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Made me laugh that the bucket seats fitted in these cars could not be tilted forward to let people in the back and the headrest hit the roofliner  . An example of this can be seen in the Abarth 500 test that took place on Top Gear a few weeks ago. (Jeremy stated this as a reason to love Abarth, for crazy things like that for example, and also said that his only gripe about the 500 was that nothing is really crazy about it, er, dual exhausts and a diffuser? )


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As I recall you could get in the back a lot easier if you pulled the sun visor down and then the seat would go a bit further forward.

I seem to remember also that this was a minor problem, I remember my friend accelarating in his and the seat coming out of the floor, that was more of an issue, he's still got most of one in his Mum's garage, been there over 15 years or more I think. A truly fantastic car at the time when everyone had an XR3i or Golf GTI it was so much more fun.