The NP Abarth handles U.K. roads pretty well, the setup is not as stiff as the Panda 100. The first time I drove an Panda 100 I thought the world was coming to an end when I hit a speed bump
I will reserve judgment on the Esse Esse until I get my hands on our first one on Tuesday.
As far as volume goes, there is a fair amount of interest, a small amount of sales, but that will get better when people actually find out about the car.
Abarth U.K. have not advertised that the car exsists yet, but will soon be putting some adverts in the national magazines.
Alot of the people that have driven my Abarth are very impressed, but do not want to commit until they have driven an Esse Esse. (role on Tuesday).
The major interest is in the 500. We have taken lots of pre-orders for that, and most of the early orderers didn't even know the price when they left their deposit.