# Buy Fiat 500 Abarth - Get free driving school
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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [January 12, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-fiat-500-abarth-get-free-driving-school/262262 "2012-01-12T10:18:53Z")
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### Author:  [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-fiat-500-abarth-get-free-driving-school/262262/1 "2012-01-12T10:18:53Z")
[http://rumors.automobilemag.com/fiat-prices-2012-500-abarth-at-22700-includes-driving-school-with-purchase-101525.html](http://rumors.automobilemag.com/fiat-prices-2012-500-abarth-at-22700-includes-driving-school-with-purchase-101525.html)
> Pricing for the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth was announced today and, as expected, the miniscule hot hatch is priced in the low-$20,000 range. The 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth starts at $22,700 including destination. Fiat is also throwing in a one-day driving experience free with purchase, a perk the automaker says is segment-exclusive.
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> At $22,700, the Abarth model is $4700 more than the 500 Sport’s base price of $18,000. But that extra cash gets you 59 more horsepower and 72 lb-ft more torque, an Abarth-tuned suspension, tuned dual exhaust system, and countless scorpion badges. In addition to those sporty touches, Abarth models come standard with 16-inch alloy wheels, a turbocharger boost gauge with integrated LED shift light, and Abarth-exclusive front seats with racing harness pass-through. Also standard is Fiat’s Blue&Me Bluetooth connectivity system and a Bose stereo with steering wheel-mounted audio controls.
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> True to the Abarth brand’s hardcore racing heritage, Fiat will also include a one-day driving school with the purchase of every Abarth model. Called the Abarth Driving Experience, the course includes a full day of instruction by professionals from the Richard Petty Driving Experience. Fiat says the driving experience will provide Abarth owners with “top-level instruction in a safe and structured setting.”
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> With its relatively low price of entry, how do you think the car will fare going up against hot hatch segment stalwarts Mini Cooper S and Volkswagen GTI (both of which start above $23,000), and newcomer Hyundai Veloster Turbo?
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> Read more: [http://rumors.automobilemag.com/fiat-prices-2012-500-abarth-at-22700-includes-driving-school-with-purchase-101525.html#ixzz1jGlMtdbU](http://rumors.automobilemag.com/fiat-prices-2012-500-abarth-at-22700-includes-driving-school-with-purchase-101525.html#ixzz1jGlMtdbU)
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### Author:  [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-fiat-500-abarth-get-free-driving-school/262262/2 "2012-01-12T17:00:54Z")
I like the car but it is simply too expensive, imo. Too many hot hatch choices in this price range that are both faster and roomier, especially when the FR-S/BRZ is on sale.