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The 300 HP Fiat Abarth 124 Rally Car Better Not Break My Heart

The 300 HP Fiat Abarth 124 Rally Car Better Not Break My Heart

Fiat claims it will race this 300 horsepower, rear-drive Abarth 124 hardtop in 2017. Don’t you dare lie to me, Fiat. This car is too good and my heart is too tender.

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The 300 HP Fiat Abarth 124 Rally Car Better Not Break My Heart

The car’s stats are pretty lustworthy: it has been stripped and caged, with an interior covered in Alcantara. The car gets four-way adjustable dampers, a six-speed sequential transmission, a limited slip differential, and other rally modifications like those tough OZ wheels.

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The regular Abarth 124 Spider gets a 1.4-liter turbo four cylinder engine with 160 horsepower. This rally version gets a 1.8 tuned up to 300 horsepower.

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The car has been built to the FIA’s R-GT class, which allows in rear-drive sports cars to run in competitive rallies, even WRC events.

Fiat claims the car will race in the 2017 season. I don’t know if the car will end up being popular like the new R-GT Porsche 911s, or if it will fizzle out like the forgotten Lotus Exige R-GT.

Make this happen, Fiat. Don’t break my heart. I’m not strong enough.

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Photo Credits: Fiat


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