One outfit we don’t talk about much around here: Abarth. The Italian performance brand is known for its accomplishments in racing, but the values of its cars generally lag behind the big dogs like ...

Abarth & C. S.p.A., which has been wholly owned by Fiat since 1971, made a name for itself on the track and the rally stage with lightweight racing cars. The marque's road-going cars are usually small ...

Back in 1949, in the (still) war-ravaged Italy, Italo-Austrian Carlo Abarth created a namesake car company on the remnants of a group called Cisitalia. It took Abarth a couple of years to get in bed ...

The hot hatch is one of the most beloved automotive categories among car enthusiasts worldwide. Compared to other types of vehicles, it is relatively young. The history started in the 1970s, but the ...

The 500 Abarth has 58 percent more power and 73 percent more torque than the 500 on which it's based, but halfway through my evening with the Abarth, I was not thinking that the car was 58 percent ...

The Abarth 500 makes a return on the EV-only Fiat 500e nameplate. The old Fiat 500 Abarth has been known as a bundle of fiery, Italian, pop-and-crackle joy, but it wasn’t clear if it would show up ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Morris covers the rapidly growing world of electric vehicles. I was not expecting to like the Abarth 600e as much as I did.

Fiat Chrysler has done a great job of creating Abarth as a brand, the name having originally coming from the surname of a man with a love for motor racing and fettling Fiats to make them faster. The ...

Having acquired Abarth, Fiat has spent the last three years remodelling the brand. It's now established in Europe and beyond as Fiat's specialist partner for tuning kits, ready-to-go race cars, and ...

Based upon and built in the same factory with the Mazda MX-5 Miata, the so-called “Fiata” is at its best in Abarth form, with a tiny bump in horsepower accompanying a sharpened chassis and ...

How can a car which is more than a decade old still be one of the best in its segment? The 595 essesse, newly revised for Abarth’s 70th anniversary one year ahead of its replacement, would have to be ...

Before the VW Golf GTI ushered in a new era of practical cars that were fun to drive, the only way to get any thrills behind the wheel was either very expensive supercars or cheap and cheerful ...