Abarth Model History

Italy · founded 1949

Italy's Scorpion brand — Carlo Abarth's legendary performance house, builder of rally champions and hot Fiat 500s, now Stellantis's performance arm.

Models

Fiat-Abarth 595

The original Scorpion — a tuned Fiat 500 that became Abarth's defining icon, with just 594 cc wringing astonishing performance from Italy's people's car.

Microcar · 1963–1971
Autobianchi A112 Abarth

One of Europe's first true hot hatches — a Fiat-family minicar turned sporting icon, arriving five years before the Golf GTI.

Subcompact car · 1971–1986
Fiat 124 Abarth Rally

A homologation spider that won the European Rally Championship twice and proved Abarth's motorsport mastery.

Sports car · 1972–1975
Fiat 131 Abarth

Abarth's greatest rally weapon — three WRC Constructors' titles and two Drivers' championships between 1977 and 1980.

Rally car · 1976–1981
Grande Punto Abarth

The first model of Abarth's 2007 revival — a 155 hp hot Fiat Grande Punto that re-established the Scorpion badge on a road car.

Subcompact car · 2007–2010
Abarth 500 / 595 / 695

The modern Scorpion — a turbocharged hot Fiat 500 in 500, 595, and 695 forms that made Abarth a genuine volume performance brand again.

Subcompact car · 2008–present
Abarth 124 Spider

A turbocharged rear-drive roadster sharing the Mazda MX-5 platform — Abarth's purist sports car with Italian flair and a rorty exhaust.

Sports car · 2016–2019
Abarth 500e

Abarth's first all-electric car — a 155 hp battery-electric hot 500 with 235 Nm instant torque and a synthetic 'sound' mode.

Subcompact car · 2023–present

Other makes