Put off by the premium asked for the launch edition Scorpionissima? Abarth has another go ⚡️
was not greeted with universal approval when it was unveiled at the tail-end of last year but we didn’t know everything about the EV - not least the asking price beyond the ‘Scorpionissima’ launch edition that was only offered to the Abarth faithful. Now we do.
The headline news is a starting price of £34,195 for the entry-level Abarth 500e. For that, you obviously get the ‘even more aggressive’ updated styling, alongside 17-inch wheels, sports seats, a 10.25-inch infotainment screen, and - exclusive to the UK market - the Abarth Sound Generator and JBL Premium Audio system as standard.
Either way, you get much the same electric hatchback underneath. The 500e outputs 155hp and 173lb ft of torque, so it isn’t going to set your hair on fire in a straight line, even if its maker is keen to note that the electric version is swifter to 37mph than the combustive version could ever hope to be . Of course, the longer, wider-than-before EV distributes its weight in a much more equitable fashion than the petrol equivalent, and Abarth reckons a better handling supermini results .
In that respect at least, the predictably diminutive 42kWh battery is likely to be to the car’s advantage - but it does make for a more modest 164 miles of WLTP range, with fast charging pegged at 85kW. By way of comparison, the incoming Mini Cooper E is said to be capable of 185 miles with a roughly comparable 7-second-to-62mph level of performance.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
New all-electric Abarth 500e priced from £34,195 in the UK | AutocarItalian brand brings power hike and handling focus for long-awaited performance EV; on sale June 2023
Read more »
Priyanka Chopra Jonas shares why her ‘super paranoid’ dad put bars on her window'When I went back to India and I was in this small town and I was peacocking, like I peacocked in my American high school, I had boys follow me home and one of them jumped into my balcony at night.'
Read more »
AP Stylebook advises journalists to put 'woke' in quotation marks, blames conservativesThe AP Stylebook was mocked on social media for releasing guidance saying the word 'woke' should be used in quotation marks due to 'derogatory' use by conservatives.
Read more »
Dulé Hill, Jazmyn Simon put their wholesome parenting goodness into a children's book'Pysch' co-stars Dulé Hill and Jazmyn Simon have turned the daily affirmations they repeat with their two kids into a children's book released this week.
Read more »
Proposal to put collective bargaining rights into Pa. constitution gets final passage in HouseHouse Bill 950, which would authorize a referendum on the constitutional amendment, passed the chamber 102-99.
Read more »