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FiatFiat 500 Abarth U.S.-BoundFiat 500 Abarth U.S.-Bound
Chrysler Group LLC dealers have been advised that their first Fiat 500 car, due in the '11 model year, will be the Abarth edition, an up-contented sporty subcompact. The Abarth is similar in dimensions to BMW's Mini Cooper, but goes the Mini one better in that it has a race-car heritage dating back to the 1950s and 1960s. That's when Karl Abarth produced Fiat-based race cars and supplied parts for