Saturday, March 5, 2011
Geneva 2010: Abarth Grande Punto and 500c
After the first shots came in (mild) advance yesterday, Abarth has unveiled the official figures of its two new models 24 hours before the originally scheduled date. With a few surprises to the key ...
The first comes from the Abarth 500c. If it will be announced a sequential gearbox with steering wheel controls (and Sport mode), especially given the small version of the block further 1.4TJet, which now delivers 140 horsepower, 5 more than its counterpart closed unchanged for a couple , 208Nm. Enough to send the car to 100 km / h in 8.1 seconds and allow him a top speed of 205 km / h. And Abarth confirms esseesse version is beautiful is scheduled for next month.
Another good surprise is the Punto Abarth Evo, which has serial in a version 1.4 Multiair inflated to 165 horses, is now available with a kit esseesse bringing its power to 180 horses. Already base, the Punto Evo has nothing to be ashamed of its services, by shipping the 0 to 100km / h in 7.9 seconds and a correct consumption and reduced CO2 emissions by around 10% thanks in particular to Gear Shift Indicator (which indicates the best time to change gear) and the Stop & Start system.
The Punto Abarth Evo esseesse receives more ventilated and perforated discs, special rims available in white or titanium and suspensions strengthened.