
One of our favourite cars in the 2012 Car Performance Shootout road trip line-up was undoubtedly the Abarth 500 Esseesse. Funky looks, a potent little turbocharged 1,4-litre engine, and a bucket-load of chuckability made it one of the surprise packages both on the long road to the racetrack and, indeed, on it.
As much as we loved the little Abarth though, we can’t help but feel a little hard done by after watching Fiat’s 2012 Super Bowl advert, featuring the 500 Abarth and a rather nice Italian lady. Where was she while we were stopped at one of the many roadworks intervals scattered along the N1?