This tiny electric car is a SLAP in the face to a boring car industry

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024

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  • @camerawheel
    @camerawheel Год назад +48

    shame that it is so expensive. Here in the US we do not have many choices, I think that once the electric car manufacturers stop marketing these cars as luxury items, more people will actually buy them.

    • @christopherguzzi1316
      @christopherguzzi1316 Год назад +1

      A Tesla Model 3 is about the same price as a Toyota Camry if you consider the $7,500 tax incentive.

    • @tiojuan174
      @tiojuan174 Год назад

      @@christopherguzzi1316 Er, what?... With the full US Federal Tax Credit ($7,500) a base Tesla Model 3 ($40,240) is $6,320 (24%) more than a base model Toyota Camry ($26,420). But most people (like me) that complain about EV prices also don't qualify for the full tax credit, which means a Model 3 can be as much as $13,820 (52%) more than a Camry. You could almost buy a Toyota Camry and a Nissan Versa for that amount. Even with fuel savings and the full Federal Tax Credit the Camry is still cheaper than the Model 3.
      However, the Tesla Model 3 can indeed become nearly the same price a Camry in states like Colorado that add on state incentives IF you qualify for both the full state incentive as well as the full federal tax credit. In Colorado that incentive is $5,000, making the Model 3 only $1,320 (5%) more expensive IF you qualify for all EV incentives in that state.

  • @theunknownunknowns256
    @theunknownunknowns256 Год назад +20

    I think there is a market in older generations for the electric Abarth because it's sentimental. I knew a 70+ year old who bought a petrol Abarth 10 years ago. The 500 is a iconic car.

    • @toyotaprius79
      @toyotaprius79 Год назад

      Most new cars are going to be bought/leased by older drivers. That market demographic will continue to age and shrink until automakers eventually get hit with the reality that a sea of crossovers and premium-performance vehicles ends up pricing most people out. Hence the hot demand for second hand where there is not enough plugins.
      China's electric cars are going to wreak havoc on the auto industry and that's the consequences of western automotive executives.

  • @Lord_Mangoat
    @Lord_Mangoat Год назад +5

    Great little car. I wish the US would get more vehicles like this. So tired of seeing big SUVs and pickups all over the place.

    • @Electroheads
      @Electroheads  Год назад +1

      Totally agree. We need some more diversity up in here!

  • @sunilnijran1515
    @sunilnijran1515 Год назад +1

    Loved the review!! First time I've come across your channel!! Great energy and charisma!! Great car!! I want one... in Acid Green!!👍🙂

  • @macpdm
    @macpdm Год назад +3

    It’s the first time I have felt even the remotest feeling of interest in an EV. Possibly just because I like Fiat and Italian cars generally.

  • @mazdaram226
    @mazdaram226 Год назад +7

    It’s so nice to see the fun being built into these compact EVs , once the price drops down and more used ones come available, then it a no-brainer for the younger generation …

  • @randy2558
    @randy2558 Год назад +19

    Nice to see Eilis reviewing more cars, especially compacts.

    • @tregaricus00
      @tregaricus00 Год назад +4

      nah, it's just always nice to see Eilis regardless 😅

  • @dvdsbl
    @dvdsbl Год назад +3

    Beautiful little jewel.
    The ideal daily drive for wealthy customers.

  • @hemmingsadventures
    @hemmingsadventures Год назад +10

    Hilarious review of a gorgeous looking machine. I nearly killed it when the price tag came up, omg! Thanks for a fun review, molto bene, ciao ciao.

  • @daveg9474
    @daveg9474 Год назад +9

    Lovely and I want one! 😍All I need now is the cash! BTW, I'm 76 so it's not just for you youngsters. 😁

  • @arekfpv3631
    @arekfpv3631 Год назад +6

    It is ridiculous. £34K for something like that🤯. No way. MG4 for the win and it's almost £10k cheaper with a better range.

