Fiat Grande Punto Abarth 1.4T 150Hp premieres at Geneva

Fiat’s calling upon its rich history in motorsports to launch a new line of sports models that’ll wear the iconic “Abarth” logo whose emblem features a scorpion. The Grande Punto Abarth will make its debut at the Geneva Show along with its rally version, the Grande Punto Abarth S2000. Later on Fiat will enrich the Abarth range with the 500 Abarth and the Bravo Abarth.

Back to the Grande Punto Abarth, Fiat's answer to the Peugeot 207 GT 1.6T and the VW Polo GTI is equipped with the 1.4 Turbo petrol engine that premiered on the Bravo. It delivers 150Hp at 5500 rpm, (boosted to 155Hp if you use 98 RON petrol) and a maximum torque figure of 230Nm at 3.000 rpm. Fiat also announced that latter in the year they’ll present a more powerful version of the Grande Punto Abarth. The latter, thanks to a booster kit will deliver 180Hp. We have no idea of how the sporty Fiat will handle on the road, but we sure as hell dig its unique design elements like the nostalgic 17’’ rims (reminiscent of the Cromodora Abarth alloys), the red pin stripes and the rally-inspired air intake on top of the windshield.
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JUGNU - 2/26/2007 10:42:37 AM

-5 Boost

Ugly.Very Daewoo Looking.Engine is great though.

BTW on a side note.the top of the line corolla in Asia(In ME it's called 1.8 XLi/GLi and in rest of Asia it's called ALTIS) have a NA 1.8l I4 which gives 145 BHP.

I haven't seen a better small engine than that.
BTW i would place this 1.5T second on my list of Best small engines.

JUGNU

Murcielago_LP640 - 2/26/2007 1:16:45 PM

+1 Boost

Punto is a really nice car...