Modified Fiat 500 Abarth - One Take
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2015
- With this one I'm hoping to change my mind. I didn't like the Fiat Abarth when I first drove one in 2013, but Stacey's is modified in pretty much every way you can modify one of these things, so will I like it now?
Check out Stacey's Abarth on WheelWell!
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I wonder if Stacey's mom has got it goin on
You win. Nice job.
+Raymond Korang cheers
Lmfao
You should end every One take with a couple of drive by clips. Love hearing those exhausts
As Everyday Driver put it - "That is Exhaust-Porn!!" LOL
I've developed a soft spot for these...
How could you not?
***** Any suspension modifications that are cool? Are there Abarth upgrades you can get (695, etc)? Or is it too fun to even worry about fucking with?
Burn FPV they sound sick
I love the mad sound of these cars... god, it sure does move for a 1.4T. So glad someone brought in such a well sorted example for you to play with. Stacey did a great job.
I love my Abarth. I'm retired now, but I put 35k on it commuting to work over two years. Now I just drive on errands. I use about 7 gallons of gas a month. It's just plain fun.
Really should change the title of the video to "Two big ass dudes in a tiny ass car."
HAHA, #1 thing that popped in my head at the beginning of the video!
Thing sounded pretty good at the end.
+Toolband42O They should do it more often
+Sidewallow I agree
+Toolband42O I thought it kind of sounded like a sport bike, and not in a bad way.
+Sidewallow yesssssssss matt end them all like that!!!!!!! :)
+WikdSeafood
Reminded me of a rally car slightly.
I think the drive-by should be included in all of the videos going forward. Great idea.
Bought my Abarth yesterday and noticed there was no one-takes for it, so i got excited to start my build. Woke up to this and it's already got me planning everything out!
Leave it to the Italians to make a great sounding 4 cylinder.
well yah fiat only owns ferarri lol
and maserati, alfa romeo, lancia, iveco trucks
Radeonr9280x muffler delete on the naturally aspirated fiat 500 1.4 l multiair also sounds similar to this. The multiair engine gives it the tone
DODGE DART
Alex Cheetah its the Neon SRT-4's little brother😂
Surely this is the best sounding 1.4L production engine ever made. Sweet ride.
Stacey's parents wanted him to have a bad time in school :D
+Jason W. Morningwood
Yeah, but Stacey seems like he was larger than kids 5 years older than him ahhahah
+Jason W. Morningwood Yeah, but Stacey's mom wasn't all that bad.
+Jason W. Morningwood Stacy's mom has got it going on
+Jason W. Morningwood Stacy can't you see, you're just not the girl for me
+Jason W. Morningwood I know it might be wrong, but I'm in love with Stacy's mom
Two big guys and a tiny car. poor little car.
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Mr Patato Dude, is your awful grammar intentional?
those brakes have probably never worked harder
Like the fly bys at the end. it would be nice to have them in all the one takes.
Different clutch feel would be related to your change in brake fluid. There is only one master cylinder on the 500 Abarth, so your brake fluid is your clutch fluid as well.
Correct!
+MBLphotography !! This makes sense!! Thank you!! I just got a Wilwood 6-piston big brake kit and switched to DOT4. My clutch is stiffer, and I like it more just like this guy says.
Not a big Abarth fan, but damn in the drive by at the end it sounded great!
Sounds like a WRC car without the anti lag!
Thanks Matt! Been wanting to see an Abarth on a One Take for a very long time now lol.
Perfect road for the Abarth. I took mine down the Tail of the Dragon in TN and it was crazy fun. The bigger faster cars just couldn't keep up with me.
Modifications make this car 10x better because it has a few weak points from the factory.
Great honest review! Very nice Abarth as well.
+Chance Dobbins FIAT on the Dragon! Yeah!
facebook.com/FiatOnTheDragon
+Chance Dobbins As said in the video.. having been in both the Top and Base model, found the Base one to be nicer.
+Chance Dobbins Abarth brother! I did the dragon not to long ago as well!
+Chance Dobbins Hitting the dragon in mine in a few weeks, cant wait to get away from these flat Florida roads.
Dude the drive by closer is a really nice touch. I know it technically works against the one take premise and does add a little extra work, but nearly every car you do has aftermarket exhaust and let's face it, we're all car guys who love hearing small explosions inside a steel pipe.
hahaha that drive by was great you should do more of those, it really showed how quick that little thing can go
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It goes even quicker with a lone, smaller occupant...possibly as much as 300 lbs worth of power-to-weight quicker ;o)
The Abarth Fiat sounds like a beast. They are loudd from factory, always loved them. Can't imagine how his sounds in person. ;o
Made it all the way to 11:30 before mentioning the FiST, impressive!
