Fiat’s engaging top-down roadster

The Fiat Abarth 124 spider will be a rarer sight on the road and the heritage of the badge goes some way towards justifying the price.

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The Fiat Abarth 124 Spider is something of a mongrel, says Will Dron in The Sunday Times. When Fiat decided it wanted to introduce its first two-seater sports car since the Barchetta of the 1990s, it did a deal with Mazda so it could use the chassis from its new MX-5 sports car. It then clothed that chassis in a new bespoke bodyshell and dropped a 1.4-litre Fiat engine under the bonnet.

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Stuart graduated from the University of Leeds with an honours degree in biochemistry and molecular biology, and from Bath Spa University College with a postgraduate diploma in creative writing. 

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