    • @johnpaterson4163
      @johnpaterson4163 Год назад

      Just had a look on auto trader now 37,794 or a nice Cabriolet version is nearly 42k, there having a laugh lol

  • @CrankyOldNerd
    @CrankyOldNerd Год назад +2

    We had the 1st generation 500E that we bought used here in the states. My kids learned to drive in it and loved it. Unfortunately the AC broke and no one in the area would work on it. It was only sold on the west coast and we bought it used on the east coast, and all the fiat dealers paniced when they saw it instead of just replacing the compressor. Traded it in on an ID.4 when we heard the 500 E wasn't coming to the us anymore.
    It's a great little car, hope they ship it here.

  • @jeremylister89
    @jeremylister89 Год назад +1

    Agree, engine noise needs gear change simulation.
    Alternate engine noise would be cool. How about add a handbrake, a fake clutch and fake gear lever, all software mapped?😂

  • @simonnrgaard7731
    @simonnrgaard7731 Год назад +6

    I wait for the Fiat Panda E 4x4. 😎

  • @DIVEnSOME
    @DIVEnSOME Год назад +2

    I don’t think the sound is gimmicky,in fact it gives the car “realness” ,borla have a sound generator for the gt that sounds like a real muscle car.

  • @js-vr1dz
    @js-vr1dz Год назад +2

    Great review again, love the non serious but informative content, I want this car the sound projection is a great idea at low speeds to assist us cyclists in awareness, most electrics are close to silent and surprise the cyclists at last minute.

  • @davidrengers2859
    @davidrengers2859 Год назад +4

    You guys are definitely a trip! Funny and love how you present your content. Never boring thats for sure

  • @spunkymonkie
    @spunkymonkie Год назад

    I previously owned a petrol Abarth which I loved. Just got the new 500e Abarth and it’s a fantastic car. Love it

  • @museholic7000
    @museholic7000 Год назад +5

    1:24 god please get rid of fake engine noise and fake engine braking. It drives me up the wall.

  • @spacecadetrik21
    @spacecadetrik21 Год назад +7

    Great fun review. I have a 500e and love it but I will be considering getting something with a bit more range soon. I had an ICE Abarth previously and it was great fun. However this, at this price, is not for me. I think you would have to love the badge and look of the car to pay 2k more for this than the MG4 X Power. The MG performance will leave this trailing.

    • @Electroheads
      @Electroheads  Год назад +4

      Thank you! Yeah the price is a tough pill to swallow. If the fiat 500e can get grants maybe Stellantis can wrangle the same with the Abarth?! 🙏

  • @keithronson2624
    @keithronson2624 Год назад +2

    Love it! One of the first electric cars I would consider! The Mini e, the Pugeoet 208 even the Corsa. Makes so much sense if?? Electric is the future. As for the likes of Tesla, Kia etc and yes VW and Audi producing SUV EVs at well over £60 grand! Forget it!

    • @mixedbyfiatcat
      @mixedbyfiatcat Год назад

      No one buys an Abarth cause it make sense. You buy it cause you love it!

  • @robtyman4281
    @robtyman4281 Год назад +1

    Agree. Cars have stopped being fun. They're now too big, too expensive - and yes, too boring.
    People have become obsessed with SUV's, and the 'mine's bigger than yours' syndrome that it encourages. Our roads are not shrinking.....the cars now are just too b****y big!!
    Councils are now having to spend unnecessary amounts of money widening roads so as to accommodate these 'tanks' or 'metal blobs'; and are ruining the streetscape and look of areas as a result.
    This is money that could (and should) be spent on more important things - like weekly bin collections, instead of bi-weekly which most Councils now have. Because the money is being diverted to road widening.
    'Electric' doesn't have to mean 'boring' or joyless - as the current Fiat 500 shows (even though it's a tad on the pricey side); but the car industry are basically not imaginative enough to realise this ....and so churn out ever bigger, and ever blander, sterile cars with each passing year.
    Maybe the entire car industry needs a total rethink of how cars are designed and marketed....and why we even need such huge cars. Do we? ....I don't think so.

  • @paulhenshall7849
    @paulhenshall7849 Год назад +3

    Thanks Guys best electric car review I have seen. Great laugh and you 2 captured the feel of the car😊. I would buy this car after watching this video but I just ordered a EV6 .

