We hated fake noises on cars with actual exhausts and now this is just worse still. When we went from horses to cars we didn’t need the cars to sound like horses.

@AutoTraderTV

Жыл бұрын

😂

@douglasshouganai2516

Жыл бұрын

Having actual music playing was a strange choice.

@cogboy302

Жыл бұрын

For the fake engine sound they should make it a small child making car noises, or probably more appropriate, the 'My Little Pony' cartoon theme song. I didn't think there would be a way to make the 500 worserer, but Fiat have managed it.

@BoyeeSmudger

Жыл бұрын

@@cogboy302 crazy frog?

@ewengharib9485

Жыл бұрын

this is your opinion but it dosen't matter cause u can't buy these cars anyway

I'm gong to take my pathetic daily out and start playing V12 noise compilations on youtube and pretend I have an Aston Martin

@mys0076

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@keithramaphele4278

Жыл бұрын

I hope you have KZread premium or you'll pretend you have an Aston Martin that's sponsored by shadow legends

@skfunk4550

Жыл бұрын

😄

@YungRamo

Жыл бұрын

buy a speaker and play some LFA v10 9,000 rpm sounds lol

@Kylirr

Жыл бұрын

"pathetic daily" 😭😭😭

The future: What speakers you got bro?🤣

@ilmelangolo

Жыл бұрын

@solefreak2

Жыл бұрын

Like back in the 90's when everyone would driving around with massive subwoofers kicking da bass lol

@MrSarikafa

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@1m_Just_James

Жыл бұрын

akrapovic 10" speakers bro

Fake noises ruin it. I would just buy the petrol Abarth… which makes the greatest noises ever 🥰

@markrobby7136

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't! Is like you're not listening. There is buttons for it and doesn't start up automatically

@PatchedBandit

Жыл бұрын

@@markrobby7136 well thats good if its an option that needs turning on

So you take out the ICE to put an Electric motor to then add fake ICE noises... I don't know, if you are going to put noises rather make something sound kind of electric, ditching one of the attractive points of abarths, the engine and the sound, making it way heavier and then adding fake combustion engine noises seems wrong to me.

@zzhughesd

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree sentiments. Alas it looks/sits very pretty. Probably nice to drive. Sad piston engine the better car. 2030 agenda just so odd. 100 years proven petrol tech down drain.

@ciperable

Жыл бұрын

It seems kind of pathetic to me…

@carlosgomez_c137

Жыл бұрын

Well, every car maker use fake noises even in ICEs, which is much more stupid than using it on some EVs

@zaamuro8408

Жыл бұрын

Imagine not having to carry around that external sub woofer...

@carlosgomez_c137

Жыл бұрын

@@zaamuro8408 nah, it could weight about 8-10kg

Weird noises aside I bet this thing is an absolute hoot around town and on the commute…good midlife crises colour too 👍

@gedam131

Жыл бұрын

Worth 50k tho?💀

@robinhunter4501

Жыл бұрын

@@gedam131 they’re £36k

@stevecoulthard8060

Жыл бұрын

Buy an MX-5 instead

@Hello_there_obi

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes a gearless, noiseless, vibrationless, heavy car is a real hoot

@enayet123

Жыл бұрын

@@stevecoulthard8060 Another great midlife crisis car

As long as you can turn the music off don't have an issue with the engine fakery - for me it's about the experience and tricking your brain into feeling rewarded when you are heavy with your right foot of which sound is a large part of it.

I guess for tuning EVs there is not much room for improvement left, the whole battery/motors/BMS is a whole package designed and optimized to work with each other and its not easy to just put in a bigger motor (or tune it) to get more horse power. You can tune it a little bit so you sacrifice range for more power but there is nothing drastic to improve. Perhaps that's why they decided to make it make ICU noises, to stand out and be intentionally obnoxious. Isn't that the reason why people by Fiat 500 Abarths?

