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Fiat’s disarming 500 has been modified to match competition standard for competitive rallying.
Configured to Group R3T rules (turbocharged 1.6s), Abarth badged 500s will star in both their own single-make series and other rallies from next year.
Push-pull transmission
The Abarth 500 R3Ts will employ Fiat’s 1.4l boosted by a Garret fixed geometry turbo, increasing peak power output to 130kW and maximum rotational force to 300Nm.
Those figures might be shy of the 500 in Assetto Corse racing trim, yet for navigating tree-lined dirt roads, it should be quite sufficient.
Fiat has not released any performance figures as yet, but, considering the 500 R3T’s 1 080kg mass, it should be plenty rapid.
Getting the 500 R3T up to speed is a six-speed sequential transmission, replacing the stock H-pattern shifter, which engaged via a twin-plate racing clutch.
Drive to the front wheels is secured by improved side-shafts and a self-locking differential.
Behind those fetching 17-inch OZ alloy wheels are Brembo discs brakes all round actuated by four-piston callipers.
Suspension at all four wheel corners is height adjustable too, thanks to racing dampers, whilst drivers can customise caster/camber angles to suit their individual driving styles.
A full timetable of the Abarth 500 R3T’s promotional trophy series events will be released soon.
For the time being this Abarth 500 R3T, with those white multi-spoke wheels and the traditionally patriotic Italian livery, certainly ranks as one of the better looking rally machines out there.
Configured to Group R3T rules (turbocharged 1.6s), Abarth badged 500s will star in both their own single-make series and other rallies from next year.
Push-pull transmission
The Abarth 500 R3Ts will employ Fiat’s 1.4l boosted by a Garret fixed geometry turbo, increasing peak power output to 130kW and maximum rotational force to 300Nm.
Those figures might be shy of the 500 in Assetto Corse racing trim, yet for navigating tree-lined dirt roads, it should be quite sufficient.
Fiat has not released any performance figures as yet, but, considering the 500 R3T’s 1 080kg mass, it should be plenty rapid.
Getting the 500 R3T up to speed is a six-speed sequential transmission, replacing the stock H-pattern shifter, which engaged via a twin-plate racing clutch.
Drive to the front wheels is secured by improved side-shafts and a self-locking differential.
Behind those fetching 17-inch OZ alloy wheels are Brembo discs brakes all round actuated by four-piston callipers.
Suspension at all four wheel corners is height adjustable too, thanks to racing dampers, whilst drivers can customise caster/camber angles to suit their individual driving styles.
A full timetable of the Abarth 500 R3T’s promotional trophy series events will be released soon.
For the time being this Abarth 500 R3T, with those white multi-spoke wheels and the traditionally patriotic Italian livery, certainly ranks as one of the better looking rally machines out there.