The 2022 Abarth 595 Competizione is so bad, that it’s good.
Vložit
- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- CLICK THE LINK TO GET 10% OFF YOUR CARVERTICAL REPORT NOW! - www.carvertical.com/au?...
14 YEARS AFTER IT WENT ON SALE (yes, you read that right)... the 2022 Abarth 595 Competizione has finally landed in my hands for review. The Abarth 595 is incredibly special to me, and even though it is a bit of a turd, it is also one of my favourite cars I have ever reviewed. And in today's in-depth review, I will tell you everything you need to know about the Abarth 595 Competizione!
Skip Ahead:
Intro 00:00
Exterior 00:49
Exhaust Sound: 03:50
Sponsor - carVertical: 04:36
Interior 06:05
Infotainment 07:23
Rear Seats 11:02
Practicality 11:51
Specs and Engine 12:37
0-100 km/h 13:48
Why Abarth is special to me 15:14
On the Road 18:58
Verdict 23:41
Here on Matt Brand Cars, I review every new car on the market. We are a community of sauce givers and we'd love for you to subscribe and join our community!
I give every car "the sauce", test their 0-100km/h, and see whether or not they are worth purchasing and spending your hard-earned cash on.
From time to time, I'll also buy a weird and wacky car and take you on the journey with me!
I release videos every Sunday 6pm AEST / AEDT with the latest new car reviews! Your feedback is important, so if you want to see me do something new or something you would like me to change let me know!
Got a question for me? Leave it in the comments! I try and respond to them all!
MattBrandCars SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook ► / mattbrandcars
Instagram ► / mattbrandcars
Twitter ► / mattbrandcars
TikTok ► @mattbrandcars
#abarth #595competizione #review - Auta a dopravní prostředky
CLICK THE LINK TO GET 10% OFF YOUR CARVERTICAL REPORT NOW! - www.carvertical.com/au?a=MattBrandCars&b=ee006d41&voucher=MattBrandCars
no crows in victoria, only ravens ;)
😅😅😅😅
Just so happens I am sitting on the toilet. You now have my full attention for 25min.
💩🥰
✅
My 595 was modified an hour after I drove it off the showroom floor, so I can’t comment on how a stock Abarth performs. I shouldn’t imagine it would compare well with other micro Hot Hatches such as the i20N or the Fiesta ST, which are vastly more sophisticated.
My 595, with surprisingly little work, now produces 200kw and weighs just 1000kg. That car is an assault on the senses, both for the driver and those nearby, especially with magnificent Monza exhaust noise.
My 595 Competizione, with its power to weight ratio, demoralises practically every car under 100K, which causes their owners incredible frustration and embarrassment.
Great car Will, what colour did you choose??
@@CarSauce Podium Blue.
@@Anonbruzz Yes, I'm in Australia and the work was done by Coco Eurotech who does 99% of all modified Abarth work in Melbourne. They are very rare here which adds to the appeal of owning one. Cars like the Golf GTI, R, AMG45, RS3's are a dime a dozen. They are all great cars but have zero personality compared to the Abarth.
@@wchrvp Knew it would have been Coco. You running the stock 1446? Mine was built by ARI with the help of Coco but I am in QLD. Lets just say RS3 owners don't like my car haha
@@Anonbruzz Vince at ARI has helped me out hugely. I have a hybrid 1446 because I don't want the power to come on too high in the rev range.
I freakin love this car.
Rented one of these on a trip to Italy a couple of years ago and fell in love with it.
I've been so close to pulling the trigger on one of these but the brain always wins over the heart.
I'm hoping when my kid gets his license he'll buy one of these...
Same here. I was thinking about buying one for 2y. Finally bought one last year and absolutely fell in love with it. Bought the 145hp version and really makes happy each time i drive it.
I went from a Mitsubishi Evo 8 to this as a daily driver in a metropolitan. I did road trips across the USA. People act weird to the looks vs the sounds it makes. I use this as a daily driver, and probably upset people, but it's legal.
why do you have to mistreat cars like this? Italians don't make cars for dinosaurs, but for those who know how to love them
first time watching your video, you've really got a talent for it mate. no less quality than any of the major car review channels we all know. and from another VIC boy, good on you!!
Great video Matt and welcome Jacob 💪🏻. The blue looks so good. Did you notice when you said 'scratchy plastics' in the external mirror shot that they actually scratched! It's a term for harshness but this was the first time ive seen where it took it's literal meaning :-)
Very enjoyable review. You hit the nail on the head - objectively these are not good at all, but there is something about the Scorpion that gets under your skin and all the negatives get forgiven. At least they do by me. I’m on my second Abarth and although I had a wide choice of things to get when I changed car, I kept coming back to another Abarth. So I went all-in and got a 695 70th Anniversario and have not stopped grinning for 18 moths.
