Abarth 500e price confirmed for Australia! Sub-$60,000 electric hot hatch to rival Cupra Born

Italian vehicle maker Abarth has announced pricing for the all-new and completely-electrical 500e.

A special edition identified as the Scorpionissima at $60,500 earlier than on-road prices would possibly be the first to advance in late 2023, adopted by the core Turismo grade, priced at $58,900, in early 2024.

The new Abarth’s value makes this electrical firecracker comparatively cheap for an EV – even though its value has jumped by a in reality in depth 72 percent in the transition to corpulent electrification.

A total of 219 devices of the outmoded will most likely be coming to Australia before all the pieces. Every grades will most likely be accessible in hatchback kind entirely with out a be aware yet on the liked convertible model.

Competing in the emerging electrical hot hatch home, the front-drive Abarth will compete with the rear-wheel-drive Cupra Born. The factual-published, new-gen Mini Cooper SE Electrical will most likely be part of the fray subsequent one year.

The Abarth’s value level technique this would possibly per chance qualify for a negate and territory incentives the attach they exist. These can also be value as noteworthy as $6000 off the value of a sub-$68,000 EV in Queensland.

Electrification narrows value hole between Abarth and Fiat

The new electrical Abarth is priced reasonably closely to its Fiat-branded counterpart.

Fiat’s 500e begins from $52,500 earlier than on-road prices in EV kind, while the leap to the Abarth prices yet another $6400 or 12 percent.

Encourage in early 2022 when the turbo-petrol Abarth 595 became as soon as light on sale, the Fiat model became as soon as priced from $19,550 for the manual or $23,100 for the automated, while the scorpion-badged hatch became as soon as priced from $34,260 and $36,250 respectively.

The fracture result became as soon as a top class of $14,710 for the manual or $13,150 for the automated, or a proportion elevate of 75 and 62 percent respectively – noteworthy more than the factual-announced EV variations.

Though clearly, both are greatly more costly than their aforementioned petrol counterparts.

How mercurial is the Abarth 500e?

As per custom, the Abarth is predicated on the Fiat-branded 500e with a slew of incremental upgrades to invent it look and in reality feel look after a hot hatch.

Sitting on an all-new and electrical-dedicated chassis, the electrical hot hatch promises dynamic thrills however now not basically enormous amounts of flee, such as its noteworthy-cherished petrol-powered predecessors.

A single electrical motor is positioned on the front axle, producing 113kW and 235Nm of torque, ample to flee up from 0-100km/h in 7.0 seconds, now not namely mercurial for an electrical hot hatch.

Even supposing the corpulent Australian specs are yet to be launched, weight is anticipated to be barely low for an EV at 1410kg.

Some merchants will miss the thrum of the petrol Abarth however the emblem has made noteworthy of its ‘sound generator’ feature which makes an try to replicate this sound with an electrical twist.

What is the variety of the Abarth 500e?

Abarth has opted for a 42.2kWh battery pack (37.8kWh usable) which affords as much as 252km of range, says the Italian brand. Chasing Vehicles will take a look at the real-world range at a later date.

Even supposing now not noteworthy for an EV at the 2d, the emblem became as soon as mercurial to level to the 500e’s capability to price at as much as 85kW on a DC mercurial charger can add spherical 40km (ample for the moderate shuttle) in 5 minutes.

Furthermore, this DC charging flee can peep the battery recharged from 0 to 85 percent in 35 minutes. Home-vogue AC charging will most likely be accessible and succesful of speeds of as much as 11kW, which would possibly per chance well light peep the battery charged from flat to corpulent in roughly four hours.

What else does the Abarth encompass for the value?

The 500e rolls on 18-inch alloy wheels which forgo the used at ease kind of many EVs for a more aggressive look.

The within of the 500e is unsurprisingly such as the Fiat, with Alcantara within gorgeous and top class sports seats with an integrated headrest and splashes of colour at some stage in. Double stitching on the seats and doorways also adds a more aggressive look.

5 varied colours will most likely be accessible at start: Acid Green, Poison Blue, Antidote White, Venom Shadowy and Adrenaline Purple.

The corpulent list of specs are anticipated to be launched nearer to the appearance date in late 2023.

Abarth 500e 2023: prices in Australia

All prices listed are earlier than on-road prices.

• Turismo: $58,900
• Scorpionissima: $60,500