Abarth

Abarth

Abarth & C. S.p.A.
🇮🇹 Italy

Italian performance marque founded in Turin in 1949 and sold to Fiat in 1971, now the sporting badge of Stellantis's Italian arm. Its current range is entirely electric, built around reworked versions of the Fiat 500e and 600e.

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Abarth was founded in Turin on 31 March 1949 by Carlo Abarth, an Italo-Austrian engineer who built the company out of the remains of Cisitalia and took his star sign, Scorpio, as its emblem. For two decades it made racing cars, exhausts and tuning kits, and turned small Fiats into competitive class winners. Carlo Abarth sold the business to Fiat in July 1971, and the badge has stayed inside the same corporate family ever since, reaching Stellantis through the 2021 merger of PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler.

The modern Abarth line-up is electric. The 500e is a harder-edged version of the Fiat 500e, built alongside it at Mirafiori in Turin. The 600e is the more powerful of the two and the most powerful road Abarth so far, reworked from the Fiat 600e and built only at Stellantis’s Tychy plant in Poland, where it shares a line with the Fiat 600e, Jeep Avenger and Alfa Romeo Junior. The range was reorganised in 2026 around Turismo and Competizione trims, replacing the earlier launch versions.

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Frequently asked questions
Who owns Abarth?
Abarth is owned by Stellantis (since 2021).
What country is Abarth from?
Abarth is a Italian brand, headquartered in Turin.
Where are Abarth cars built?
Abarth vehicles are manufactured in Italy and Poland.
When was Abarth founded?
Abarth was founded in 1949.
What kind of cars does Abarth make?
Abarth makes electric performance hatchbacks and crossovers.
Who owns Abarth?
Abarth is owned by Stellantis. Carlo Abarth sold the company to Fiat in July 1971, and it passed to Fiat Chrysler and then to Stellantis when that group was formed in 2021.
Is Abarth the same as Fiat?
Abarth is a separate marque inside the same group, and its cars are reworked Fiats. The Abarth 500e and 600e are based on the Fiat 500e and 600e, with more power, revised suspension and their own bodywork details.
Where are Abarth cars built?
The Abarth 500e is built at Mirafiori in Turin, Italy. The 600e is built exclusively at Stellantis's Tychy plant in Poland, on the same line as the Fiat 600e.
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