Monday, November 17, 2008

Fiat Abarth Da Zero A Cento (0 to 100)

This is Fiat's commemoration to ZerotoHundred.

Ok I'm joking, this Abarth Da Zero A Cento is to commemorate Karl Abarth's 100th birthday, which is on the 15th of Nov 1908. (Karl Abarth passed away in year 1979)

Karl Abarth was both a racing legend and engineering maestro back in the 30s and 40s and had close relationships with Ferdinand Porsche, the founder of Volkswagen and father of Ferry Porsche, founder of Porsche.

Back to the Fiat Cinquecento Abarth Da Zero A Cento (trying my best to complete the name), its finished in a color dubbed Nuvolari Grey (hmm, that's the name of Audi's racing champion), finished by a rather subtle silver lining across the hood, with matching leather and stitchings inside. Performance wise, the 1.4 liter turbocharged engine was given a mighty boost and could now do Da Zero km/h A Cento km/h in 7.3 seconds, and goes all the way 211km/h top speed. The wheels are also specially designed 17" swathed in Pirelli PZero Neros. Hot? Yes! But they'll only build 101 units, which comes marked with numbers '0' to '100' (making it effectively 101 units to be precise)