My New Daily For The Week! [Abarth 595 Competizione]

[@huiba1]

Proud owner of a 595 Competizione here, it's amazing! The sound it makes is all that counts for me, I daily drive it and it really turns heads in busy streets. Everyone looks at it like 'how is that tiny car making that much noise'. I have a stage 1 tune, Akrapovič exhaust with electrical valves and it's a blast. I've fallen in love with the car in just 2 days of owning it, probably gonna keep it for a long time

[@itaholic902]

In the past 25 years I've owned a lot of powerfull Italian cars with 5 cylinders (Fiat Coupé Turbo), 6 cylinders (Alfa 147 GTA) and even V8 (Ferrari 355 Spider, Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT and Maserati Grancabrio MC). All incredible cars but since we moved to the northern lake area of Italy, none of these cars would really suit me on the winding mountain roads. Therefore, I bought my self a 595C Competizione with performance package (mechanical slip diff). As you've already pointed out, there are some amazing looking aspects like the steering wheel, the sabelt seats in alcantara, leather and carbon and the leaver in aluminium, in fact all the items you touch. All the other items are really crap, with even the 500-badge on the dashboard panel. For me this was just an opportunity to get these others items at the same quality level. So all plastics, both on the inside and the outside, have been replaced / covered with carbon fiber, leather and alcantara. The result you can see on my video : kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWW4pmyHlL-kn5o. Afterwards, I changed the wheels (OZ Ultraleggera 18 inch in the same colour as the cars) and added some colour (stickers and paint). Soon I will bring out a new video with the final result. All in all, this cars is incredible fun to drive, with very limited consumption (between 7 and 9 liters each 100 km), limited road taxe and limited service costs. And ... very important : now I don't have to worry any more when entering a narrow street or car park !!!

[@Milnoc]

You're gonna fall in love with this car. You'll be sorry to let it go at the end of the week.

[@turbolook7]

Love the editing at the beginning 😃 and beautiful color! 💙

[@itsjoel]

Thanks so much

[@ADBoufTech]

Looking forward to the driving review of this, cracking car for the money. You can’t beat having a choice of car to use!

[@The090919900222]

Man I can Imagine this car would be a nightmare to live with in many ways... But it easily has its innocence and is so easily forgiven due to those looks and that Monza exhaust 😍

[@madpadi]

My fav colour Will be having 1 soon

[@gianlucavignali]

Anyone who dislikes Abarths needs their head checked. You don't buy an Abarth if you're concerned by interior quality/"girls car"/"just a fiat", you buy it for fun factor, because that's all that matters with Abarths.

[@itsjoel]

Well said!

[@xiaosongyi5502]

not a big fan of the car but i just enjoy your talking in every single video and well done

[@itsjoel]

Thank you for watching

[@streetfighter3k]

I drive a Z4 2.5 and my daily is a 320d. My wife drives an Abarth 2016, in bi-tone black and gray which is beautiful. Our “Abby”, yes the car has a name, is equipped with a stage1 kit, offering us 170+ hp. To me it does not feel as if my wife punishes me when she asks me to take her car for one day... Greetings from Marc, Belgium.

[@carobsessions4707]

I love the Fiat-Abarth Dual tone colours . Like this Blue with golden

[@ells-aviation]

Best colour with the yellow callipers

[@Demon_Pilot_GT]

Great VIDEO Joel I'm getting a loan of one for a few weeks while my 124 sports is getring its engine done.

[@alunrees3056]

I’m really keen to follow this series Joel. I’m aware that there are many variations of the Abarth 500, could you summarise them if you get chance, please? Especially the ones with the more exotic marque “collaborations”. I always felt these would be an absolute scream to drive!

[@itsjoel]

Hey, sure I’ll try and cover the various different models in a future video with the car, thanks for watching

[@sportzntouring]

Congratulations Joel! I'm sure there's many more press cars to come. Looking forward to the content in the coming week

[@itsjoel]

Thanks, let’s hope so!

[@Russboyg]

Nice video. We've got a 2017 595c Competizione as a 2nd car (2019 Tiguan R-Line Tech 230ps is the main for the kids and dogs) and it's such a laugh! If I were to offer any advice to anyone who wants to get an Abarth, do it. If you can get the Monza exhaust (as per this vid) that's a bonus but the first thing to buy is a decent alarm system. They only have an immobiliser from factory. Naughty people can break in and have silence whilst they nick your car whilst doing their trickery via the OBD port.

