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« Reply #225 on: June 16, 2010, 01:24:12 PM »
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A few more figures
Torque is the same, 184 ft/lbs, on both but the Evo is produced at lower rpm. 2250 against 2500.

0 to 62mph
Evo  7.9s
Mito  7.5s

I made a mistake with the Mito emissions, instead of 139 should be 136g/km

Even cleaner and faster but £1400 more
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« Reply #226 on: June 16, 2010, 02:01:24 PM »
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I guess the cynical may suggest that it would be harder to upsell an SS kit which only gave an extra 10bhp (170->180), and placing the standard engine at 165bhp may bring more sales of the kit.   Whistle
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« Reply #227 on: June 16, 2010, 03:24:04 PM »
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I think it's going to be a hard sell in any case, particularly as: a) it adds not only less power than the old GPA kit, but also less power than the 500's esseesse kit and would have to be priced accordingly; and b) no-one's going to want to replace those 'Scorpion' alloy wheels.  Points I have made to the Powers That Be™.
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« Reply #228 on: June 17, 2010, 07:26:03 AM »
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I know the looks and the issues Alex is eluding to above are issues but i did find one photo in the press release file that i thought was probablly from the best angle in relation to the looks and the red does look very good i have some photo's of a white one and it doesn't look as good, but that is my opinion only.

So here is the picture
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« Reply #229 on: June 17, 2010, 07:46:36 AM »
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I'l admit that in profile, and red it doesn't look bad - it's the fussy front and rear that I need to be convinced by... but hopefully a ticket for the Goodwood Moving Motor Show will help that  Whistle

Just noticed that they've move the rear flank badging further down the 1/4 panel and away from the window too.
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« Reply #230 on: June 17, 2010, 08:02:23 AM »
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Some of the frontal area could no doubt be wrapped/sprayed to hide some of the goppiness.  Sure, you shouldn't have to.  Here's a quick mock-up I did:-
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« Reply #231 on: June 17, 2010, 09:17:38 AM »
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In case anyone really wants to look at 50 photos of the same red car repeatedly driving round the same corner, I've uploaded the remaining press photos to Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/abarthisti-uk/sets/72157624293734636/show/
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« Reply #232 on: June 17, 2010, 09:44:56 AM »
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Why oh why do they use that awful chrome affect round the badge. It really annoys me. Chrome on the 500 is fine but not on the AGP or APE. No to Chrome or any other sort of BLING.

And the front and back bumpers really need wrapping/spraying fast (like Alex did above). Looks very cheap otherwise IMO.

The rest of it I love though apart from the price of course.
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« Reply #233 on: June 17, 2010, 01:00:23 PM »
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvHveNoIvDI&feature=player_embedded

still not sure the price is justified but heres a vid of the evo abarth on the road.
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« Reply #234 on: June 17, 2010, 06:48:59 PM »
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Just watched 5th Gear the Alfa Mito Cloverleaf 170bhp MutiAir up against the Citroen DS3 and Mr Nedell comented that he fet the MA ran out of breath and the fact was that it was slower around the track than the DS i trust that the Abarth Evo mapping will be better if that is the case!
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« Reply #235 on: June 19, 2010, 11:12:16 PM »
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I now have the confirmed UK options prices:-

Abarth Punto Evo: £16,500 on-the road.

Factory options:-

OptionPrice
Leather Sports interior£850
Electric "Sky Dome" sunroof£725
Dual Climate Control£260
Auto-dimming rear view mirror£160
Rain sensing windscreen wipers (only with the above)£80
Front centre armrest£110
Abarth Corse Seats by Sabelt in Leather/Alcantara£1,690
Abarth Corse Seats by Sabelt in Fabric£1,320
Alternative 17" alloy wheels with 205/45 tyres£150
Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)£250
White/Black/Red Stripe & Mirror kits£160
Preparation for CD Multi-changer£100
Chrome mirrors£60
12v socket£28

Campovolo Grey is now the no-cost colour option, with 1949 White, Scorpion Black and Velocity Red all now £400 options.
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« Reply #236 on: June 20, 2010, 05:26:41 PM »
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Just watched 5th Gear the Alfa Mito Cloverleaf 170bhp MutiAir up against the Citroen DS3 and Mr Nedell comented that he fet the MA ran out of breath and the fact was that it was slower around the track than the DS i trust that the Abarth Evo mapping will be better if that is the case!
I still think at that price abarth are gonna out price alot of us! Is it really worth getting rid of my agp ss for it?? Cry
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« Reply #237 on: June 20, 2010, 08:55:04 PM »
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To be honest no I just can't get round the round off the car from the side view it is growing on me but that front is just a mess, think I will wait for the coupe if it comes
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« Reply #238 on: June 21, 2010, 07:29:41 AM »
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Campovolo Grey is now the no-cost colour option, with 1949 White, Scorpion Black and Velocity Red all now £400 options.
The grey is cheap because they only blow a gloss coat over the primer(would I lie?).

Flat white and flat red cost options? Who could possibly argue that is ridiculous?

That now brings the price for a white/leather/12v car to £17778 compared to the £14350 I paid 20 months ago. It gets worse. No servicing plan either?
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« Reply #239 on: June 23, 2010, 12:55:45 PM »
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According to Autocar, as well as a new coupe, Abarth are releasing the Evo in 'SS' trim in November for around £19000.
Have they got it wrong or will the Evo be available in 2 flavours from the factory?
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