Ifakwe kwi-2015 Los Angeles Salon, i Fiat 124 Spider ilungiselela ukuvalelisa kwimarike, kunye nokuveliswa kwe-Italian Mazda MX-5 "amawele" endlela yokufikelela esiphelweni kungekho zicwangciso zokuvela kwendlalifa.
Iveliswe eHiroshima, eJapan, ecaleni kunye neMX-5, iFiat roadster ngaloo ndlela ishiya indawo emva kwesiqalo “esinzima” ebomini.
Kwaye sithi sikhathazekile kuba, ukuba ukhumbula kakuhle, i-124 Spider bekufanele ukuba ibe…Alfa Romeo. Nangona kunjalo, kwi-2013, uSergio Marchionne watshintsha ingqondo yakhe, esithi "akusayi kuze kubekho i-Alfa Romeo eveliswa ngaphandle kwe-Italy ukuba nje ndingumlawuli we-brand".
Isiphumo? Ukususela kwisivumelwano esisayinwe phakathi kwe-FCA kunye ne-Mazda, kungekhona ezimbini, kodwa ezintathu zendlela zazalwa, njengoko ukongeza kwi-Fiat, i-Abarth nayo yayinelungelo loguqulelo lwayo.
I-Abarth 124 Spider nayo ithi ndlela-ntle
Njengokwahluka kwe-Fiat, i-124 Spider ngu-Abarth iyakuyekwa ngaphandle kwezicwangciso zomlandeli.
Bhalisa kwincwadana yethu
Ixhotyiswe nge-1.4 MultiAir ye-170 hp kunye ne-250 Nm, i-Abarth 124 Spider yayisoloko ithatha umlingiswa wezemidlalo ngaphezu kwe-"brother" yayo yakwa-Fiat (ebinayo "kuphela" ne-140 hp kunye ne-240 Nm). Enye indlela ye-turbo kwi-atmospheric MX-5.
Ngokunyamalala kwe-124 Spider, siya kuphinda siyiphose i-transalpine roadster kwi-rally qualifiers, apho i-Abarth 124 RGT iye yalawula kuluhlu olunqabileyo lwe-R-GT, apho kunokwenzeka ukufumana iimodeli ze-rally drive ngasemva njenge-124. kunye nePorsche 911.