From fake family crests to slang automakers tried to trademark, these automotive icons hide secrets

There are plenty of expensive rare cars. However, come peek at these 10 cheap rare European cars before their prices increase.

Installing a stiffer rear torsion bar on my Fiat 500 Abarth eliminated its understeer and body roll, making it a sharper, more neutral-handling, and more enjoyable car.

Installing stiffer chassis braces on your car genuinely improves its handling and steering, and reduces rattling--and many cost less than a good performance tire.

For less than a price of a good tire, a stiffer lower subframe brace can genuinely improve your car's handling and steering. And it's easy to install at home.

Abarth is back with their first new model since 2017. Following the plans of parent company Stellantis, Abarth will debut a performance version of the all-electric Fiat 500. Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming electric hat-hatchback.

Carlo Abarth may have made successful race cars, but his tuning company didn't offer a fun track car that was also a practical road car like the Porsche 356. At least, not until he turned the Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Zagato into the Monomille GT.

Buying a used car with a rebuilt title can be a tricky, risky decision. However, with the kind of care and research I did when I bought my used Fiat 500 Abarth, getting a car with a rebuilt title isn't necessarily a bad idea.

It may have been cancled in the US, but the Fiat 500 Abarth is still available overseas in several increasingly-more-powerful trims. And for 2021, the Italian hot hatch offers a limited-edition model: the Abarth 695 EsseEsse.

Over here in the US, the Abarth name is mostly associated with the Fiat 500 and the 124 Spider. However, Carlo Abarth tuned a wide variety of cars back in the day, many of which were never officially sold here. And among them was a little Italian hatchback called the Autobianchi A112. The Autobianchi A112 …

Sadly, we’re not getting the latest 500 here in the US. But Fiat did bring the last-gen version to the US for several years. And while you could have the Fiat 500 in convertible or even electric 500e form, the most exciting version was the 500 Abarth hot hatch. Used examples tend to be rather …

Mercedes has AMG, BMW has M, and Fiat has Abarth. In the US, that name usually conjures up images of sporty Fiat 500 hatches. But the tuning firm has been in business for over 70 years at this point. And during that time, it’s improved more than just the 500’s performance. Abarth’s early history The …

If you have been in a Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, or Ram in the last ten years, then you have seen the interior handiwork of Klaus Busse. Together with his team of designers, Mr. Busse would overhaul the interior cabins of most of the line-ups in those brands and also created some Easter Eggs that Jeep …

Hot hatches are a great way to get practicality and sporty performance at an affordable price. Volkswagen’s GTI, Honda’s Civic Si and Type R, and Hyundai’s Veloster N are all great new examples of the segment. And on the used market, the Ford Focus ST and Fiesta ST are also worth looking into. But there’s …

The merger between Fiat-Chrysler and PSA Group is finalized with both parties signing the paperwork. It will take a while to absorb the impact of 14 brands across the world now housed within one company. With this much coming together you know some will be killed off from overlap or lack of significant sales. We …