Fiat efficiency model Abarth has revealed the 600e electrical crossover as its strongest automobile but.
Based on the brand new Fiat 600e, it is the second Abarth EV – after the Abarth 500e scorching hatch – and the primary SUV to bear the scorpion badge in Europe.
The placing Hypnotic Purple automobile pictured right here is the Scorpionissima launch version, simply 1949 examples of which can be produced.
An outlandish, performance-focused makeover brings a chunky rear wing, large-diameter sports activities wheels and a bespoke entrance bumper remedy – clearly marking this out as the warmer tackle the Italian EV.
Sending 237bhp by way of the entrance axle, the 600e Scorpionissima is described as “fiercely competitive and powerful” and would be the strongest automobile primarily based on Abarth mother or father firm Stellantis’s e-CMP2 platform.
This is shared with the likes of the Jeep Avenger, Peugeot e-2008 and Citroën e-C4 – none of which have a devoted efficiency model.
Abarth has but to supply any efficiency figures, however we will make sure that it is going to comfortably outpace the Fiat on which it is primarily based, with a 0-62mph time within the area of 6.0sec.
Full technical specs can be given on the automobile’s debut within the coming weeks, however Abarth has already confirmed that it is fitted with a limited-slip differential and efficiency tyres that – as implied by photographs of the automobile drifting on a race monitor – trace at an overt give attention to dynamic engagement.
Developed in partnership with Formula E rubber provider Hankook, these tyres have been designed to “guarantee most grip and assure glorious racing dynamics in every kind of situations” whereas “ensuring an improved range in an electric vehicle”.
The scorching 600e is prone to be powered by the identical 51kWh (usable) battery as the usual mannequin, however its dramatically elevated reserves will little doubt trim the vary from 252 miles to nearer the 200-mile mark.
Abarth has but to substantiate a full debut date for its new mannequin however stated “stay tuned” for extra particulars.
What’s subsequent from Fiat?
There can be no extra Fiat sports activities automobiles and nor will the model goal giant or luxurious automobile segments, boss Olivier François has confirmed.
“That is the beauty of [parent firm] Stellantis: we are a house of [14] brands,” he stated. That means every model will need to have a transparent objective and generate income.
“For Fiat, we make money. We are simplicity. We are smaller cars. We are not sports cars. We are not luxury. We are not big cars.”