Abarth’s Potential Return to Gasoline: Why Scorpions Might Strike Again

Abarth’s Potential Return to Gasoline: Why Scorpions Might Strike Again​

Customer Demand For Combustion Power Could Revive The Fire Under Abarth's Hood​

When I read that Abarth might bring back gasoline-powered hot hatches, I couldn’t help but nod in agreement. As a gearhead who drives an electric vehicle (EV), I love my Charger — but I’m not in love with it. I like to modify, tune, and wrench; with an EV powertrain, my hands are tied. Abarth’s dilemma hits home all too well.

Abarth’s Potential Return to Gasoline: Why Scorpions Might Strike Again

Explore Abarth’s potential return to gasoline and why Scorpions might strike again in the world of performance cars.

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The reason the Mille 3 cylinder engine has only 65hp is because of the EU emissions requirements reduces what power the Firefly 3 cylinder began with. As the article mentions, meeting the cooling requirements for a high output engine remains a significant challenge.

I would love to see the GSE-T 1.3 with the manual transmission from the (very mild) hybrid Fiat 500. An ICE powered Abarth 500 would have to be available across multiple regions to justify the investment for the. redesign. There just isn't enough buyer buyers in our market alone for a business case. The place to start is with a Fiat 500 using a better IC engine than the three cylinder, 65hp unit of the hybrid model. Then Fiat and Abarth are sharing the engineering costs for the necessary modifications across a wider group of buyers. More people would be interested in the Fiat 500 if it had a decent ICE option.