2012 Abarth Sports Roadster

The manufacturer Abarth belonging to the Fiat Group will launch its roadster in 2012, rival the Lotus Elise. It will do so without the use of structures derived from KTM or Lotus. This will be the next step in the policy to revitalize the brand, which began several years ago with the Punto Abarth, the Abarth 500 and continued with the cars in the range esseesse. Both the general structure (mid-engine) that the interior decoration reminiscent of the Elise. Everything will be produced by the Italian company, at least to a report in Autocar citing sources close to Abarth.

The Italian sports will compete with the Germans since the segment coming soon a baby Porsche Boxster, BMW and Audi BlueSport roadster. The engine should be the efficient choice Fiat 1.4 MultiAir with power of 170 hp, coupled with a new six-speed gearbox with double clutch.

The new Abarth roadster will be priced reasonably accessible in the order of 30,000 Euros. This excludes in fact the dreaded possibility of using expensive platforms such as the KTM X-Bow (with carbon fiber chassis and engine Audi), which alone costs 60 to 90,000 Euro.