looked on autotrader and a Fiat 500e la prima 42kw can cost £39,495 new.There is an identical one,less then 20 months old for sale privately for £18,995.webuyany car valued it at £14,010.If I had one I would put a load of cash on the back seat and chuck the £294 WEEKLY depreciation out of the window !
@@tonyireland2234 No one pays list price and only an idiot would use webuyanycar.
www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202306268958264
£20k - 🤷♂️
And the Abarth isn’t the 500 in same terms.
@@ElectricVehicleMan so how come after 17 years of trading this company has a net worth of £25 million according to companies House ?
@@tonyireland2234 Because idiots exist in the world.
And those desperate to sell asap.
MG4 XPOWER
Too small to be of any use, for me.
Wrong colour. Red or black and the half closed dolly eyes are ridiculous on a supposed hot-hatch.
Mini will always be better than Fiat/Abarth and doesnt look like an egg. The only negative of an F56 Mini design are its oversized taillights.
The Mini electric looks like a mini one.
That’s it’s problem.
@@ElectricVehicleMan ..and like all minis, look like they have been kicked up the backside!
Mg4 easy! 50:50 weight distribution and it's quicker than this 😂. Mg se SR will do 0-100 in 6.9 seconds (GPS) which is quicker than advertised!
Kia niro ev that's what you want
40k is a lot to pay for a whole lot of range anxiety! Go away little Fiat, go away.....
£32k. Range anxiety for essentially a second car isn't really a thing.
@@ElectricVehicleMan 40k for the convertible. And wasn't the Cinquecento supposed to be a people's car?
@@chrislox1 This is an Abarth. Regardless of it’s source, it ain’t a Fiat.
@@ElectricVehicleMan Abarth is still a Fiat. It's just marketing.
@@chrislox1 The car isn’t aimed at Fiat customers. It isn’t a Fiat in any way other than the parts bin they’re choosing for this car. Otherwise how do you explain the Abarth 124? That ain’t a Fiat.
It’s like calling a n Audi a people’s car as it’s part of the VW group.
Wether you think it’s worth it or not is immaterial, they’re saying ‘this is aimed at a premium market’. Like a Mini buyer.
Sorry couldn't listen anymore, got to about half way. That annoying noise from the car's speaker was just too much, perhaps next car that has that option, turn it off whilst recording the commentary?
We did.
@@ElectricVehicleMan Oh really? my bad then, must have been a case of once I heard it I couldn't not hear it
It gets turned off at 12:46.
No mate, all of us hate the fake audio!
This car will be a disaster - 120 mile range and a £11K premium. Not a chance in hell it will sell.
EVs do not need a fake fossil burner noise. Just get on with being FASTER, quieter and better than the ICE version
MG4X, tweak the handling and regen dialled up for same money
Fiat will literally b shaking in its wake passengered in a std ice 500 fee days ago...yikes, bit like a jelly with little structural rigidity..
Cant wait to try the X after Lichfield or similar do some minor sub £3k tweaks :)
Passengered in a what?
@@ElectricVehicleMan standard petrol 500
much prefer Zoe and quality of construction
.yes, I know it's not aligned with current testing goals
Just what we need, an EV with a really annoying sound, far too loud and I'm sure the perfect car Sunday morning driving to wake up the neighbours and over priced .....
Having the simulated engine noise externally, will make it safer for pedestrians and other motorists. Being able to hear something coming is a good thing.
think all EVs have to have sound generators
Still to hear the slightest evidence that a lack of engine noise is a danger.
If you inside it you wouldn’t feel a thing
@@janlojko5228 Again, there has never been the slightest evidence that lack of engine noise has made EV's more dangerous to pedestrians. It could well be that that EV drivers are aware their cars are quiet in car park situations and take extra care (as opposed to assuming you can be heard and the peasants will get out of the way) and anything over about 18mph (30kph) tire noise drowns out engines anyway.
@@mikebreen2890I agree the fact that they can just burst into flames is more worrying 😂😂
The fake engine noise is awful
It sounds like a muzzled bee wearing a face mask.
Another pricey Speed is all that matters on our public roads EV for the hot head boy racer EV types.
buy a used i3s instead....
Wouldn't pee on one if it was on fire 🔥,
Which might well happen