Ngokusobala, i-Fiat icabanga ukuba namamodeli e-Abarth amaningi kuphothifoliyo yayo… Ngemuva kwe-500 ne-Punto, «isisulu» esilandelayo cishe kuzoba yi-Fiat Panda esebenza ngezindlela eziningi.
“Sivuleleke kuwo wonke amathuba. Kumele kube yimoto encane, ehlangene, esporty futhi eyakhiwe isiNtaliyane nakanjani ngenxa yokuqeda. Kodwa futhi kufanele kube umkhiqizo ohambisana ne-DNA yethu. Sivulekele ukuxoxa ngalezi zinhlobo zezinto ngaphakathi. Lolu hlobo lwengxoxo luhlala lusenhliziyweni yeqembu lethu“, kusho umongameli wase-Abarth, uMarco Magnanini.
Sesikushilo lokho, kusamele siphethe ngokuthi uMarco Magnanini ubhekisela ngokucacile ku-Fiat Panda ukuba ibe imodeli elandelayo ye-Abarth, njengawo wonke amamodeli wamanje we-brand yase-Italy, yilona kuphela elifanelana nalokhu "okufisa ukuvelela" nombono oyingozi.
UMagnanini uphinde wathi kunesifiso esikhulu sokudala imodeli ye-Abarth kuphela, isifiso esisekude ukufezeka njengoba isimo sezimali somkhiqizo wase-Italy singekho ezinsukwini zayo ezinhle kakhulu.