And that video doesn’t even do it justice. The noise is just all around you when driving an Abarth in a parking garage. Glorious, slow-moving fun...

Starred for truth. The North American Fiat 500 Abarth uses the 1.4 MultiAir engine manufactured in Detroit, which is then shipped to Mexico where the cars are manufactured. This is simply not a big deal. At all. Plus, with both the 500 Abarth and 124 Spyder, the engines they are shipping are about the size of a glove…

Don’t get me wrong, I love my Abarth, but let’s call “early” a relative term....

And all that early torque!

I just hope they do a better job with the manual than they did on the Abarth. The throws on my 500 Abarth reminded me of my old Jeep Wrangler, until I fixed that mess with a short shift adapter. An easy mod, granted, but it’s still ridiculous how long and sloppy the shifting is out of the box with the Abarth.

I say this with the utmost respect, but... you are out of your damn mind.

Yep. Great tuning options available for this engine platform. I’m running the EuroDrive 1.1+ tune on a ‘13 Abarth, and the impact on performance is amazing.

Not sure how they delete the lower intake if they are using the 1.4 turbocharged plant from the Abarth. The intercooler’s gotta go somewhere.

Um, the 1.4 with 160HP is the turbo. Looks like there’s a front mounted intercooler in there.

The speed limits can vary. School zones where I live are 25mph.

Uh, that’s the joke.

Good for you. To quote Louie CK, I’m glad that deer is dead. Those animals are a freaking menace.

Wow!

I’ve always wondered how pilots are supposed to see anything in those things.

No. Mine is a reasonable rationalization that comprehends the difference between a simple, civil traffic offense (passing on double yellow) and felony assault with a deadly weapon. There is no equivalency. Vigilantes who enforce speed limits and passing laws by ramming into other drivers are monsters. They need to go…

No other car was coming. That incline was probably a third of a mile up the road, and the biker started his pass at a high point, so he likely had downfield visibility beyond the horizon point when the accident occurred. Finally, did you see a car approaching when the collision occurred? Because at that moment, the…

All the stars to this post. It shocks me how anxious some people are to cow to authority.

Am I the only one who read this in the Dana Carvey Church Lady voice?