We’ve already seen the rather brief 500 Abarth esseesse kit installation video from Abarth, but the one we’ve been looking forward to is this one, from our Berlin friend Kristian Kopacsi:-

The 5 min 32 sec video shows the installation of the esseesse kit in much greater detail, including a particularly nice sequence showing the replacement of the front brake discs.  Thanks, Kristian.

Thankfully, for Top Gear’s review of the Fiat 500 Abarth, they didn’t give the car to Captain Slow, James May. Instead, Jezza did it. And he quite liked it.

Disappointing that Fiat UK appeared to supply a car with the roof-mounted aerial missing, but impressive to see the 500 Abarth’s lap-time (1:35.5) being posted above the Lotus Elise and Alfa 8C.

A nice little teaser video for the 500 Abarth Esseesse kit appeared on the Abarth YouTube channel yesterday. It shows a 500 Abarth being fitted with the new air filter, brake discs and wheels, although it all happens pretty quickly.

Still, it’s 1min 33 seconds of entertainment for those with a 500 Abarth on order.

Want to know what’s involved in fitting the ‘esseesse’ kit to a Grande Punto Abarth? Here’s the process, start to finish, in a 9m 46s video courtesy of YouTube member ‘millekrisztian’:

Autocar has posted a video review of the new Grande Punto Abarth, which you can see here.

Autocar video review

They seem to quite like it!