Remember earlier this month when Mazda MX-5 Miata program chief, Nobuhiro Yamamoto, said if you wanted to complain about the roadster’s lack of power, you could shove it down the aftermarket hole of your choice? Those were good times, two weeks ago.
It seems Fiat COO Alfredo Altavilla is of a completely different mindset when it comes to their own MX-5-derived 124 Spider, specifically any version of the car wearing a scorpion badge.
“You like performance? There will be an Abarth version [of the 124 Spider],” Altavilla confirmed to AutoExpress.
“Abarth is all about performance, and so I’ve told my team to stop working on colors and trims. Any new version of an Abarth car should deliver some sort of a performance enhancement, otherwise it is useless.”
An Abarth-tuned 124 Spider would complement a “comfortable” base model for the reborn nameplate.
The first Fiat 124 Spiders are expected to arrive in the U.S. next year.
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