Then you can't possibly say if the insurance is too dear, can you.

Err, no they are not! S Works is circa 200 bhp and over £20K to buy in England. Insurance is too dear, obviously Fiat haven't thought about running costs too closely.

Quote from: euroboy on December 16, 2008, 08:36:16 pm

I know it doesnt relate to the UK directly, but my policy on the Abarth here in Holland (3rd party) was 500 Euro.

For full option cover (including a new car if wrecked within 3 yrs) was 1300 EUR.

That makes it almost exactly the same price as a Mini Cooper S JCW, which in my mind is reasonable as they are a similar sort of car.

I can understand where shep76s is coming from - Abarth were quoted, i'm sure, to have said that they (or atleast they were thought to) aim their vehicles at a younger market? Correct me if i'm wrong.

I'm 20 years old, so other poeple on here may be arguing over a couple of hundred of quid, but with me it runs into triple figures. I'm a bloody safe driver and currently drive a 500 1.4 sport - group 5 insurance, which still costs about 900 a  year. Maybe i could get that down...

I've attained quotes on a GPA however, just to give me some perspective and the results i'm getting are insane! 5 grand almost! For a car that has 35hp more than my current one (despite the obvious desirabiltiy of an abarth) i still find group 13  pretty high. For a company who are trying to aim their cars at a younger market, I feel they are failing drastically by allowing the car to be pretty much impossible to insure unless your over 30, living in the heart of the country, working as a doctor and with your car stored in an underground garage policed 24/7 by special forces officers...

How hard would it have been to fit a f***ing alarm?

How does 35 extra bhp justify an insurance group jump from 5 to 13?

It's a shame because it seems like for a a lot of people on here an Abarth is a second or even third car but for me it's pretty much a dream car. I'd love one, but just hope i can get a sensible quote otherwise it just won't be worth it...   

I do sympathise Joe. I can't help but feel that insurance companies have got their pricing horribly wrong when it comes to younger drivers.
To my mind, giving them affordable premiums but carrying massive excesses would ensure that they could afford to insure their vehicle but also make the less responsible more responsible by thinking of the consequences of their actions.
For what it's worth, when I put my deposit on to the 500 I did a quick insurance check and bizarrely enough, I can insure a 993 Porsche 911 for less than an AGP