@quintennijs6138

Жыл бұрын

@@phuketexplorer he means for tuners. There's not much opportunity to tune existing hardware and make I more powerful

@FakeButt

Жыл бұрын

@@quintennijs6138 Indeed, I will phrase it better

@Neojhun

Жыл бұрын

Blatantly false. Abarth is just a sub brand of Fiat. This is not tuning this just OEM Warranty covered spec. The lawyers and sales team at Fiat have blocked the engineers from having any fun. This could easily be as powerful as a Bolt EV which is 200hp and 266lb/ft (360nm), it is limited by FWD traction after all.

@Neojhun

Жыл бұрын

​@@quintennijs6138 Factually wrong. BEV drive trains have massive potential for more power as long the Stock Motors does apply a high C Rating load on the battery. At 150hp 111kw from a 42kWh battery that is an absurdly LOW stress C-Rating of 2.64C. Such a battery should easily do 4C that is equivalent of 168kW ~ 225hp. Like Turbo Tuning it involving removing resistance bottlenecks in the distribution and having adequate cooling to maintain higher performance. BEV Tuning is very much modding & tuning a Turbo engine car. Stop spreading you erroneous assumptions. These are engineering facts.

@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights

Жыл бұрын

@@Neojhun You're absolutely clueless about both OEM and aftermarket. You obviously know nothing about electronics because even the least knowledgeable person wouldn't try to list a C rating as reasons a car can be tuned. You realise that the battery and motors are two separate components right? Then why are you lumping them together. You're absolutely delusional and clueless. There's a reason electric car tuning hasn't caught on other than ripping out the entire propulsion system of a car and swapping it with something else.

I think they should have put fake noise but like electric/star-wars stuff as they do in the Porsche Taycan⚡️

I want one in that colour. I drove a 500 Abarth 8 years ago and loved it.

@justadummy8076

Жыл бұрын

This is not the same as the Abarth 500, the ICE version is lighter, sounds better, feels better, looks better, & has more range

I love the look of that thing! I’ve always loved the Abarth 500s, so characterful and charming, you walk up to it and you can’t help but smile. I’m glad the new electric one still makes me smile at first sight. I think that noise is a bit overkill in the sense they’ve tried a bit too hard, but if you drive it and makes you smile, then it’s job done.

@TD1237

Жыл бұрын

100% agree with you

@verynice8830

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. People in this comment section are taking what’s supposed to be a fun little car way too seriously. Personally I think the fake exhaust note and the other noises the Abarth makes are just some fun quirks that fit its personality

@magnustan841

Жыл бұрын

@@verynice8830 Personality, they always have that in bucket loads!

I like it, I have soft spot for 500’s especially Abarth versions, but the fake noise is a bit silly.

I wouldn’t mind if they just amplified the ev motor sound. My ev makes interesting sounds but you can barely hear it. Only noticeable on an empty road with no traffic and the windows down. (This is before they added pedestrian speakers).

If I see someone driving round in a hi-vis, 152 bhp, electric fiat 500 playing fake engine noises I will just laugh.

Great professional review....this is why I keep coming back!

I like how Stellantis is making FCA brands going more downhill than they were before.

Akrapovic better start investing in speakers technologies now !!!

@Riiiisc

Жыл бұрын

Akrabeats

I’m more interested in the synthetic fuel technology so I can keep driving my GT 30 years from now.

How much does it weigh? What a shambles that noise is.

One of the reasons why people buy EV is because it is silent especially cars with proper noice dampener. Also why the heck didn't Abarth put in at least a 150kWh electric motor. A syn r motor is just fine Abarth doesn't even need to use the pm syn r motor to reduce costs

That car is not it I don't understand why they keep making cars with fake exhaust noises dosen't make sense. Plus I appreciate your guys for making these high quality videos it inspires everbody including me to make better videos on my youtube.

@getnow2331

Жыл бұрын

Yea I've been wondering the same thing for the longest time to be honest

@burgienl

Жыл бұрын

Actually, until now the sound a car makes is part of how you control a car. The faster a car goes the more noise it makes, meaning that you can actually hear if you're driving too fast. You have three indicators to how fast you're going, visually (the world outside your car), the noise it makes and what your speedometer tells you. Take the sound away and changes are you will be driving faster than before.