  • @macrichardson7904
    @macrichardson7904 Год назад

    I am 60 live in the US we have owned 3 Abarth and love the vehicles. The part of this vehicle that makes me concerned is that it will not have the power and acceleration that the Gas version had. it was a fast, loud, fun vehicle to own. Looking at this vehicles specs, the electric motor seems very under powered to match the gas version. Fit and finish are great, but it it is a turtle, i will have to pass on owning another one. The other problem here in the US is that all of the Fiat dealers closed up so I would have to drive SEVERAL hours to buy one and even worse, get it serviced. That too is a concern.

  • @georgemacdonald8899
    @georgemacdonald8899 Год назад +1

    Looks like a great little car for tight roads and European cities, yet nimble and sporty enough for quick jaunts out of the city... I drove an early (small) honda civic hatchback for years and really enjoyed it for getting about, this would probably do fine as a replacement. A bit out of my price range now, but I could see doing a fractional purchase or it being part of a "electric club car fleet". It got me thinking that it would be kind of fun to have an Electroheads club, perhaps with a club card(visa) that offered deals/discounts on eProducts and an App to help find the right gear. Might be a way to help some customers make payments on bikes as well.

  • @TheIansp997
    @TheIansp997 Год назад +3

    Great video 🎉 and a fantastic little car ….. love it ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @PEMFron
    @PEMFron Год назад

    Don't leave her in the boot. Because I like to watch all the e-bike reviews.
    I watched the Eskuta review that you did.
    I have a good friend who took me to Nuneaton where they are assembled. I had a test drive in there car park. And because I liked it so much, I have paid for it in full I'm waiting for delivery soon. The Eskuta sx250 series iii is a brilliant piece of kit.
    For your reference I'm 71 but look and act like I'm 51. All the best to the team. 😀👍

    • @Electroheads
      @Electroheads  Год назад +2

      Amazing!! If you bought through us we massively appreciate the support ❤️ you’ll be pleased to hear I am out the boot and a free woman once again ✨

  • @sevesellors2831
    @sevesellors2831 Год назад +3

    Brilliant little car but like all EVs expensive. Having read that now they are saying that EVs are not going to deliver zero emissions and if the UK was to meet all its targets the difference globally will be 0.044%. Thus at the age of 73.5 my last car purchase will be petrol.

    • @alexwilsonpottery3733
      @alexwilsonpottery3733 Год назад +1

      I’m in the same boat at 64.5. Just got an Odyssey (petrol) to carry teens and elderly family across the ‘States from Iowa to Florida and back, and this week Iowa to Seattle then back via Missoula - and all five of us plus luggage barely fit!!! Would love an electric passenger van, but none are readily available in the US, and I honestly shudder at the potential cost. We’re only poor artists and teachers, and $200,000 used to be the price of a pretty fancy house across the lake from Prince’s place.

  • @Brightsparks1960
    @Brightsparks1960 Год назад +3

    Brilliant fun review for a fun car.

  • @davidornberg
    @davidornberg Год назад +1

    I want an electric car that sounds like those pod racers in Star Wars! 🙂

  • @larryreynolds8580
    @larryreynolds8580 Год назад

    I'm having fun. Enjoyed your review 👍

  • @CwyfanapRhys
    @CwyfanapRhys Год назад +2

    Nice big sunroof there but I’m not sure whether the cabriolet (or convertible) version would be even more fun.

  • @megapangolin1093
    @megapangolin1093 Год назад

    Interesting review of a fun car, Abarth is pulling in their favours, reputationally in charging (ha!) so much for this tiny machine. No, no, thrice no, no external loudspeaker-driven fake ICE engine noises to pollute the environment, keep the speakers inside to entertain the driver (like the Fiesta ST). One good thing about EVs is their motor silence, which will benefit society, big time. Love the boot test- this is a classic, so impressive to see you fold into that tiny space.

  • @flukeylukey7559
    @flukeylukey7559 Год назад

    In Australia the mg4 cost from 39k, other Chinese base models are mid 40k. So pretty exy here compared to the UK. Could still be worth it for petrol and service savings.

