2012 Fiat 500 Abarth turbo Sold Out
06-04-2012, 10:00 PM
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2012 Fiat 500 Abarth turbo Sold Out You'll have to wait until next year
By Steven J. Ewing
Posted Jun 4th 2012 4:58PM
Eager to get your hands on the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth? Get in line, and be warned: you're going to have to wait.
According to The Detroit News, Chrysler has stopped taking wholesale orders on the 2012 model year 500 Abarth. According to sources within the automaker, customers who plunk down the money for the hotted-up 500 right now will be put on the 2013 model year waiting list, with those cars expected to arrive in the fall. In a statement to the Motown newspaper, Chrysler officials simply said that the number of orders received "exceeded the production run of this model for the 2012 model year."
Chrysler had originally planned to build about 1,000 Abarth models for the 2012 model year. However, those cars were all spoken for by the end of April – the Abarth's first month on sale – so the automaker upped production to 3,000 units. According to the Detroit News, this was the maximum number of units that the Fiat factory in Toluca, Mexico could handle.
By Steven J. Ewing
Posted Jun 4th 2012 4:58PM
Eager to get your hands on the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth? Get in line, and be warned: you're going to have to wait.
According to The Detroit News, Chrysler has stopped taking wholesale orders on the 2012 model year 500 Abarth. According to sources within the automaker, customers who plunk down the money for the hotted-up 500 right now will be put on the 2013 model year waiting list, with those cars expected to arrive in the fall. In a statement to the Motown newspaper, Chrysler officials simply said that the number of orders received "exceeded the production run of this model for the 2012 model year."
Chrysler had originally planned to build about 1,000 Abarth models for the 2012 model year. However, those cars were all spoken for by the end of April – the Abarth's first month on sale – so the automaker upped production to 3,000 units. According to the Detroit News, this was the maximum number of units that the Fiat factory in Toluca, Mexico could handle.
11-06-2012, 06:59 AM
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The style of it is like the VW Beetle, which could make it look like a female car. I could see a woman driving around in it, but if you get it in a "manly" color like dark or red, I don't think you'd get very many feedback about it being feminine. If you do get it, DON'T get it in yellow-colored. It's not masculine enough to take off the yellow-colored.
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11-06-2012, 05:14 PM
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I like this little car. Sat in one at the Chicago auto show and it's as roomy if not more than an fbody. If you live in the city and mostly buzz around city roads and side streets it would definitely be fun.
I mean, not $25k dollars worth of fun. But still.
I mean, not $25k dollars worth of fun. But still.
