Ngokucacileyo, i-Fiat icinga ukuba neemodeli ezininzi ze-Abarth kwipotfoliyo yayo… Emva kwe-500 kunye ne-Punto, i-"xhoba" elilandelayo liya kuba yi-Fiat Panda enemisebenzi emininzi.
“Sivuleleke kuwo onke amathuba. Kufuneka ibe yimoto encinci, edibeneyo, ezemidlalo kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo eyenzelwe i-Italian ngenxa yokugqiba. Kodwa kwakhona kufuneka ibe yimveliso ehambelana neDNA yethu. Sivulelekile ukuba sixoxe ngezi ntlobo zezinto ngaphakathi. Olu hlobo lwengxoxo luhlala lusentliziyweni yeqela lethu", utshilo umongameli wase-Abarth, uMarco Magnanini.
Oko kwathiwa, kusele ukuba sigqibe kwelokuba uMarco Magnanini ubhekisela ngokucacileyo kwi-Fiat Panda ukuba ibe yimodeli elandelayo ye-Abarth, njengazo zonke iimodeli zangoku ze-brand yase-Italiya, kuphela oku kuhambelana nale "ibhongo" kunye nombono onobungozi.
UMagnanini uphinde wathi kukho umnqweno omkhulu wokudala imodeli ye-Abarth kuphela, umnqweno osekude ukuba uqondwe njengoko imeko yezemali ye-brand yaseNtaliyane ayikho kwiintsuku zayo ezilungileyo.