  • @BMWHP2
    @BMWHP2 Год назад +1

    I love this EV. It is one of the only 2door cars with a decent range of 3300km. It also comes in cabriolet. I dont need the sound.

  • @phillipmatthews148
    @phillipmatthews148 Год назад +6

    That’s just begging for eyelashes 😂

  • @aeromtb2468
    @aeromtb2468 Год назад

    i remember years ago the ceo of fiat was complaining they were loosing over $10K an electric 500. what is different now?

  • @macaron3141592653
    @macaron3141592653 Год назад

    34k for this thing is insane, given that despite how cool it is, its still small, it only has a 42kwh battery and 160ish hp. It takes alot of work to design a fun car but to mass produce one with such limited specs is not expensive.

  • @PEMAGYURME
    @PEMAGYURME 10 месяцев назад

    Fun and most energetic Video 👍

  • @KiranMachiraju
    @KiranMachiraju Год назад

    1:15 - That sound is necessary. It will be welcomed well by the public.
    7:45 - Actually, I don't care how I go from A to B 😂😅

  • @larshelmin
    @larshelmin Год назад

    6:12 The only proper song to test a premium sound system with! 😆

  • @WilliamMcBride
    @WilliamMcBride Год назад +1

    Would be interesting to compare this to the MG4 X-Power!

  • @andrewchesney
    @andrewchesney Год назад

    THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS - crazy! However, GREAT review - thank you

  • @charles_the_elder
    @charles_the_elder Год назад

    I love this car, in this color!

  • @peterthwaites5891
    @peterthwaites5891 Год назад

    Loved your unique presentation... i own and love my Abarth 595 Scorpioneoro and was really looking forward to eventually replacing it with this new model, BUT with an ICE engine, i get the idea of a sporty town car EV and it could work for me but not at over 10k more than a petrol equivalent..

    • @Electroheads
      @Electroheads  Год назад +1

      Thank you! It is a frightening amount of money isn't it?

  • @kevinmcgrane4279
    @kevinmcgrane4279 Год назад

    “Engine sound”? Nope. Nope nope nope. Cute car, though. I’d buy it. Looks fun! (38K price tag?!?)

  • @eldridgep2
    @eldridgep2 Год назад

    It's a slap in the face for common sense not the car industry. Stupidly expensive novelty items have been around for years but most people live in the real world.

  • @neilbrandon
    @neilbrandon Год назад +1

    Add fake exhaust pollution too and maybe optional horse trotting sound..

    • @Rob-etc
      @Rob-etc Год назад +1

      Definitely want options of different sounds, including Brian Blessed shouting "I am reversing"

    • @Electroheads
      @Electroheads  Год назад

      To be fair that would be incredible

  • @ashb8572
    @ashb8572 Год назад +2

    Divide the price by 10, and that's what most youngsters spend when buying a car 🚗

  • @marcuswennerholm1770
    @marcuswennerholm1770 Год назад

    Best car video ever!🥳

  • @engineeredlifeform
    @engineeredlifeform Год назад

    It's lovely, but then at that price point, that's my expectation. Still, something to look forward to once that elastic curve bends my direction.

  • @Laurynas_LTU
    @Laurynas_LTU Год назад +1

    Yes, we're having fun! :D And stop calling this not a review! It's a great review! I'd rather watch you review all different Abarth colours in separate videos than watch another SUV "review", i.e. commercial.
    Oh, it's proper expensive... I understand that electric cars are lighter on maintenance costs, but you can't explain this to your bank manager when you can't afford a bigger loan...

  • @ijchua
    @ijchua Год назад

    Please review the MINI electric too!

  • @kalebdaark100
    @kalebdaark100 Год назад

    No desire to get one of these (even if I had the money) but Loved the review.
    I feel the music should be from BAND-MAID though. Cute on the outside, heavy on the inside.

  • @flexdermeister6969
    @flexdermeister6969 Год назад

    For NVHers the behind is your primary sensory organ.

