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Abarth

3 guides · 1964–2016

Founded in Turin in 1949 by Carlo Abarth, an Austrian-born engineer who made the scorpion of his birth sign one of motoring's great badges, Abarth built its name turning humble Fiats into giant-killers — most famously the 595 and 695 derivatives of the Nuova 500, backed by hundreds of class wins and international speed records. Absorbed into Fiat in 1971, the marque was revived in 2007 as Fiat's performance arm, and today builds hot versions of the 500 and 600 — now including its first electric generations — while the Carlo-era cars stand among the most collectable Italian micro-classics of all.