2024 Abarth 500e Turismo Australia Walkthrough and Test Drive

Abarth 500e Turismo Press Car Evaluation courtesy of Stellantis Australia including review of price and specs, exterior walkaround, interior walkthrough, infotainment system and binnacle drive instrument cluster walkthrough, range and efficiency discussion and test drive on urban and highway roads using cruise control feature by Tesla Tom aka BYD Tom of Ludicrous Feed in Sydney Australia April 2024
2024 Abarth 500e Turismo Australia Walkthrough and Test Drive
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00:00 Introduction
00:18 Pricing and Specs
01:57 Exterior Walkaround
03:09 Charge Port
03:34 Door Locking Mechanism
04:27 Driver Seat Lookaround
05:26 Second Row Lookaround
06:02 Boot Lookaround
06:59 Bonnet Lookaround
07:29 It's a Small Car!
07:51 Driver Seat Lookaround Part 2
08:20 Finish of Vehicle
09:09 Sunroof and screen
09:30 Driver Seat Lookaround Part 3
10:54 Front Row Storage
11:40 Centre Infotainment Screen Walkthrough
13:53 Navigation and EV Trip Planning
16:14 Steering Wheel Controls
17:03 Instrument Cluster Screen Walkthrough
18:10 Driving Efficiency
19:12 External Engine Sound
20:01 Test Drive on Urban Roads
28:04 Sydney Harbour Bridge
31:11 ANZAC Bridge
32:04 Inner City Driving
34:35 Summary
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[@simon_1575]

$60k for a tiny sub par EV is absolutely ridiculous, particularly when it is based on a car that not that long ago you could get for under 20k

[@LudicrousFeed]

Clearly Stellantis are not going for a large volume of sales

[@moestrei]

It is not a car, it's a toy.

[@a1peck]

It’s great to have more EV choices

[@LudicrousFeed]

For sure 👍

[@zackwang9314]

lol at $58,000 price why wouldn't I just go buy a BYD seal?

[@LudicrousFeed]

It’s a lot of coin isn’t it!

[@craigstevenson7708]

It’s a wealthier persons weekend toy

[@JYLFishing]

"Fake" engine sound is pretty cool. It would be good if Tesla had that option. I do like Ioniq 5N implementation better. More realistic.

[@LudicrousFeed]

The Ioniq 5N version definitely sounds better

[@strawwmann3131]

Slightly off-topic, sorry, I know, but I have seen lots of reports online that BYDs are not compatible with Tesla gen 3 & 4 superchargers. Have you tried your BYD Seal with these newer superchargers and what have you found? (I have a Seal on order and a new closest supercharger has just opened a convenient ~2 hrs south of me, but I'm keen to know whether or not it will be of any use to me.)

[@LudicrousFeed]

I haven’t tried but there are enough reports on social media and plug share to know that the Seal and Atto 3 are still not compatible with V3/4 Tesla Superchargers (April 2024)

[@strawwmann3131]

@@LudicrousFeed Thanks

[@jasoncarmichael4540]

A cute car , but when you get down to it , a bit costly

[@LudicrousFeed]

Yup that’s what it boils down to

[@rachelbailey966]

Reminds me of a Nissan Micra with the shape and lights.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Same energy 😁

[@TassieEV]

That fake engine noise is very annoying I'd be turning it off completely, some Rev-Heads would love it I suppose.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Same, it’s way too loud lol

[@strawwmann3131]

I'd prefer the (fake) engine noise to the creepy ice-cream-van-serial-killer option on some other vehicles 😕. As long as there are several options, whatever helps people make the jump I think is a good thing (even if I personally might not use it).

[@LudicrousFeed]

Yup well said 👍 Someone will find this appealing

[@user-ix2wq7rk3x]

👏👏

[@LudicrousFeed]

👍

[@kasmstamps1897]

Something would have to be pretty compelling for me to ask for deposit back on Dynamic Seal. This isn't it. Even if in the showroom today. Oh well.

[@LudicrousFeed]

The Seal represents amazing value

[@Peter-vn8ue]

The body style of this vehicle is 17 years old and really only a two-seater, built on an ice vehicle platform. That noise of a simulated engine is annoying, Ev's are mean to be practically silent. Like all European Ev's, they will be overpriced for the Australian market, a lot of better choices for the price, especially when the BYD Dolphin mini (Seagull) goes on sale here in 2025, which will be close to half the price of this vehicle tested here.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Bring on the Dolphin Mini!

[@ipullstuffapart]

0-100 in 7 in an EV with an abarth badge is massively underwhelming.

[@LudicrousFeed]

I was hoping for a zippier ride 😁

[@Rabs73]

Cute car but that fake engine noise can definately go😅

[@LudicrousFeed]

Lucky it can be easily switched off 😅

[@pkerry12]

Why does this look like a fiat 500? Did this company rip off fiat?

[@LudicrousFeed]

Abarth is the performance division of Fiat

[@sydjaguar]

that external noise is stupid. No wonder non Tesla/BYD EVs are not selling with this kind of poor quality rubbish.

[@LudicrousFeed]

I think a lot of money was spent on the development of the noise …

[@victorsvoice7978]

Overpriced compared to Chinese evs. It is very poor. Typical offering from European manufacturers.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Yup hard to compete on pricing alone

[@David-xh2yt]

I don like it.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Fair nuf

[@ulfw]

Idiotically priced for what it is. Old Tech. No thanks.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Badges are expensive 🤑

[@fatdoi003]

making this EV is quite stupid and spending so much money to buy this cheaply finished car is even more stupid...