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Offline John501

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Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
« on: December 23, 2008, 06:32:36 pm »
After spending the best part of the day ringing all my customer (anybody who has an answer phone message I will try again tommorrow) I can finally confirm the price and availability of the Abarth 500.
The price of the base car (135bhp) will be £13500. Any option costs are the same as Fiat 500 (i.e. Skydome £550).
We all know by now that the first 200 cars are all the same and are priced at £14850 OTR. They will arrive at the dealers for launch in late Febuary.
Ordering for bespoke cars will open in the first week of January and those cars will arrive in the middle of March.
Hopefully demonstrators will arrive at the dealers sometime in January.
The only thing I haven't had confirmed yet is the price of the Esse Esse kit.
Looks like it will be a Happy Christmas.
« Last Edit: December 23, 2008, 06:37:05 pm by AlexK »
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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 07:58:01 pm »
    Thats good news... pretty much what we were all expecting anyway. Thanks John

    Hope this stops all the moaning now  ;D  ;D ;D
    stealth car to the celebraties

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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #2 on: December 23, 2008, 08:12:38 pm »
    Is there a list of available options (as I know that there are some differences to F500)?

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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #3 on: December 23, 2008, 08:17:27 pm »
    The options are:
    Leather uphostelry
    Climate control
    Alloy Wheel upgrade
    Stripes and mirrors
    Fixed glass roof
    Skydome
    I'm sure i'm missing something but I cant think at the minute.
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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #4 on: December 23, 2008, 08:18:31 pm »
    Well if its all the same the fiat 500 i would say these are the prices

    leather £638 (ithink thats a bargain)
    Skydome £550
    stripes £100
    Alloys  Â£150 - £200
    Climate £245
    Metallic Black £367
    Red £245
    Pearl white - £685
     
    I would guess the scorpion on the bonnet will be about £50 (dunno who would want that though)

    not sure of the rest of the options
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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #5 on: December 23, 2008, 08:20:16 pm »
    Alloys are £250 and the scorpion is £80
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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #6 on: December 23, 2008, 08:23:25 pm »
    I  copied and pasted this off Alex's myabrth blog..

    Option    Price
    Leather upholstery    Â£636
    Electric “Sky Dome” sunroof    Â£538
    Fixed glass sunroof    Â£294
    Climate control    Â£245
    Auto-dimming rear view mirror    Â£98
    Blue&Me Map    TBA
    Blue&Me Nav    TBA
    Chrome mirrors    Â£69
    Five-hole 17″ alloy wheels with 205/40R17 tyres    Â£250
    Ten-spoke 17″ alloy wheels with 205/40R17 tyres    Â£250
    White/Black/Red Stripe & Mirror kits    Â£108 TBC
    White/Black/Red checkerboard roof kits    Â£108 TBC
    White/Black/Red Scorpion bonnet stickers    Â£78 TBC
    Scorpion Black paintwork    Â£367 TBC
    Factory Red paintwork    Â£245 TBC
    Grey paintwork    Â£245 TBC
    White Pearl paintwork    Â£685
    « Last Edit: December 23, 2008, 09:40:38 pm by AlexK »
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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #7 on: December 24, 2008, 12:02:37 am »
    Thanks guys

    Let's just see what the Christmas sock can afford!

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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #8 on: December 24, 2008, 12:07:52 am »
    Thanks John, dare say my dealer would have called but I think I've only given my works no. and I'm on holiday. Best give him a bell tomorrow.

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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #9 on: January 03, 2009, 05:35:35 pm »
    Hi John, thanks for your time on the phone today. Sorry we changed our minds yet again, but as you are fairly confident a custom ordered car will only be a couple of weeks behind, I thought it would be best for my wife to have the car she really wanted!
    Is there not a picture anywhere of a 500 with a Sky Dome?

    I am now nearly as excited about the wife's new car as I am about my own forthcoming Nissan GT-R!
    « Last Edit: January 03, 2009, 06:17:27 pm by David.Yu »

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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #10 on: January 03, 2009, 06:37:36 pm »
    Here you go David. ;D
    « Last Edit: January 03, 2009, 11:52:31 pm by Chinchillabug »

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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #11 on: January 04, 2009, 12:06:17 pm »
    well done chinchillabug, I didn't have that photo.
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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #12 on: January 04, 2009, 03:57:16 pm »
    Here you go David. ;D

    Thanks! Looks cool, especially on a black car where it is colour coded.
    I look at it as a Porsche Targa equivalent; not bad for £550!
    « Last Edit: January 05, 2009, 01:04:17 pm by AlexK »

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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #13 on: January 05, 2009, 12:03:30 am »
    We really should stop meeting like this David. Or should I say........GODZILLA!

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    Re: Good News at last! 500 Abarth prices revealed
    « Reply #14 on: January 05, 2009, 01:06:56 pm »
    I've been dreading posting this - Fiat have put their prices up as of 1st Jan, largely to reclaim the VAT cut.

    That means the options are going back up a few quid to what they were before, but as I understand it, the base price of the car should still be the same £13,500.

    Leather upholstery    Â£650
    Electric “Sky Dome” sunroof    Â£550
    Fixed glass sunroof    Â£300
    Climate control    Â£250
    Auto-dimming rear view mirror    Â£100
    Blue&Me Map    TBA
    Blue&Me Nav    TBA
    Chrome mirrors    Â£70
    Five-hole 17″ alloy wheels with 205/40R17 tyres    Â£250
    Ten-spoke 17″ alloy wheels with 205/40R17 tyres    Â£250
    White/Black/Red Stripe & Mirror kits    Â£110
    White/Black/Red checkerboard roof kits    Â£110
    White/Black/Red Scorpion bonnet stickers    Â£80
    Scorpion Black paintwork    Â£375
    Factory Red paintwork    Â£250
    Grey paintwork    Â£250
    White Pearl paintwork    Â£700

    By my maths, that makes the first 200 fixed-spec cars to be £14,840 - only up £40 or so.
    « Last Edit: January 05, 2009, 01:26:54 pm by AlexK »