Hot hatches like the fizzy, feisty Abarth won't happen again - time to see what the fuss is about.
Note for reference: car weight and power data are hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive. The engine wasn’t a high revver, 6,000 being the effective max, but you rarely felt like you needed more power or torque, particularly in the 180hp models.
It was possible to hit 50mpg in gentle use, which was useful given the sub-eight-gallon petrol tank, but far more important of course was the ability to shoot flames out of the pipe on enthusiastic downshifts, and you could do that with the 595. Off the motorway the sound was great too, especially if you had the Monza exhaust, although they could get rattly, the mid-section exhaust mounts could fail, and the valves did acquire a reputation for sticking.
Drive in the approved manner and you’d go through front tyres at quite a rate. Michelin Pilot Sport 4s transformed the car but weren’t originally available in the right size for the 17-inch wheels. That changed in 2018. Before that, there was plenty of praise for the PS3s. Premium tyres for 16-inch wheeled cars will be around £100 a corner but you’ll be able to get Yokohamas, Kumhos or Toyos at nearer £65 each.
Hatches outnumbered the fabric-roofed C cabrios by about nine to one and this is markedly reflected in the prices of the open-top cars which in facelift form start at around £12k. Even pre-facelift Cs aren’t much cheaper, starting at £11k. Some say that the regular electric glass sunroof suits the car better than the full cabrio, although it does chop into your headroom.
The standard 595 driving position is quite high and out of kilter with the sportiness of the proposition. That’s the inevitable limitation of starting off with a budget car that was designed to provide decent visibility in the city. The carbon-backed Sabelt seats in the Competizione improved both body support and the driving position , but the trade-off with the Sabelts was minging access to the back seats – the backs of which weren’t very good at disguising marks from flying boot cargo.
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