You'll Need At Least £30k To Buy An Abarth 124 Spider

UK pricing for the Abarth 124 has been confirmed, and it's a lot more expensive than the range-topping Mazda MX-5
You'll Need At Least £30k To Buy An Abarth 124 Spider

The new Fiat 124 Spider is supposed to be the Mazda MX-5’s softer, cruisey cousin. That’s just fine, and it’s arguably the better car for what a lot of potential MX-5 customers are after anyway. But what if you do actually want to drive your Fiazda MX-124 hard? You’ll be wanting the Abarth 124 Spider, which has now been confirmed to cost £29,565 for the six-speed manual, and £31,605 for the ‘Sequenziale Sportivo’ six-speed automatic.

You'll Need At Least £30k To Buy An Abarth 124 Spider

Quite a figure, given that the range-topping Mazda MX-5 Recaro is over five grand less. However, the Abarth does look like quite a serious proposition: compared to the standard 124 it sits much lower on Bilstein dampers and stiffer springs, while a mechanical limited-slip differential has been added, and the anti-roll bars have been suitably beefed up.

You'll Need At Least £30k To Buy An Abarth 124 Spider

There are four-piston Brembo brakes at the front, and a 1.4-litre turbocharged sitting under the bonnet kicking out 168bhp and 184lb ft of torque. That’s 10bhp and 36lb ft more than the 2.0-litre MX-5, giving it a 0-62mph time of 6.8 seconds - half a second quicker than the Mazda. You also get a fruity ‘Record Monza’ exhaust as standard, although four tips does seem like overkill…

Want one? Abarth 124 Spiders will be in the UK this summer.

Comments

Daniel Hall

The struggle…

06/09/2016 - 14:10 |
162 | 2

Hold on, let me just call a buddy who is an expert on Fiat 124s.

06/09/2016 - 15:35 |
73 | 1
06/09/2016 - 19:59 |
47 | 0

“And remember I’m taking a big risk here”

06/11/2016 - 10:21 |
7 | 0
TipsyTimothy

Seriously?! 30,000 quid for a nice looking, six speed automatic? Okay, this is not as good as the MX-5.

06/09/2016 - 14:19 |
3 | 3

*not

06/09/2016 - 14:19 |
1 | 5

Definitely not.

06/09/2016 - 14:26 |
2 | 8

I think they come in manual aswell.

06/09/2016 - 18:26 |
3 | 0
Steve Buscemi

Would still want one over an ND.

06/09/2016 - 14:20 |
23 | 3
Wake

Seems quite pricey considering its a similar price in $ in the US making it way more over here. I guess Fiat\Abarth arent quite as established over there

06/09/2016 - 14:22 |
0 | 0
Nissan 420sx

the Abarth 124 Spider in a nutshell
Mx-5 + Maserati GranTurismo = Abarth 124 Spider
Cheap Japanese fun + expensive Italian leather and exhaust = overpriced Mx-5

06/09/2016 - 14:24 |
52 | 9

= improved MX5*

06/09/2016 - 14:33 |
84 | 7

Expensive italian leather? Have you been in a granturismo?

06/09/2016 - 20:34 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

… I don’t like how that thing looks. Apart from the interior. Front reminds me of a Kia Cee’d

06/09/2016 - 14:32 |
2 | 2
lowie t

still mx5 is better exept if its called phil

06/09/2016 - 14:34 |
3 | 5
John Cena (Szymek Smells)

In reply to by lowie t

How is the mx5 better?

06/09/2016 - 14:41 |
3 | 2
phil93

It looks better than the mx5 to me, not too much curve

06/09/2016 - 14:37 |
6 | 2
Mike Jones

In reply to by phil93

Rear end looks more like an MX-5 than the ND MX-5 does!

06/09/2016 - 15:18 |
2 | 0
Dzonny the e36 maniaq

This looks absolutely amazing, I’m in love

06/09/2016 - 14:43 |
3 | 0
Smiller

That is a bit of a joke, maybe if it has 6 cylinders it would make sense but nah. I love this thing but you could probably grab a 235i for that price (I think dealers discount them a lot) or a Golf R. Maybe though as your 4th or 5th car it makes a lot of sense?

06/09/2016 - 14:48 |
1 | 1
John Cena (Szymek Smells)

In reply to by Smiller

Would much rather have this over a 235i or a Golf R.

06/09/2016 - 15:25 |
4 | 0

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