500 Abarth UK prices confirmed
Thursday, January 8th, 2009UK pricing for the new 500 Abarth has, apparently, been confirmed, although I’m still waiting to see a press release to this effect. The base price of the car will be £13,600 on-the-road, and ordering for customer-spec cars officially opened this morning (21st January).
New 500 Abarth
Yes, that’s more than the bigger and more powerful Grande Punto Abarth. To my mind, that indicates that the price of the GPA will soon be increased to match, probably citing fluctuations in the Euro exchange rate.
The launch date is currently pencilled in for Saturday 7th February, although again this hasn’t been officially announced. My recommendation would still be to delay delivery until after March 1st for the new ’09′ plate, though.
Most dealers will have taken delivery of their demonstrators by now (two each – one normal production, one to potentially be converted to Esseesse spec).
While we’d been expecting the first 200 cars into the UK to all be the same spec (white, red leather, red stripe and mirror kit, upgraded 17″ alloy wheels, climate control), it seems that most customers have been keen on ordering their own spec. To counter that, a number of speculatively-built cars of varying colours and specs will be available in the first batch, from which customers can choose should they match their own preferences.
It was also previously understood that the prices of the various options would match those of the standard 500 – that obviously makes sense, since they’re the same components, assembled on the same production line.
However, the latest information does seem to have a few oddities:-
| Code | Option | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 140 | Climate control | £260 |
| 195 | 50/50 Split folding rear seat | £150 |
| 732 | Leather Sports Interior | £800 |
| 400 | Electric “Sky Dome” sunroof | £550 |
| 59E | Fixed glass sunroof | £325 |
| 410 | Auto-dimming rear view mirror | £100 |
| 54K | Preparation for Blue&Me Nav with telemetry | £15 |
| 55Y | Blue&Me Nav w/telemetry | £240 |
| 55E | Five-hole 17″ alloy wheels with 205/40R17 tyres | £175 |
| 4AY | Ten-spoke 17″ alloy wheels with 205/40R17 tyres | £175 |
| 802 | “Funk White” Pearl Paint finish | £700 |
| 5CE | “Crossover Black” Metallic Paint finish | £375 |
| 5CJ | “Pasadoble Red” Special Paint finish | £250 |
| 5JQ | “Campovola Grey” Special Paint finish | £250 |
| 4RR | Chrome finish door mirrors | £70 |
| 5HP | Red checked roof | £135 |
| 5HQ | White checked roof | £135 |
| 5HR | Black checked roof | £135 |
| 5HS | Red Scorpion bonnet decal | £75 |
| 5HT | White Scorpion bonnet decal | £75 |
| 5HU | Black Scorpion bonnet decal | £75 |
| 5HI | Red Abarth Stripe & Mirrors | £160 |
| 5HM | White Abarth Stripe & Mirrors | £160 |
| 5HN | Black Abarth Stripe & Mirrors | £160 |
| 5JK | Alloy gear knob | £50 |
Those prices list climate control, the fixed glass roof, and the checked roof as higher than the standard 500 – not by much, admittedly.
Now, get ordering!