[@oliversmith4130]

Great video, seems like an ideal daily

[@itsjoel]

Thanks buddy

[@macstone9719]

I always admire the rather deep sound of this little engine. Sounds very unique too.

[@itsjoel]

It’s very impressive for a 1.4. Sounds distinctly Italian

[@MattCalvert]

Exhaust sound in the tunnel near your regular filming spot?

[@davidwood8837]

Great content as always.

[@itsjoel]

Thank you

[@davidponti1101]

Molto bene!

[@justinw-s2465]

I'd love to see an overview of the specs, driving feel, and how practical the Abarth is - especially compared to your Z4. Maybe it's a suitable daily? Bonus; would you ever consider getting your Z4 done in that absolutely stunning podium blue? Looking forward to the next vid, this will be an exciting week!

[@itsjoel]

I’ll try and cover the various points in an upcoming video with the car, thanks for watching

[@matthewcoupeofficial]

Should have got the MTA version to test but I guess you got what they gave.

[@Rondawwg]

I’m a sucker for carbon fiber too!

[@itsjoel]

Yeah I just love it

[@vonboyage]

Where you from Joel?

[@MrRoyck10]

Tiny Temper!!

[@2wheeledwillie395]

I know I gave you a hard time on a previous video but back to Yr best on this one dude

[@itsjoel]

Thank you sir!

[@vinbinjil]

hey joel are z4s pretty reliable?

[@kawaaqib646]

Yeah looks nice car, but I couldn’t see cup holder in there?

[@MJWhelan1]

Kawa Aqib Where in the centre console when I had one, not very good though as drinks used to fall out of them when turning 😂 but shallow and don’t grip on

[@throwyourbike]

Always wanted one of these but I test drove a Competizione spec model at the start of the year and came away feeling pretty disappointed . The sound was fantastic but everything else was a bit of a let-down, which is a shame because I still really want to like them!

[@tanglewood777]

how come they are great fast cars

[@throwyourbike]

@@tanglewood777 The whole experience was a bit underwhelming. I think I’m used to cars with a bit more grunt. It just felt like what it is, a small engine with a turbo strapped to it. Still a very cool car but I just didn’t click with it.

[@stereoheadmtl5944]

Give StefAbTv a shout and he will have you loving it. Invite him for a shared opinion. Great choice! The girl’s car is the base 500. This is not that car!

[@nakkonakko6208]

Used tk got that car great only thibg was it is so small

[@NigelMott]

Love these cars have one too better than a rusty 2007 Focus whose driver's slag them off

[@domgilbert7694]

Nice car mate. For me it's a bit too much money to pay for a fiat! Still awesome tho

[@pana129]

Drag race vs z4

[@chirpywiggins5796]

These cars should have has an LSD as standard not as an extortionate extra.

[@tanglewood777]

its 180 hp not 170

[@scotty2036]

Perfect car if ur a blonde female or gay man.....suits this guy perfectly .

[@MJWhelan1]

Had the Esseesse version of this and can honestly say it’s one of the worst cars (if not the worst) I’ve owned... although I do still love how the looks and sounds

[@Roadwarrior92]

Why?

[@MJWhelan1]

J Richie I felt it had a lot of understeer and generally handled poorly, but possibly I am unintentionally being biased given all but 1 other car I’ve owned have been rwd and handled beautifully?!?! It is also a very noisy car, not in a good way, lots of cheap plastic squeaks in normal driving, huge amount of road noise (I changed 3 sets of premium tyres to see if it could be improved), I say this after experiencing using an MX5 as a daily. If you’re going to doing any sort of regular commute of about 40mins+ each way you’ll get very irritated by all of the noises and cheap plastic squeaks and then when you go out to enjoy the car it doesn’t handle well and doesn’t put the power down well either... so was always left disappointed when I truly love the look and the sound it makes (when not being driven)!

[@Roadwarrior92]

@@MJWhelan1 fair enough

[@XiMu1]

Give your girlfriend her car back, my man!

[@itsjoel]

Haha 😂 Sadly I don’t have a girlfriend to give it back to

[@007butty]

Give it back to the lady owner.

[@itsjoel]

😂😂😂

[@teinspringz]

Sounds like a tractor, sorry

[@itsjoel]

Haha, not to everyone’s taste!

[@jimb5341]

Girls car.... and I’m not trolling.... sorry 🤙

[@itsjoel]

Lots of people say the same about the Z4, I can deal with that, haha 😂

[@jimb5341]

Yeah I can see the z4 in that category... I think rear wheel drive saves the z4 and the 6 pots 🤏... enjoying you channel none the less 👍