Abarth performance tuning for Alfa Romeo planned

 Abarth performance tuning for Alfa Romeo planned
Alfa Romeo Giulietta

A progressive, but dramatic, expansion is well underway at Fiat-owned tuning firm Abarth.  While the company is developing its first solely-developed new car in three decades, they will release a series of performance kits for a wide range of Alfa Romeo models.

“The brand is doing so well that we plan to start producing more performance kits for Fiats, and even some Alfa Romeo models,” Alfa executive Antonio Labate told Autocar.  "We won’t be working with the Mito since Alfa already has the Cloverleaf, but there are lots of other possibilities.”

This could also eliminate the Giulietta, already sold as a Quadrifoglio, but we would love to see an Abarth version of the Brera or the Spider.  Since the brand's resurrection in 2008, 22,000 units of the Abarth 500 and Abarth Punto have been purchased from showrooms.

Source: autocar.co.uk

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 Fourie_00 Fourie_00
Considering Abarth has always been about lightweight cars, it would be good to see some 800kg's removed from the overweight brera or spider
June 29, 2010 5:25 pm
 Hero Sina Hero Sina
dude do you know how much is `800Kg`?!?! i don't know but i know it is too much!
June 30, 2010 2:23 am
 Fourie_00 Fourie_00
haha i do Hero Sina, i was being a bit sarcastic. im just frustraded with the Alfa's. Beautiful cars with pretty decent engines but are ALL overweight.
June 30, 2010 4:12 am
 997-GT500-STI 997-GT500-STI
I want one.....
June 30, 2010 12:22 am
 Zonda Addict Zonda Addict
looking forward to the Brera Abarth
June 30, 2010 2:52 am
 Francois Francois
I respect Abarth brand and it's history, but why making a Brera Abarth instead of making the GTA version or Quadrifoglio. It's like making a Lamborghini with RS Audi badge
June 30, 2010 3:06 am
 Swifty Swifty
you're right Fiat has Abarth and Alfa is having GTA and Quadrofoglio, so why use others?
June 30, 2010 7:12 am
 McNamara68 McNamara68
cannot wait to see what they do with the 8C
June 30, 2010 12:06 pm