500 Abarth sounds like a......| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

irish44j UltraDork
12/15/12 9:59 p.m.

.....SRT4 Neon?

I was behind one in traffic for a while today, and every time he got on the gas, I swore it sounded like an SRT-4, with that kind of truck/tractor-ish rumble that makes it sound like it has a really large engine hidden in there somewhere.

Car looked to be a stock Abarth....so is this what these things sound like? If so....color me impressed.

vwcorvette GRM+ Memberand Dork
12/15/12 10:05 p.m.

Aural sex for sure.

Lesley PowerDork
12/15/12 10:21 p.m.

Yeah, they're like a hive of angry bees.

turboswede GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/15/12 10:22 p.m.

Yep, Chryco consulted on it.

MA$$hole HalfDork
12/15/12 10:44 p.m.

Yeah, my first encounter with one was in a tunnel stuck in Boston rush hour traffic. He came up along side me & down the windows went, as well as the volume on the stereo.

irish44j UltraDork
12/15/12 11:28 p.m.

This was, I might mention, just a few minutes after being next to an Elise in earlier traffic. The elise sounded good on acceleration, but on decel it had a nasty rattle from the back of the car (not sure if it's exhaust or something else).

mndsm PowerDork
12/16/12 7:48 a.m.

IMO, the Abarth is one of the best sounding stock cars available today, outside of ridiculous expensive exotics.

AtticusTurbo27 Reader
12/16/12 8:20 a.m.

Good for them to pretty much straight pipe the car from the factory. Surprised anything like that is even done anymore.

mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/16/12 8:39 a.m.

I have been thinking of actually getting a new car in a year or two.. I was partial towards the C30.. but that is going away.. so I guess the Abarth might be it

Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/16/12 9:39 a.m.

mad_machine wrote: I have been thinking of actually getting a new car in a year or two.. I was partial towards the C30.. but that is going away.. so I guess the Abarth might be it

Are those Abarth center caps in your avatar?

mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/16/12 9:51 a.m.

they are, actually. From a 124 Abarth

JThw8 PowerDork
12/16/12 12:59 p.m.

mad_machine wrote: I have been thinking of actually getting a new car in a year or two.. I was partial towards the C30.. but that is going away.. so I guess the Abarth might be it

You aren't that far away from me, swing by come take a drive in mine, you'll start saving for yours right away. Best fun I've had with a car in a long time.

bluescooby New Reader
12/16/12 11:15 p.m.

I talked a salesman into letting me give one a once-over. He only had one and kept it hidden in the back, and wouldn't let anyone test drive it without a deposit. My pants got tighter when it rumbled when I cranked it up, and I started running scenarios through my head about how I could get my hands on $24k without my wife noticing...

Luckily I talked myself down, but it would still be a cool little car to own...