Fiat Super Sport Car Grande Punto Abarth

The new Abarth Fiat Grande Punto SuperSport will have its premiere this week at the Frankfurt Auto Show. A special Grande Punto Abarth �SuperSport� is making the scene at Geneva, garbed in Airfield Gray paintwork � the same color sported by the Scorpion�s historic racecars, and, as the story has it, taken from the planes based next to the brand�s original headquarters � enlivened by a racing-inspired livery.

Equipped with a 16-valve 1.4 liter engine pumped up to deliver 180 horsepower, with a wrenching 270 Nm peak torque at speeds as low as 3000 revs, the Grande Punto Abarth �SuperSport� racing version hits a top speed of 215 km/h and accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in only 7.5 seconds. In addition, a variable backpressure dual-mode exhaust system enhances engine sound, producing a distinctive throaty roar over 4000 rpm. With performance features like these, there can be no doubt that this is a car whose whole heart and soul is in racing.

For its interiors, the car gets leather racing seats and a Magneti Marelli designed sat-nav system. Providing telemetry, the sat-nav display can show engine revs, vehicle speed and the gear engaged. By setting it to �Track� mode, the screen displays its position on the track if the car is on a circuit in the SD card�s memory. These telemetry results can be downloaded later.

The third function � Configuration � makes it possible to store telemetric data for a route and associate them with a personalized session identified by the driver�s name, circuit and date. Stored information can be easily retrieved and analyzed later with the fourth, Analysis, function.