Fiat Sells Out of the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth

The high-performance 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth has only been in showrooms a little over a momth and it looks like Fiat is pretty much out of the 2012 models.

2012 Fiat 500 Abarth
The high-performance 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth has only been in showrooms a little over a momth and it looks like Fiat is pretty much out of the 2012 models. Company sources told The Detroit News that Chrysler Group LLC is no longer taking wholesale orders for the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth.

The 500 Abarth is selling so fast that if you want one now, you will be put on the waiting list for a 2013 model, that will arrive this fall. The 500 Abarth only went on sale a month ago, but by the time the first units arrived, there were already a thousand customers on the waiting list. Fiat-Chrysler only originally planned on building 2,000 units this year, but has raised that total to about 3,000 units, which is all that the Toluca, Mexico plant can produce.

The 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth is powered by a 160 horsepower turbocharged 1.6L four-cylinder engine and a five-speed manual transmission. It starts at $22,000.

According to Chrysler, Fiat’s sales were up 432 percent last month.

The Detroit News