What a wonderful time appears to be on the market for a fast small electric car. Peugeot GTI, with 280 horsepower and a range of deceptive parts – will have returned to some of these bits so as not to reach the equivalent, for example, Corsa VXR equivalent. MAD Mini has returned in the form of JCW Electric, and VW is not far from the GTI Electric Dinky, and Hyundai has already disturbed what it could become one day. In addition to that there are the A290 alpine, evidence that Renault Sport Genius can survive from moving away from the strength of gasoline.
All this means that ABRGH 500E, one of the former participants in the area of EV Pocket missile, is at risk of forgetting as new arrivals. Even with the price reduction for 2025, which took four thousand pounds from RRP, ABRGH is not very much. So with being cheaper than ever, a group of competitors or imminent began, it seems that there was no better time to get to know the United Kingdom.
One thing you’ll notice from Off: Abarth still looks completely great. Even as a somewhat familiar silhouette, even in black, even even though the world feels crazy for French EVS, 500E is a small, desirable object. If you like what happened before, you will desirable this. There is some development and modernity now – it is clear that 500 is completely unwilling to what happened before (only) – while still outperforming style and stinging. Fluoren yellow scorpions should not work as an addition to the design, however they are great to dismantle black. It is not an enlarged or exceeded by a lot of EVS desperate to resemble something younger that tends to be; ABRTH 500E Abart appears sharply, and 500 completely. Which must be more convincing than ever.
From the inside is not such four championships. As cars like Cooper SE and A290 focus on material and design options, ABR fares as if it is cheaper – despite the similar price. Again, we welcome scorpions, there is a good storage and driving mode is a useful improvement in the combustion model; However, some plastic materials are cheap (including, stupidly, the driving mode that you urge a little), and the central screen is not private. When the Mini covers the fabric rush and uses OLEDS for width, and the skin of the Alps that sticks to each surface, this anxiety from the highest range is not satisfied with enough.
Anyone who leads a 1.4 -liter ABRTH hole with a degree of Gusto that will not forget the experience in a hurry; They were like the Mintos mint driving in the Dr Pepper box: invasive, sweet, somewhat silly, and to be better to enjoy better when no one else searches. There is a similar effect of this car, with the help of Kereb weight, comfortably kept less than 1500 kg and the fungal response of electric energy, although some additional (welcoming) also.
Despite 18 -inch wheels, the ride is more absorbed than any ice version, so you are more inclined to the desire to keep the momentum; Do that, and you will find a better balance with ABRTH as well. He does not wander around the way much, and represents the corners; The traction against 595s and 695s also looks improvement.
Some useful things that definitely abarth are, then. What is not, however, is very fast. We have become very familiar with even very regular EVS that excels over the mixture, and this is not the case here. 152HP and 1410 kg can only make a lot of magic, whatever the power source. What you do from that may depend on the perspective; On the one hand, there is a third of the last force in mini for the same money. On the other hand, this means more opportunities to be in a complete suffocating in ABRGH without being exposed to the problem, and the generation of ridiculous sound proves and smile on your face.
Well, half a smile. There is definitely a fun in the Abress 500E, but it feels entertained at a very superficial level. Regen of Scorpion Street Drive is fun to get the best, but then he tries more difficult in the Scorpio (which reduces Regen) throws an inconsistent pedal. There is no big room for your other foot, anyway. This initial quality of the voluntary voltage fades with the commitment, and ABRGH feels some bit when pressing, as the journey has become increasingly fragile. The direction that is well balanced and present at normal speeds loses accuracy and clarity when trying more difficult. In some respects, it is actually very authentic, you can say, in order to persuade Abarth immediately and then fail to raise the level of his game. But this is not a great deal of fun. While the ABRTH 500E structure, Freske, is compressed and a file, it lacks the quality of the stars; Without the desire to look like a broken record, the A290 Alps resets expectations in this category. It is difficult to imagine the 180 hp version. This car competes for the price, you will feel a great difference in a 220 hp.
There is also a 500th range, which is excelled by competitors. Officially, it provides up to 157 miles of 42 kW battery in 18 -inch wheels, such as 130. This is not much, if not the end of the world for a car, it is likely to remain in the urban limits, wandering the signs of stopping. The problem is that many similar cars do what is better; As was the case with Honda E, it is difficult to suggest a lighter battery, which is the way forward when cars walk in the same money or weight similar to that.
MINI may be much heavier than ABRGH, but with better efficiency and larger battery, its WLTP range ranges from 239 miles. Alps is 70 kg and also records 230 things in a WLTP test. The Mini SE group, such as Abarth, launched a price of 30 thousand pounds; Alps undermines this turismo model at 33,500 pounds. Both are the best packages.
Which makes the disappointing judgment, certainly, because there is a lot that you like about Abarth 500E. It looks great, it is going well enough, and there is something likable about EV is not perfect – which seems to reveal the truth. If 500 is much cheaper than alternatives, these defects can be overlooked and more valuable. With the appearance of EV Hot Hatches already expensive against the recent past, however, it is difficult to ignore the fact that superior cars are at the same price. If you can get a good deal and the idea of ABRTH 500E has already won you, then move to it, as it is often a laugh. But there are better battery pocket missiles there – you are definitely tracking one or two others.
Specifications 2025 Abart 500E
engine: One permanent magnetic electric motor, 37.3 kWh battery
Transition: One speed car, front -wheel drive
Power (HP): 152
Performing torque (l Libh): 173
0-62 miles per hour: 7.0 seconds
top gear: 96 miles per hour
weight: 1410 kg
efficiency: 3.65 mile/ kilowatt hours
Electrical range: 164 miles (WLTP), charging 85 kW
price: 34,195 pounds sterling