Mate, you made my day, I needed a good laugh- cheeky, entertaining, and damn funny.
Matt, I was literally on the toilet when I started watching your review! I went back 10sec just to hear you say that again :))
Same 😂
That is the most proper title to describe this vehicule. I have the F595 with essentially the same exhaust and I need to say that this video does not demonstrate even 20% of all the sounds that you would experience in real life.
great video, what a front end on that!!
Great review 🎉
loved the review matt, if you ever get the chance can you review the Ford Puma, been eyeing that for ages and would love to get your opinion on it!
I discovered this channel whilst searching for an Aussie review of this very car. I love your style, so refreshing after all the standard reviews you normally get. I said to wife today, let’s do something outrageous and trade the Forester on one of these, you know spice up our lives etc. She said NO! So keep up the good work, I have subscribed.
Did you put the Scorpion mode on?? Plus TTC off and lunch it because the Garrret works with bang over 3k...
"Wrong Car"! That was hilarious. Laughed more than I should
The bumper vents are not for the brakes theres an inter cooler on each side and those have in and and out vent. First proper description of TTC 👌
Fully optioned? My Sabelt seats had carbon fibre backs! 🤔
Loved my 595 Comp but much happier now with my 124; not as practical but more refined. Greetings from Sydney.
Italy is full of passion. And spicy meatballs. 👌🇮🇹
Thanks for the review I've been looking at buying one as a first car to own, this didn't help I want one even more now.
You got to get one. Bought a brand new 500 Abarth in 2017 and I love it! 17K miles and change on it 5 years later and runs like a champion go-kart mini-racercar. Also looks darn good oozing around a parking lot.
I have Punto and she is amazing not a single issue
Haha your review is hilarious.I love this car. Character galore . Makes me want to go and test drive one. Is the big dollars worth it. 🤔
Were you in sport mode for the 0-60 runs?
Own an older one, you're spot on. Makes you grin every day
Nice video :)
The competizione is a jewel....wish they were available in the US (along with maybe an essesse).
On the toilet watching...
You got me 🤣
You can get replacement brackets to lower the Sabelts, so that 'issue' can be sorted.
Never can get low enough though. The lowest brackets still leave the seat comically high.
@@Audios81 maybe the dash is just too low ;)
So true, about checking out a car's history with the Vin number. Going to look at, buying a weekend car. Checked the vin number on a register. Yep, repairable write off.
Save yourself a world of pain and check the vin number on a report, first. Some sellers will tell you anything to sell their " car ".
Yes! Saves my bum as I said, I do it on every car now too… a little money now is a lot better than a lot later (didn’t do it for my VW, and for that I am dumb)
The Abarth 500/595 is the ultimate Hoon machine.
Haha you kill me mate, too funny! And I think the 0-100 is slower for people like you and I, it's weight! Lol I'm 105kgs and partner, he's 90kgs, so seeing that the Abarth weighs just 1000kg, we are like 1/5 of the total weight!! So it's def slower with us onboard, won't beat someone who is 70kgs. And the standard seats are better for us "big boned" guys, much more room especially on a longer journey than just a trip to Woolies.
Physics mate! Awesome review as always!
I have an 86 Uno turbo that’s ridiculously bad but ridiculously fun too. Am trying to get the wife to let me buy one of these as well 😬
595 is beautiful-powerfull-awesome!!!!!!
There is a pump to raise and lower the seat in my 13 NA Abarth. Im 6'1" and Im extremely comfortable in my car. Seat could use more cushion. I cant fathom why people complain about Fiat Abarth seats. It goes up/down several inches. Either you guys got shit seats or you dont know how to use them. (Standard Leather Seats with Red Stripe) not some fancy version.
My mom has a 2012 fiat 500 and the interior is almost exactly the same as this one. Only the screens, seats and steering wheel are different. Can't believe how little they changed about it and how many sh*tty design decisions they kept. Really fun car to drive tho, feels like I'm driving a street legal go-kart.
2:01 🤣🤣
Pretty iffy presentation of the car, especially if you dont know how to drop a clutch..but these cars are the golden nuggets of fun.
Your not fat your just big build
How the hell you know I am watching your video while sitting on the toilet, you watching me through my iPad’s camera? Lol 😂, anyway I just picked up a 2013 abarth today, I like the euro version tail light, the us version I have sucks,it looks ugly, someday I will do the conversion.
Well, just so happens that I’ve come across this video while chucking a dump.. 16 mins in and still no wiping in sight.
