The exhaust note dominates much of the Abarth 124 experience, emitting a bassy grumble at idle, and a more aggressive parp as the revs rise. It sounds much like the smaller Abarth 500 as you’d ...

The Fiat 124 Spider Abarth is well styled ... is slow to react when blipping the throttle and coupled with the tame exhaust system, it can be hard not to let the rpm dip too low.

Though its rowdy ‘Record Monza’ exhaust system might suggest otherwise ... FCA axed the Fiat and Abarth 124 Spider for the UK market, citing poor profitability. Towards the end of that ...