“For many, the Abarth’s sheer sense of silly fun will get under their skin, and they’ll find it irresistible. We’d steer clear of the super-pricey Rivale, as there’s just as much fun to be had lower down the Abarth range.”
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Model reviewed: 70th Anniversario
Score: 6 / 10
“The automotive world is a richer place thanks to cars like the Abarth 695 70th Anniversario special edition. Exciting, characterful and flawed in equal measure, it’s an expensive and outdated yet genuinely appealing hot hatchback.”
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Model reviewed: 695 Biposto
Score: 6 / 10
“Fiat says the Abarth 695 Biposto is the world’s smallest supercar. It has the performance but price is right too.”
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Model reviewed: 695 Biposto
Score: 6 / 10
“Hardcore new Abarth halo model, the 695 Biposto, delivers searing performance on track but feels rather compromised on the road.”
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Model reviewed: 695 Biposto Record
Score: 8 / 10
“Here’s the thing with the Abarth 695 Biposto Record: it’s very expensive for a car of its size, it’s impractical, noisy and uncomfortable – but I genuinely get it. It’s for folk used to those things.”
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Model reviewed: 695 Biposto
Score: 6 / 10
“Undeniably striking with intermittently glorious detailing, the Abarth 695 Biposto is a halo car, and Fiat isn’t angling for an Abarth on every street corner. Which is just as well given the price tag. And good fun, sure – more notably in the dry.”
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Model reviewed: 695 Biposto
Score: 6 / 10
“The ‘racing car for the road’ cliché is an oft-used one and hats off to Abarth for making a car which genuinely lives up to the billing, but we can’t help feel we’d have just as much fun in a Fiesta ST for half the price.”
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Model reviewed: 695 hatchback
Score: 6 / 10
“The Abarth 695 is the sportiest version of the Abarth 595 hot hatch. It’s faster, firmer and more fun, but top-spec Biposto models are almost impossible to live with every day.”
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Model reviewed: 695 Rivale
“Floor the accelerator and the power keeps coming as you change up the gears, and although the continued urge doesn’t diminish, it feels quite linear after the initial kick in the back. The result is genuine enjoyment, with tremendous verve and brilliant response.”
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Model reviewed: 695 70th Anniversario
“You might think all of that equipment is rather generous, but a glance at its £29,695 price tag quickly extinguishes that thought.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 6 / 10
“Fiat describes the Abarth 695 as a track car that can be used on the road – but does it deliver? Well, on paper the answer has to be yes. Performance is keen with 0-62mph taking less than 6.0 seconds, while the car tips the scales at less than a tonne.”
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Model reviewed: 695 Biposto
“It’s bonkers, tremendous fun and comes with a stick-on grin as standard. But even with all those racing touches, it’s still a £50k small car.”
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Model reviewed: 595 and 695 range overview
Score: 6 / 10
“In isolation, there’s much to like about the Abarth 595 and 695. They look great and are fun to chuck about… but are also pricey and old.”
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Model reviewed: 695 70th Anniversario
“Spending £29,695 on the 695 70th Anniversario doesn’t really make sense. But as a surefire future classic that will impress the Abarthisti – and humiliate some bigger and (even) more expensive cars into the bargain – it has its place.”
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Model reviewed: 695 Esseesse
“Yes, the rear seats and boot are cramped, the handling is likely to lack the finesse of better hot hatch rivals and it’s still a considerable chunk more expensive than the simply excellent Ford Fiesta ST, but if you’re looking at a limited Abarth, these things aren’t likely to matter too much anyway.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 6.9 / 10
“The Abarth 695 is probably more extreme than any of Abarth’s biggest advocates could have wished for. It’s about the closest thing to a tin-top racer that you can buy with vaguely sensible money and for those that have been put off by the big bills associated with track days, here’s a fun alternative which won’t present you with a brake and tyre bill that’ll have you on a diet of ramen noodles and ketchup for a month.” (Jonathan Crouch)
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Model reviewed: 695C Rivale Cabriolet
“Abarth 695C Rivale is a fashion statement with race-tuned suspension and metallic pedals”
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Model reviewed: 695C Rivale
“So bouncy I daren’t break the speed limit” (Jeremy Clarkson)
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Model reviewed: 695 Biposto Record
Score: 6 / 10
“What we can probably state without fear of contradiction, though, is that an Abarth 695 Biposto Record won’t be your main car. It probably won’t even be your main supercar. But it will definitely be your smallest supercar and the only one that shares the innocent charm of the Fiat 500.”
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Model reviewed: 695C Rivale Cabriolet
Score: 5 / 10
“This isn’t a car that for people who enjoy the pesky handling of a Fiesta ST or the fine damping of a Clio RS, either. It’ll be pootled around Monaco, as well-matched to the yacht it’s parked beside as the driver’s chinos and moccasins. In that sort of role, there’s something charmingly gawky about it.”
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Model reviewed: 695 Biposto Record
“This is another in a quite long line of plumply priced Abarth special editions which, by all objective measures, make very little sense indeed. But the fact they’re still being produced is testament to the appetite of their target audience.”
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