I have a 190 hp abarth i weight 80 kilos, 0 to 100 km\h in around 6.5 seconds. Think of it, a 190hp on a 900 kilos car. Is like 260hp on a 1300kilos car.
You’re such a goofy lad 😂
I want one 😢
Have to agree with this one. I bought a brand new 595 Competizione manual in October of 2021. Was the WORST experience buying a car (my 28th) in my 25 years of driving. Bought 2 new cars from the same dealer since 2017 and they were disgustingly horrible. But that aside, I LOVE it. Had to have a manual, standard seats (didn't like the Sabelts), same wheels as on this one, and aluminium antenna plate. Def didn't want the "automated manual", moon roof, or a Convertible. It's great to drive. Super fun, decently quick, amazing sounding, decent room (175cm tall), but very much a typical Italian car. Can run rough, is extremely bumpy over bumps, tight pedal layout, Def recommend some Tods to take it for a spin (makes a huge difference), no cruise, but still worth the $40k for a toy. Don't get why the whinging by so many for not having a rear camera, it's so small you don't even need sensors, but then again I got my licence at 15 in 1996 lol. Build quality is odd. Doors shut with a thud, yet the door panels inside are just hard plastic. Small cupholders, no place for your phone; even in the door it will fly to the rear of the door out of reach. Dash is decently put together, wheel is amazing carbon fibre and Alcantara. Love the Alcantara on the gauge hood as well. Sadly mine didn't have the option of the Alcantara dash. Hard to remember to lock though, as all cars I've had for years you just walk off and it locks. Tons of aftermarket things for every taste. Really the only downside (to some, but I was taught in a different era about oil change intervals and such) maintenance costs. Spark plug change at two years, timing belt (belt, water pump et cetera) at 4.....it's like cars used to be, so no issue for me, but many won't like that. If you aren't prepared to spend money to keep it running, walk away, not the car for you. Great review!!
they're great. even the older ones still hold up. so you can actually get the older ones for far less money because they drop in value quite fast and still have that thrill. I had a go in a 2012 one which still blew me away lol such a little monster. also I think the modification market for these is good.
THOSE trying to evaluate ergonomics on a FIAT 500 Abarth, simply just .... don't quit your day job! You don't get the point of what it is this TOY ... I mean car! Its made to be fun!
😂😂😂😂 making you watch me on the toilet. That’s exactly what happened 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
My helicopter hat……….😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I brought a brand new Mux for $57000, just wow on the price
Congrats!
@@CarSauce I was lucky the dealer had one in stock, No 12 month wait for me.
I am, in fact, on the toilet.
Surprised this lacks cruise control. It's standard on even base 500s.
It ain't. I'm renting one now and it doesn't have cruise.
@@DuelingPeaks Controls should be on the steering wheel. There are no buttons on the spokes??
Howd he know i was on the toilet?
a 1.4 isn't that small of a engine, needs a better driver to Lauch it.
My 500s 1.3diesel has cruise control..
All those lights, looks like a spider from the front
Haha I see it
It's flawed like most cars ....But it's amazing fun to drive ...I had a BMW 1 series before n that was dull by comparison
Really great review but you are unable to get the car going......🤣
I like Jacob’s arms 😍😘
How can you say it’s a pos then love every thing
Because they are. I own one and it's really just an economy car with a turbo bolted on but there's just something about it that makes you smile. It's cute but angry. It just wants to go, wants to be thrown into corners, the occasional pops from the exhaust... You can't help but love the thing.
I had one for a week as a hire car. They didn't have a lancer so they gave me this- well, not this, but the decaf version with a 3 cyl motor (I think). Now, I'm 5 inches shorter than you, but it was bloody cramped and shitty inside *for me*. Driving position is absolute *rubbish*, it had a horrible ride, the steering wheel is too high, and I was so glad to return the little POS at the end. Rubbish RUBBISH
Italian cars in a nutshell. I had a Fiat Punto and it was horrible but great…
The 0-100 times were bad mostly because your initial launch is trash lmao. You need to slip the clutch a little bit.
The best car on the world. Forza Italia
Abarth fails on the tech and displays, plus modern features most cars have but they don't.
That being said, I'd love to have one.
What tech????
What features?
One of the things I dislike the most about modern cars is that they cost a fortune because there's a million pieces of tech that it doesn't need.
I drive cars because I enjoy driving. This car has CarPlay, it has an easy to set climate control system, and it's got enough space for two weeks of groceries for a family of 4. What more do you need?
I've not even heard anyone run into insane problems with one, the engines in these little buggers seem to be pretty good.
