FIAT 500
Our EV meets its potent, Abarth-badged petrol sibling. Is it a taste of what’s to come?
MILEAGE 3105
WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT
To find out if the reborn 500 is just as charming to live with as it is to look at
It would be easy to assume the electric cars rapidly reshaping our definition of performance exist only at the upper end of the price spectrum: think Tesla Model S Plaid, Rimac Nevera or Lotus Evija. But it’s occurring in the city car segment too.
Where once you might have walked into an Abarth dealership, ticked a few options boxes and driven away in a 595 Competizione, now you can head to the other side of the office, spend a similar amount on an electric Fiat 500 and be comfortably beating ICE-engined cars at every set of traffic lights on your way home.