I got one of the non-turbo 500 "pop" models for a commuter car when they first came out to take down Angeles Crest every day on my commute from Palmdale to Sunland. I was able to achieve ridiculous speeds in that car, it was scary fast in the corners and had just enough power to blast through everything. So this must be an absolute monster.
Sounds great! Love these One Takes Matt, look forward to them everyday.
Better video than MT best driver's car competition with a broken Z06.
you should add a short drive by to all your videos
That's what I'm sayin
Uhhh... It's called "one take"
+That Ninja Guy no one likes POV footage of a road, we want to see and hear the car
Nice solution at the end, that was dope to see a fly-by. Keep up the good work TST team.
I love the Abarth in modified form. Mine is about like this one with some extra punch using the Eurocompulsion tune and coil overs. These cars are so much fun on back roads and the sound! Personally I love the TomTom GPS design as it matches the quirky nature of the car and is great on back roads. These cars are not for everyone though, if you want cookie cutter cars check out the Fiesta ST, if you want quirky fun, the Abarth is for you. Here in East Tennessee we do an event called FIAT on the Dragon and we tackle roads like this and tighter.
I had a Mustang GT prior to the Abarth and I love my Abarth even more, it is so much fun to drive.
No mods to the steering other tightening up the subframe with braces. It makes the steering feel tighter. I have always enjoyed how the Abarth handles with basic mods. This car has so much personality, it makes up for the shortcomings if it has any. I still love my Abarth almost 5 years later.
Yes! A drive by! This should be a thing on every One Take from now on.
I loved seeing the exterior shots of the car in action. Keep it up with the flyby shots
The drive by was sweet. You guys should do that at the end of every video. It allows us to really see the speeds that these cars can carry through corners!
That fly-by at the end was just awesome.
15:16 do this more often! Please :D
This car seems like bucket loads of fun! lots and lots of tiny little awesome fun buckets!
I was waiting for one of these to show up, I love these little things.
Suspension/chassis mods are coming soon in my Abarth. I love being able to check out the WheelWell profile parts list to help me pick stuff like that. That kind of flat cornering is what I'm after (the stock setup is exactly like Matt says: it sticks, but it rolls so much it's hard to have confidence).
Really love the sound of the Abarth's
+Fozee Black Mine does not, and I've never heard and other abarth owner say that. It doesn't drone like other loud exhaust.
+Fozee Black Never heard that from any Abarth owner.
Fiat 500 started in the 50s. So don't use words like 500. Oh, touché!
umm....using google hits for proof? all those hits could say "does the Abarth drone? No." There are over 27 Million hits for "president Obama is in Alien" that doesn't make it true...
I own an Abarth, it doesn't drone. Read those google hits, it doesn't drone. Not sure why you want it to drone...
0 exhaust drone. The sound only gets annoying in traffic when I'm having to constantly poke the throttle to go from a standstill. Then people look at me like I'm a ricer trying to get attention lol.
Seriously though.. zero exhaust drone. I can cruise on the interstate turning 3500rpm and the sound is not bad. My dad's Ram 1500 with the Hemi is 10x worse than my car. That's the kind of drone I just can not tolerate.
That exhaust is ridiculous! I love it!
Thanks for the drive by shots. That was cool. That exhaust sounds rad outside the car.
I love the noise of this car. I have the basic model (for now!) and it's a joy to listen to under heavy acceleration.
Haha loved those last clips at the end. That thing looked like so much fun to zip around those corners in! Screw what anyone thinks of it or about you. You're having fun of you're behind the wheel or passenger and that's pretty much what matters right.
Love these one takes. And I have to say, you seem to have access to some absolutely awesome roads to drive. Sadly we have nothing even close where I come from.
Stacy's car has got it goin on!
Never been one for the Abarth but man that sounds beast!
Holy shit that drive-by exhaust sounds amazing.
Almost as many smiles per gallon as the Morgan three wheeler. Great stuff!
thank you for the upload, great little car
Always wanted an Abarth!!! Sweet little ride!!!
This new camera kicks ass, keep up the good work!
This is just amazing. I love the drive.
OK WOW!! Pleaaase do a fly by for every car you dooo!! So we can hearrr iitt!!! That was amazing!!!!
