Aznom?s work on the Abarth 500 isn?t so much about the added output the little Italian hatch gets ? 230 ponies for good measure ? but more so on how they did it. You don?t get to wake up everyday and see an engine placed inside a clear, transparent box, do you? Yeah, we didn?t think so.
Traditionally a front-engine car, the folks over at Aznom decided to turn the Abarth hatch into a mid-engine, rear-drive vehicle, one that harkens back to the days of the original 500. Even better than rearranging the car?s overall set-up was the fact that the tuning company also tuned the car’s 1.4-liter turbo four engine all the way up to 230 horsepower and 243 lb/ft of torque. Figures may not mean much in a world littered with 300+ horsepower sports cars, but for a tiny hatch that weighs less than a ton, that?s a mighty impressive number.
Throw in other goodies like a new suspension with Bilstein dampers, upgraded brakes, and a set of Kumho tires, and you?ll have a car that?s going to make heads turn for all the right reasons. Let?s just all hope that the people over at Aznom won?t charge as hefty a price tag for the privilege of owning one in the future.
Abarth 500 "Motore Centrale R230" by Anzom originally appeared on topspeed.com on Sunday, 1 May 2011 06:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/abarth/2011-abarth-500-motore-centrale-r230-by-anzom-ar107840.html
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