Confirmed: Fiat 500 Abarth coming to U.S., all-electric 500 BEV to launch first
 

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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>The Fiat 500 Abarth prefers to run on two wheels - Click above to watch video after the jump</small></strong></em></div>
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The other day we told you to bone up on your Italian because <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/fiat-500-will-start-at-15-500-in-the-u-s/">the Fiat 500 configurator came online</a>. Now you should seriously start saving your Lira because the high-performance <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/fiat+500+abarth/">500 Abarth</a> model has been confirmed for the U.S. market. No date has been confirmed, but we've been told that the launch of all 500 models will be staggered and the Abarth is last in the queue.<br />
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Those other variations include the standard 500 that you can start ordering now, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Fiat+500c">500C</a> drop-top and a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Fiat+500+BEV/">500 that runs on all-electric battery power</a>. Still, the one we're breaking out the driving gloves for is the Fiat 500 Abarth... and rumor has it that we might see the tiny terror running Stateside within the next three years because the 500 BEV hits the market in 2012.<br />
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Check out the video after the jump to see why <em>i nostri cuori battono cos&igrave; velocemente</em>. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-abarth-opening-edition">Fiat 500 Abarth Opening Edition</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-abarth-opening-edition/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/abarth-opening-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-abarth-opening-edition/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/abarth-opening-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-abarth-opening-edition/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/abarth-opening-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-abarth-opening-edition/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/abarth-opening-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-abarth-opening-edition/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/abarth-opening-06_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/18/fiat-500-abarth-coming-to-u-s-all-electric-500-bev/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Confirmed: Fiat 500 Abarth coming to U.S., all-electric 500 BEV to launch first</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/18/fiat-500-abarth-coming-to-u-s-all-electric-500-bev/">Confirmed: Fiat 500 Abarth coming to U.S., all-electric 500 BEV to launch first</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/18/fiat-500-abarth-coming-to-u-s-all-electric-500-bev/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19724655/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/18/fiat-500-abarth-coming-to-u-s-all-electric-500-bev/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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