That thing sound absolutely nuts. Great looking car!
I love my Abarth. with the piggyback computer the car is an absolute ball. spins the tires at will in 2 gears. No need for an upgraded exhaust the stock one is heaven and not too loud
The guys at Motore Centrale do a great job in the little Fiat. Engine in the right place, RWD and light weight seems veeery cool indeed.
Digging the fly by vid. More of them!
I had one for 2 years. Loved it for the first 2 months and slowly started to regret my purchase because i had the fully loaded one with the leather and sunroof and tom tom and was driving almost exclusively on the highway. I paid $26,000. This car is actually way better in base trim with no sunroof and cloth seats, plus now you can get them for $21,000 and they have upgraded gauge clusters. I would still recommend it to someone looking for a fun cheap brand new car but nobody 6 feet tall. Oh and a $600 boost controller puts it at over 200 hp.
+Devan Vandy a $600 boost controller?! It can't just be to control boost - $600??????
It piggybacks off the factory wiring harness to fool the sensors into allowing more boost from the turbo.
+Joe Kerry Manual boost controllers don't work on these, the ECU is too smart for that. There are piggybacks which simply fool the engine sensors, but they have to use some tricky electronics to do it in a way that doesn't trip the ECU into limp mode. Then there are Unichips, which are a step up, and can alter more parameters besides boost. There was a lot of promise there, but the main company tuning Abarths abandoned the Unichip platform suddenly without warning, and no further development was done on those tunes outside of Unichip themselves, who only offer a basic tune. Still better than the piggybacks. Then for 12 and 13 models, there are true ECU OBD tunes, which offer the most flexibility.
This is why they cost $600-$1000 for any kind of tune that adjusts boost. Some people have tried manual boost controllers, but you get very little power from them before tripping the ECU.
No piggyback has cracked 200whp on these cars. Only a full obd2 flash does so
+Devan Vandy I'm 6'3" and I can fit in mine. But just barely, and only because the wheel is small and has the flat bottom.
I didnt know it till now but i have been actually waiting for a modded abarth for some time!
Hey Matt, it would be cool if at the end of these videos you do a drive by like in this episode, having an external sound/view of the car was great! :)
Test drove one of these the other day w/ me, my buddy, and the salesman. the back seat isn't ideal. It felt clown car like with us packed in there. But even on that short drive I could tell this car is something special. A potentially very fun daily driver.
Do these cars not have the same stereotype that they do in Europe, that they are considered a girls car or "hairdressers car"?
+Ze Germanz They do. Except for when they're Abarths. The Mazda MX-5 is more often referred to as a "hairdresser's car".
+Ze Germanz not the abarth but yeah the standard for sure
thats the audi tt here or miata
I dont see audi tt as hairdresser car at all and the miata is a great drivers car, but sure its a cheap little car and attract women too as convertible. But I wouldnt mind owning a tt or mx-5
+Ze Germanz I don't think it's as bad a stereotype, because Fiats are a lot less common here. Sure, women drive them also, but I've never received anything but compliments about my Abarth, or even the Sport I had before it. Well, unless you count the guy that told me my car needed Viagra. I proceeded to leave him in dust when the light turned green.
I owned the Abarth modded now I have the ST Fist modded.
I've always thought that comparing both was like apples to oranges.
The ST is in a different class altogether but the Abarth is champion in its compact size.
those drive by shots sounded soo cool
Pretty sure this is second most fun Ive ever seen Matt have. The only thing that bested it was the homemade rally car.
cracking car, sounds fantastic - a lot of fun.
now you need to do a drive by on every video! that was awesome
A cool fun build. It sounds great too. By the way, those drive-by's at the end, I wouldn't mind seeing a couple of those at the end of each video for each car, but that's if you feel like doing the extra work.
Good work nevertheless.
+enigmaPL Agreed!
nice road man! I wish i could drive my car there.. but i'm not really around xD + you should add flybys in every one take i liked it
THANK YOU FOR THE FLY BY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great video and cool car. Seemed like a good time ^.^
Nicely done. I liked the Abarth more than Fiesta ST because it was a car that didn't take itself so seriously! The FiestaST is a better car in every way, that is why I bought an Abarth ;).
You can see Matt zone out and just get to "driving" a few times hahaha
+Brodey Dover Fiesta ST is a much better car, handles better and makes more power but The Abarth has character. I own both. Abarth resale stinks which isn't fun for the people who bought them new in 2012 when they were in high demand... You can easily find a base model for 17-19k OTD these days brand new
Sarah Dell see folks? Sarah gets it! I love the ST and Abarth in their own totally small car, too much power-ways.