  • @guantou2520
    @guantou2520 Год назад

    Thinking of getting one for "Her indoors" and she is 68

  • @TilmanBaumann
    @TilmanBaumann Год назад

    I don't know about the sound. I'm very sceptical.
    I think if I can switch it off and if I can customise it I would dig it.

  • @Mezman999
    @Mezman999 Год назад

    Should have v8 noise on all electric cars. Would be fun.

  • @grahammewburn
    @grahammewburn Год назад

    I Love you guys!
    I Love the car.
    Cheers Gray
    Australia

  • @glennbutler2070
    @glennbutler2070 Год назад

    Crazy crazy price😵‍💫😵‍💫🙄 Fun to watch though.

  • @aliruane
    @aliruane Год назад +1

    The noise is horrific. The lack of noise pollution from EVs is one of their major advantages. The car is expensive too. A noisy toy for rich people.

  • @B0BHW
    @B0BHW Год назад

    Hmm. A bit like buying an exact copy made by Fender of Rory Gallagher's battered Stratocaster guitar. It looks like and (if you're skilled enough) sounds like Rory Gallagher's guitar. But it's not the real thing. But hey, back to the Abarth 500e. Can't deny. It does look way cool.

  • @jamesvdv0
    @jamesvdv0 Год назад

    I don't recall any mention of the most important figure = range!

    • @Electroheads
      @Electroheads  Год назад +1

      We chucked it down in text - 164 miles WLTP

  • @gunston999
    @gunston999 Год назад +1

    To people with money £38 thousand is nothing.

  • @bahrignr9416
    @bahrignr9416 Год назад

    Beautiful car

  • @Andi_mit_E
    @Andi_mit_E Год назад +3

    Great car! BUT: way too expensive and too few range.

  • @chrisfox6445
    @chrisfox6445 Год назад

    I’ve a 500e and since my son-in-law described it as having a resting bitch-face, I can’t unsee it.

  • @lavapix
    @lavapix Год назад

    I can already see people having EV cars make various fart sounds when they accelerate.

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan 2 месяца назад

    That is some adorable luggage 😉

  • @sirgaymeerkat1994
    @sirgaymeerkat1994 Год назад

    I enjoyed this video but completely missed the cars stats! what was Is the driving range?? I got its top speed!

    • @Electroheads
      @Electroheads  Год назад +1

      164 miles (WLTP) on one charge 😊

  • @doctorlovera
    @doctorlovera Год назад

    I wasn't sure this was a british channel until 7:58
    Yeh indeed
    yeh
    yeh.

  • @nicop131
    @nicop131 Год назад

    I personally won't be buying an electric until its way more affordable and I don't think they should ever add a sound. If it was my car it would be turned off I love my vivaro-e work van because of how quiet it is

  • @catrionahall8435
    @catrionahall8435 Год назад

    Love it to bits

  • @bill_heywood
    @bill_heywood Год назад +1

    "Engine" noises on an EV are dumb. Just make it fast and fun to drive

  • @Jimages_uk
    @Jimages_uk Год назад

    2:22 What has driving a bus got to do with it?
    2:47 I've never driven in a bath either.

  • @sammyjjoo
    @sammyjjoo Год назад

    I give it (I mean you 😁 a 10/10!

  • @erwindewit4073
    @erwindewit4073 Год назад

    Hmm, I like it. Not at that price though. Still, all of my friends (and my girlfriend and me too) are over 6 ft ... But come on, that price! And 154 hp is still a bit meh? The Fiat 500 Abarth petrol was 180+ bhp and it's lighter... Such a pity....

  • @ravenfeeder1892
    @ravenfeeder1892 Год назад +1

    Please no. One of the advantages of electrics is the lack of noise.

  • @KavanOBrien
    @KavanOBrien Год назад +1

    40 thousand for that = wow should be called the comedy car.

  • @datadrivendev
    @datadrivendev Год назад

    So it makes the sound of the engine but not the sound of the gear change, wonder what's the point

    • @Electroheads
      @Electroheads  Год назад +1

      Something to improve on for the next model for sure

  • @Lotus.F
    @Lotus.F Год назад

    Inspiring the younger generations to inspire their rich parents with that price tag lol.

