NEW Abarth 500E: The LOUDEST Electric Car! 4K
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- čas přidán 19. 01. 2023
- We might be looking at the first proper electric hot hatch in the form of the Abarth 500e. And we're hearing it too, because this car uses a huge subwoofer on the outside to mimic the noise of the petrol car. And it's LOUD! Alex Legouix takes a closer look (and a listen).
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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.
😂
Having actual music playing was a strange choice.
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.
@@cogboy302 crazy frog?
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
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I hope you have CZcams premium or you'll pretend you have an Aston Martin that's sponsored by shadow legends
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buy a speaker and play some LFA v10 9,000 rpm sounds lol
"pathetic daily" 😭😭😭
The future: What speakers you got bro?🤣
Like back in the 90's when everyone would driving around with massive subwoofers kicking da bass lol
😂😂😂
akrapovic 10" speakers bro
Fake noises ruin it. I would just buy the petrol Abarth… which makes the greatest noises ever 🥰
It doesn't! Is like you're not listening. There is buttons for it and doesn't start up automatically
@@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.
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.
It seems kind of pathetic to me…
Well, every car maker use fake noises even in ICEs, which is much more stupid than using it on some EVs
Imagine not having to carry around that external sub woofer...
@@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 👍
Worth 50k tho?💀
@@gedam131 they’re £36k
Buy an MX-5 instead
Oh yes a gearless, noiseless, vibrationless, heavy car is a real hoot
@@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?
@@phuketexplorer he means for tuners. There's not much opportunity to tune existing hardware and make I more powerful
@@quintennijs6138 Indeed, I will phrase it better
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.
@@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.
@@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.
This is not the same as the Abarth 500, the ICE version is lighter, sounds better, feels better, looks better, & has more range
I like it, I have soft spot for 500’s especially Abarth versions, but the fake noise is a bit silly.
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.
100% agree with you
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
@@verynice8830 Personality, they always have that in bucket loads!
If I see someone driving round in a hi-vis, 152 bhp, electric fiat 500 playing fake engine noises I will just laugh.
Akrapovic better start investing in speakers technologies now !!!
Akrabeats
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).
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
I have an electric mountain bike and it's more fun than my Petrol Abarth
Great professional review....this is why I keep coming back!
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.
Yea I've been wondering the same thing for the longest time to be honest
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.
The fake noise will really appeal to 14 year old boys, can't see many of them buying one though.
I’m more interested in the synthetic fuel technology so I can keep driving my GT 30 years from now.
I like how Stellantis is making FCA brands going more downhill than they were before.
How much does it weigh? What a shambles that noise is.
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
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.
why do you live so far from work?
Yep, I am still buying one😄
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
Love it!
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
Thank you very much, well done, very good presentation.
You eco folks, you did this. Our grandkids will never own a real Abarth :-/
Fun Nazis I call em…no wonder they’re all so unhappy all the time.
Got mixed feelings with the fake engine noise, but really like the face of the car, loves the lazy-aggressive looks on it.
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
My requirement is for an EV make Jetson noises on the inside
beautiful, well thought out, cool car
That is one lovely trafficator. Thank you, ma'am.
Wow Rory have you got a new haircut?
Talking about design, its beautiful!!
Forgot the car. Look at the presenter 😍
R.I.P. Abarth
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.
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!
Car's design details are so beautiful. also video's director did a great job. Video quality is 10/10. thank you
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
I think they should make us able to turn off that fake sound.
Do a story where the Cobalt comes from for the batteries.
the same place oil refineries get their cobalt from
Confusing, if you want ICE sounds put an ICE in?
love the look
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!
I like the host of this video - great job
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…
A Bath?
I've always wanted a car with a max range of 150miles (if I'm lucky).
should have given it the the sound of a sine wave that an actual electric motor have
Style over Substance?
great time starts for investors in the V8/V12 market
Fake noises are awful sadly.
This is the issue with Electric cars, you sacrifice that raw real noise from great sounding cars normally. They should have just made it a sporty and fast elec car, and that's it.
I love my 145k 2013 Abarth 500 even more now
38K..................... WOAH
Exactly, too expensive and so small that if the driver develops flatulence issues, passengers will be gassed to death.
Also 150 miles isnt great for the cost
Petrol abarth allday
Why do they bother to do it if it is not better than the ICE version in every single way by a mile? That should be a basic requisite for any electric vehicle. Tesla is killing it exactly because of this mindset even tho they didn't fully achieve it they try hard.
Great electric car!
It's a decent start to electrification.
Looks clean tho
Just because it's an Italian car , doesn't mean you have to toot the horn all the time... should be quiet then!!.😂😂💕🇬🇧
I love it :)
I'll take the V10 F1 engine sound. Is there an option for that? 🤣🤣🤣
Just when I was looking forward to more silent motoring. Keep noise inside but abandon the noise outside please.
This is a perfect second car for town/local driving. Could never be your only car due to range.
I wish my petrol car had that range around town...
rip Abarth
Nice, they could make it even better by taking away the silly noise and adding selectable pedestrian warning noise
Even you can't convince me fake noises are cool! And that's saying something because you could sell me on almost anything.
No thank you I’ll take the petroleum 😂😂😂🤦🏾♂️
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
96mph top speed WTFFF
Id love these in Canada. Sadly canada stopped getting fiats. Please bring them back! I still have my 2015 and still going strong as the day it came off the lot
Dear team, please kindly remember to compare the sitting position with the previous generation. 🙏🏽
Seems like a cool little run around 😎👌
Nah
it's the best city car around
@@edombre4637 not even close Moron
Thumbs up for Alex, although the car's not bad, either. 😄
Everyone will be happy if they make the fake noises a toggle option
Why ice noises? I want it to sound like a spaceship! :D
They DID miss a trick though.. Shoving the more compact motor.... In the back for RWD... 🤔😏😉 😎🇬🇧
So...like can we get extra miles of we turn the speakers down.......
I'd miss the gearchange too much.
Fantastic presentation Alex - looks wise amazing - hate the fake noise but dying to see what it' like on a test - cant wait!
the headlights make me think of >😏
Very good presentation!!!! Absolutely love this car and this brand!!!!!
Only ''noise" I would accept in my car is that of ... Alexandra Legouix. Oh yeah.
All electric cars should sound like the hover cars from The Jetsons cartoon
The presenter has a superb voice. Excellent job.
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...
This is just a bad package design. it has nothing to do with electric motors drive trains.
oh boy, what is that!
Great addition!! The presenter of course! 😃
Flat delivery, not as good as the others
I like everything about this fun Fiat.... But I would definitely want to switch off the silly fake noises
No talk about the range then?
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.
car has eyebrows
So loud and yet manages to be slower than its petrol counterpart…
The only place you could have this is Mayfair London
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
2:08 ... what´s next, driving an electric car with the headphones ON to hear the engine ?!
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.
The Taycan is better
Please tell me there’s a way to turn that off. The car is nice but that exterior sound is ghastly