+Brodey Dover
I drove the Abarth and thought it was a blast, but it doesn't seem like something I'd want to live with everyday, especially if you do a lot of freeway driving. Great car though, totally worth getting if you buy one used as they can be had with low miles for $15k or less. New, they are too expensive for what they offer IMO.
I ended up with the FIST and have no regrets. Still wish my FIST would sound like the Abarth though...:P
+Connor Smith Cobb full exhaust sounds good ;-).
+Brodey Dover
I have an Injen catback and it sounds really good, Abarth has a better tone IMO though. Straight-piping the FIST sounds great as well, similar to the Abarth.
Sounds so good
where can I find a video of the 991 GT3? as you mentioned it with its rear-steering?
I have fun on these roads with my car as well. I drive a 2013 Dart with a 1.4 turbo... fun car to drive..
I have a 13 Dart also...1.4 Rallye turbo...these vids have me wanting to keep it and do mods instead of keep my 99 ls1 Trans Am!
These Abarths sound freaking Awsome!!!!
I saw that notch in the background ;) Gives me that feeling :)
I've driven one of these, I think Matt nailed it on the head.. Gotta say, it sounds a lot better from the outside.
I like the Take off and drive by at the end. You should keep doing those.
Westlake/Decker Canyon is great, I live/work around it so I drive down it once a week or so, but it's frustrating when I have $200 worth of pizza or pasta in my car for a pizza delivery and have to take turns slow so the food doesn't get thrown around on all the hairpin turns lol. My brakes get all smelly on me, but it's fun to push more G's on the drive back with my VW Golf. 8:14 is a fun straightaway, especially in my old E46 330i
Love this car :D so excited about this one :D
you sir have the greatest job ever.
This thing sounded awesome!
sounds lovely
Perfect car to take on Westlake, I had a chance to take an Abarth on it this past summer, so much fun. My M235i isn't too bad on it either, but anything larger SUCKS.
I do like that road you did I like to see more of that road with the right car of course. Not a huge Fiat fan, but it's not a bad car overall depending your use of it.
Such a cool car! Just waiting probably 5 more years for them to be on Craigslist for around 7-10 grand lol seems like a fun car to play with. Srt4 swap would be nice in this!
The Abarth sounds awesome! Can you get a 500E cabrio, or sunroof on it?
How reliable has the car been?
The Dart and Renegade sound almost as good. Same engine but with a muffler.
I'm 6ft 6in and i fit in my fiat 500 with a sunroof just fine, I would probably swap out seats if you were hardcore sunroof, I also recommend taking out back seats for the added space
Can we get the external drive-by for all one-takes from now on? It sounds completely different from the outside, it's a good addition just like the external walk-around at the start so we can get an exact feel of what every car looks and sounds like.
For a 1.4 that sounds quite good actually. Feels like the sound that came out from a BTCC car or something like that.
That drive by at the end was a nice addition
Matt - Would be cool to see you try the 595 Competizione & 695 Biposto versions now. See how they compare. I think they get about 50bhp more + chassis tuning, weight reduction etc
I can't wait to try an Arbath myself. They sound like (and indeed have a similar all round spec as) my old Toyota Starlet GT Turbo (EP82).
I reviewed a standard 500 Abarth with a blow off valve. I was surprised at the power, handling and sound. I wonder how much louder and harsher this one would be.
Cool car. I know its called one take but the drive bys at the end were cool and that exhaust note out of a 1.4?! lol i liked it.
whenever I see one of these on the street I turn down my music and lower my window... love the sound. Would consider getting one if they were sub-20K new
hey matt, if i end up picking up the new ford focus rs i wanna do a road trip down to the states, wont be for a year or 2 but id be happy to let you have a go.
Great sound.
A friend of mine had the 165hp Esseesse version which was pretty quick, 220hp must feel insane in this car!
for those wondering. this car doesn't NOT have a bigger turbo. it's a stock one from a later model abarth. they were replacing them due to wastegate cracking and actuator failure. he was probably told it was bigger but it's not. currently there are only 2 bolt on larger turbos available
6:50 it used to be pretty fun blast through there in s2000. My favorite canyon road #23
Check the 695 Biposto Abarth selling for 67,000 euros, dog gear box...
and many other mods. Cannot cancel driver assist though. A bit rich but apparently fabulous to drive.