Hate to say it but as a petrol abarth owner I just from comments made to myself from other abarth owners think this will slowly become a brand of the past and solely a specification rather than a brand in itself as I've yet to hear any petrol abarth owner thinking of buying one

@richy69ify

Ай бұрын

I have an electric mountain bike and it's more fun than my Petrol Abarth

Have to hear the external noise myself... But I wonder why they fake a engine noise and not create a fururistic noise like in the Taycan

The fake noise will really appeal to 14 year old boys, can't see many of them buying one though.

I absolutely love my Fiat 500e and have recently tested driven the Abarth 500e, it’s a fantastic little car. I’ve now ordered one

Any word on whether that noise can be turned on/off to suit your mood? I scoot around in an EV as my daily because it's quiet and refined. Only taken by yobbish tendencies occasionally and even then I would rather make the vroom-vroom noises myself thank you. haha

@TrojanRabbit521

Жыл бұрын

My requirement is for an EV make Jetson noises on the inside

Love it!

Thank you very much, well done, very good presentation.

That is one lovely trafficator. Thank you, ma'am.

Got mixed feelings with the fake engine noise, but really like the face of the car, loves the lazy-aggressive looks on it.

beautiful, well thought out, cool car

Needs a bigger battery for a start I have a 595 and i like it very much but I also have a kona ev 64kw for my daily commute 595 for weekends but I would love one of these to replace both but stats don't cut it for me range too small top speed too low

Wish they had waited until the next generation where the battery tech could be improved. Don’t think it’s good enough to wear the scorpion badge!

love the look

It would've been better if they made it sound like a Formula E racer which would fit the anti-social objective of ICE Abarth's without making it sound stupid, who on Earth thought that people would accept a full fake "exhaust system" when people hate the fake engine noises modern ICE cars have

Wow Rory have you got a new haircut?

Noises outside are weird, but overall this car looks great and i might consider buying it when will be released in poland. Great looking city car.

I love the Abarth back when I was introduced to… but, it’s not available in Malaysia. Yes, I can order said model but what happens if it broke down… right? What I can do is admire it from afar…

Talking about design, its beautiful!!

R.I.P. Abarth

I've always wanted a car with a max range of 150miles (if I'm lucky).

Do a story where the Cobalt comes from for the batteries.

@vinylcabasse

Жыл бұрын

the same place oil refineries get their cobalt from

Car's design details are so beautiful. also video's director did a great job. Video quality is 10/10. thank you

I have a 595 and while I love it. It's really bad on long drives! I hope this one is better in that case. Maybe when I'm older I can revisit this Gem of a car!

Style over Substance?

155 mile range is poor, considering this will be practically unacheivable.....and if you take into account that FIAT themselves have said that if you use the heater on the standard 500e, the range will be reduced by around 40%. So that leaves well under 100 miles of range. So we have what is, in practice, a 2+2 that will cost well in excess of £30k that makes a ridiculous noise and can't really take you anywhere but on the weekly shop......which probably won't fit in it anyway.

@atodaso1668

Жыл бұрын

why do you live so far from work?

@newkurosawa

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I am still buying one😄

Forgot the car. Look at the presenter 😍

I like the host of this video - great job

A Bath?

I love my 145k 2013 Abarth 500 even more now

I'll take the V10 F1 engine sound. Is there an option for that? 🤣🤣🤣

I love it :)

Confusing, if you want ICE sounds put an ICE in?

So...like can we get extra miles of we turn the speakers down.......

This is a perfect second car for town/local driving. Could never be your only car due to range.

@JevoKitano

8 ай бұрын

I wish my petrol car had that range around town...

Looks clean tho

38K..................... WOAH

@captricharddee3634

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, too expensive and so small that if the driver develops flatulence issues, passengers will be gassed to death.

@AlexH2024

Жыл бұрын

Also 150 miles isnt great for the cost

should have given it the the sound of a sine wave that an actual electric motor have

It's a decent start to electrification.

You eco folks, you did this. Our grandkids will never own a real Abarth :-/

@t2p

Жыл бұрын

Fun Nazis I call em…no wonder they’re all so unhappy all the time.