Just about three only thing I'd lament the loss of is rear/all wheel drive.
For a fun daily, it's not really missing much.
Why do you say it's bad?
The exhaust has been replaced with the old one... This isn't the one the car should have.
It has the Record Monza exhaust, not sure which it should have lol
@@Audios81 The models built after 2020 have a different Record Monza exhaust, with valves contolled by the Sport button and different tail pipes.
@@MAGNITIS08 I have a S4 2021 and it has the exact same tailpipes as this Rally Blue one. I have the sport button which actually does F all to the exhaust. And mine sounds exactly the same as this one does as well. So still don't understand when you said the exhaust has been replaced as its not the one the car should have.
@@Audios81 Abarth by 2020 launched a new version of Record Monza and equipped this to all competizones. I have seen really few cases/cars including the one in your video, equipped with the previous generation exhaust which doesn't make any sense for a '22 model. Maybe you should ask your local dealership.
They cost more in the states, I payed $32K for mine in 2019 fully loaded. We don't get Brembos and it's just called the 500. They killed the car that year as well because I was one of the very few to buy one. We get keyless entry and an alarm here. Thankfully we didn't get the quad tip exhaust poking out of a round bumper cut out, manufacturers can't get away with that, not for half the price, how embarrassing for Fiat. This is the only car they made that Americans bought, I couldn't think of a worse car company on the planet. Even the 124 is just a Miata so people bought those instead. Fiat won't last the decade, not if they killed their only good car with a 90" wheelbase. Enjoy the electric version, Americans don't want them, that's for sure. Fiat really shot themselves in the foot with that one.
I'm an American who lives in Australia......what BS lol. Your Fiat "Abarth" didn't cost remotely close to $32k USD, a 2019 MSRP'd for ~$22,000 USD, and options didn't not add $10k, every option you could add increased that price to ~$25k USD. Maybe with the loan you took out you ended up paying $10k in interest, lol. But they never, ever sold for that in the US. Boggles the mind the fantasies people make up in their own realities. Or it's just that they legalised pot and now everyone in the US does nothing more than smoke pot 24/7 and just smoking too much lol. Just too funny 😅😅
The world is more that just the US market. In fact US marker is likely nothing compare to Asian market. Also Fiat makes commercial vehicles, so worst case the Fiat can pull a Ford
@@ddjohnson9717 The world is more, yes but we drive the entire market and have the most of them. If you mean China, it isn't, many people do not drive there and I'm pretty sure commercial vehicles from Fiat will not be seen in Shang Hai any time soon. As far as sports cars go, Dubai is the only place that comes close. Fiat has the Euro market and that is all and their big success is the car they just killed. They will be pulling out of NA in the next 3 years or so and this Abarth will be my last Fiat.
@@ChrisRogersTheAngryChef Bro You do know India is an Asian country too right? Not forget Vietnam too. Those countries need small delivery vans once their current generation bike riding deliver dies off. When you say "Fiat won't last the decade, not if they killed their only good car with a 90" wheelbase. " that's really not an accurate statement
dude, India is nothing but mopeds and old vehicles. Sorry, reality states that the US drives the world transportation market. I know you hate our country and all but that's just reality.
could care less, not couldnt care less.
Not that I’d want a I20N but I’d prefer a i20N for what? 8k less than that
i20N is a better car objectively, no doubt
I thought aussies have to wear face masks when they drive lol
Matts growing in size every passing video
Do you have beef with Matt? Second time you have mentioned his size! Rude prick
😞
Not necessary comment man, you just watched a decent review and thought I’ll just leave a nasty comment, you must be nice… #bekind
Three things wrong with the Abarth: 1. It's a small piece of shit 2. A light hit and you're dead 3. Made in Italy
Full of character rather than most of the bland generic stuff on the roads nowadays
Made in Poland actually.
5 ncap stars in 2009 for the base fiat 500 1.2. In 2017 it scored 3 stars, mostly due to non existing driving assist things. This is the abarth version, more rigid chasis. I would say a light hit and you are alive and well.
@15:44 You don't sound British but drive on the wrong side of the road, too, so you either are "Aussiesome" or "Kiwisome," right? 😊
Australian!
Yes you're fat, but we love you ❤
I am really interested in an Abarth but i could only take three minutes of this irrelevant drivel
This guy doesnt know how to launch
Your 150 kg .
What’s the point of this comment? Way to defeat a person’s feeling. He is entertaining to watch if you feel the need to be judgemental switch channels. Matt you do a great job fk the haters.
Well I'm pretty sure Matt has mastered the fine art of using you're/your, so he already has one up on you, mate.