Check Out These New Images Of The Angry Looking 237bhp Abarth 600e

We have cautiously high hopes for the Abarth 600e. The standard Fiat version of the car has proved itself to be a surprisingly fun companion on twisty backroads, and the fast version is set to build on that with some proper hot hatch-spec facts and figures, namely 237bhp, a bespoke tyre compound, and a proper mechanical limited-slip diff.

Abarth marked its 75th anniversary in late March, and to celebrate the occasion, the company has released some new, real-life images of the very purple, very irritated-looking electric hatch. Previously, we’d only seen a rendering of the front of the car, with its imposing chin spoiler and angry-face-emoji headlights.

The new shots give us our first look at the back, where we get a better view of the rear spoiler as well as a diffuser that’s more than a match for the front’s aggro looks. Abarth has also revealed the interior, which gets some racy-looking bucket seats with Alcantara inserts, and lots of lurid green stitching and details.

The standard Fiat 600e is currently only available as a full EV in the UK, but a mild hybrid petrol is due later this year. It seems that only the electric version is getting the Abarth treatment. It’s set to debut fully later this year in limited-edition Scorpionissima form – that’s the car in these images, which will be limited to 1,949 units in another nod to the year of Abarth’s founding.

Abarth’s first crack at an electric hot hatch, the 500e, is a bit of a mixed bag. It looks great, feels like a quality product, and is fun when pushed, but can’t quite capture the magic of the best small petrol hot hatches. And its blaring synthetic engine noise is just downright irritating and requires a computer science degree to switch off.

The 600e is set to get some altogether more serious hardware than its little sibling. There’s no word on whether it carries over the 500e’s sound generator, but the fact that Abarth has debuted it in the vivid new shade of Hypnotic Purple suggests subtlety probably wasn’t high on the list of priorities with this car. We’ll find out more soon.