Abarth Tyres

This year marks the 70th anniversary of engineer and racing driver Carlo Abarth setting up his company producing small and light but powerful and fast cars and today it is the high-performance brand of Fiat. Carlo had a philosophy of making small cars go very quickly and while he did make his own racing cars, Abarth really made its name with the highly tuned versions of the little Fiat 500 he produced in the 1960s, which often humbled more potent cars on race tracks and rally stages.

His rear-engined cars soon became a force to be reckoned with and the company emblem of a scorpion is entirely apt for like them, Abarths too have a sting in the tail! Abarth worked on the whole car, developing the engine, gearbox, brakes, tyres and steering and it is an ethos which serves the company well today with its range of the Fiat 500-based hatchbacks and 124 Spider two-seater convertible.