Just because it's an Italian car , doesn't mean you have to toot the horn all the time... should be quiet then!!.😂😂💕🇬🇧

Why ice noises? I want it to sound like a spaceship! :D

I think they should make us able to turn off that fake sound.

great time starts for investors in the V8/V12 market

No thank you I’ll take the petroleum 😂😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️

Great electric car!

Dear team, please kindly remember to compare the sitting position with the previous generation. 🙏🏽

This is how it should be. The Italians are always creative to the amusement of the rest of the world. They've finally done it and I might want an ecar

I'd miss the gearchange too much.

Just when I was looking forward to more silent motoring. Keep noise inside but abandon the noise outside please.

They DID miss a trick though.. Shoving the more compact motor.... In the back for RWD... 🤔😏😉 😎🇬🇧

Thumbs up for Alex, although the car's not bad, either. 😄

Only ''noise" I would accept in my car is that of ... Alexandra Legouix. Oh yeah.

Nice, they could make it even better by taking away the silly noise and adding selectable pedestrian warning noise

the headlights make me think of >😏

Petrol abarth allday

Seems like a cool little run around 😎👌

@jakebrouillette8268

Жыл бұрын

Nah

@edombre4637

Жыл бұрын

it's the best city car around

@jakebrouillette8268

Жыл бұрын

@@edombre4637 not even close Moron

The presenter has a superb voice. Excellent job.

Everyone will be happy if they make the fake noises a toggle option

oh boy, what is that!

2:08 ... what´s next, driving an electric car with the headphones ON to hear the engine ?!

No talk about the range then?

All electric cars should sound like the hover cars from The Jetsons cartoon

Very good presentation!!!! Absolutely love this car and this brand!!!!!

96mph top speed WTFFF

Gorgeous little car. If I'm gonna buy a second car for city commute, I don't see what can beat this one in my book. And I'm ok with the sound. It's obvious that the future is silent, so it's either fake sound or no sound. And I'd rather hear something when I go fast. And don't tell me the Taycan is better, it sounds like an electric car from a bad 80s sci-fi movie.

@solefreak2

Жыл бұрын

The Taycan is better

rip Abarth

Fantastic presentation Alex - looks wise amazing - hate the fake noise but dying to see what it' like on a test - cant wait!

does she come with the car?

Sorry to say this but can’t wait to se one modded to sound like the turbo fart meme

That’s hilarious!

Unfortunately this also shows how having an electric motor is also limiting, more power, less range, the power unit is actually the same so its just a computer/software update. Essentially can buy the normal-E and in the future just get a software update to do the same. It's just not worth the extra money anymore. 'upgraded disc brakes' for a car that only goes 1 second faster...

@Neojhun

Жыл бұрын

This is just a bad package design. it has nothing to do with electric motors drive trains.

The only place you could have this is Mayfair London

@edombre4637

Жыл бұрын

and paris rome, milan, new york, tokyo, stockholm, in fact any city. Would also work well if you live in a small community with an up to 150 mile communte - then you charge it at work, and it's ready to go home at the end of the day

Great addition!! The presenter of course! 😃

@XavierAway

Жыл бұрын

Flat delivery, not as good as the others

I'm so glad I grew up in an age when I could fill my 400 bhp sierra cosworth with .V power and flames would shoot out of the exhaust. All that money for a car with poor range and dismal performance..the best bit about the 595 or the 695 was the noise ,the boost and the feel from the punchy little 1.4 engine. How much fun will that be trying to drive to the nurburgring to do a weekends track day ,your going to spend most of your life plugged in to the network.

Please dont leave Rory!

Not bad with the fake sound but missing a lot of features the Glydsphere system has.

car has eyebrows

I like everything about this fun Fiat.... But I would definitely want to switch off the silly fake noises

Design wise it's a big Win IMO. Just give it more Power! 0-100 in 7 sec is just to slow for an EV. Bring it down to 5 seconds, and make it cheaper. Also i'm not a fan of fake engine noises. If at all at least give us the option to make it sound like a space ship.