  • @bernardfender5147
    @bernardfender5147 Год назад

    Abarth should be light, fast n fun.
    That awful clearly synthetic noise will be turned off after a day

  • @longzero
    @longzero Год назад

    The video should have ended with Eilis in there and we would see her come out of a different car at the beginning of the review of that different car. I suppose my comment is a suggestion for a new video idea: continuity across (some) videos.

    • @Electroheads
      @Electroheads  Год назад

      Oh damn that is some mad inception right there

  • @nicnordic6143
    @nicnordic6143 Год назад +1

    For 70%? Of ev buyers this sounds like a joke. But: JP, the most seen tuner on YT in Germany and Porsche fan tested a prototype of the Ioniq 6N. It has sound and artificial gears and he had a blast...

    • @FFVoyager
      @FFVoyager Год назад

      I hate the idea of making an 'engine noise' on an EV. It's just infantile.

    • @ianmangham4570
      @ianmangham4570 Год назад

      ​@@FFVoyagerThe elderly appreciate it when crossing the street.

    • @FFVoyager
      @FFVoyager Год назад

      @@ianmangham4570 how is a fake exhaust sound at the back of the car going to help? 🙄

    • @ianmangham4570
      @ianmangham4570 Год назад

      @@FFVoyagerBadinga do !

    • @nicnordic6143
      @nicnordic6143 Год назад +1

      @@FFVoyager may be its 95% ;-)

  • @bjorn6347
    @bjorn6347 3 месяца назад

    Very funny video ... thanks

  • @riziger
    @riziger Год назад +2

    At this price, absolutely no chance :(

  • @DorsetSaferRoads
    @DorsetSaferRoads Год назад +1

    Screw that, will take an mg4 xpower over this any day of the week

  • @ObiePaddles
    @ObiePaddles Год назад

    Love the idea of the car. Personally dont need or want the sound…and if it brings some ICE drivers into the car as they would otherwise miss the sound then bring it on!

  • @TheTexasDuke
    @TheTexasDuke Год назад

    The sound of a gas nah turn that off make it silent 😂

  • @MrRocketguitar
    @MrRocketguitar Год назад

    Needs to be half the price

  • @830jps
    @830jps Год назад

    The external speaker should be on all EV, as they are too quiet and people, bicycle and pedestrians, don't hear you coming.

  • @1Kent
    @1Kent Год назад +1

    RUclips subtitles cannot translate a British accent.
    I don't do much better.
    Above
    A bath
    A bar?

  • @toad008
    @toad008 Год назад +1

    My daughter would wet herself! Want one and I am an old git (big kid). x

    • @Electroheads
      @Electroheads  Год назад

      Big kids only on this channel!! 😁

  • @silbernersurfer8264
    @silbernersurfer8264 Год назад

    I like Eilis!

  • @johnpaterson6112
    @johnpaterson6112 Год назад

    We are not amused. Perhaps they should use 'Eyre' and 'Richard' as performing names.

  • @buzzofftoxicblog791
    @buzzofftoxicblog791 Год назад

    😅 I'm old love the look of it love small fun cars ... but rwd or AWD and zoooom I would need more zooom and definitely would change the noise for more. something like a spaceship noise. not a stinky toxic ice car noise yuk 😂😂✨😂

  • @BrockMcLellan
    @BrockMcLellan Год назад

    The last thing this world needs is more noise. It creates stress in people and animals. People are already having a difficult time coping with current levels of noise pollution. The world would benefit from small, affordable, non-polluting cars. Unnecessary vehicle noise should be banned, because it impacts everyone forced to be in the vicinity of the car, not just its driver.

  • @horaciokanashiro-hv2zn
    @horaciokanashiro-hv2zn Год назад

    It sounds: Like a kid bubbling his milk shake with a straw 🥤

  • @petergilbert72
    @petergilbert72 Год назад

    It’s not a “tiny” car. We have the ICE 500 and the EV is slightly bigger. If you want to find tiny just turn the clock back fifty years!

  • @zzhughesd
    @zzhughesd Год назад

    Fan
    Of It. Be nice 25k in 2/3 years. 😅