ABARTH 695C CONVERTIBLE

Name: ABARTH 695 1.4 T-Jet 180 Competizione 2dr Auto
Brand: ABARTH 695
SKU: 100350
Availability: InStock

1.4 T-Jet 180 Competizione 2dr Auto

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Fuel Type Petrol

Co2 164.00g/km

Transmission Automatic

Top Speed 140mph

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Lease Type

Personal Business

Contract Length

Initial Rental

Annual Mileage

Maintenance

An excess mileage charge will apply if you exceed the contracted mileage. The exact charge will be confirmed on the official quotation prior to your acceptance to proceed.

Important Information

Excess mileage charges will apply if you go over the stated contract mileage.
Vehicle damage charges may occur if the vehicle is returned outside BVRLA's Fair Wear and Tear guidelines.
All rentals are subject to the necessary finance acceptance criteria.
Prices shown are indicative and subject to change.
No ownership option is available on this lease.
Manufacturer’s maintenance schedule must be observed and additional charges may apply for failure to maintain servicing and any non fair wear and tear damage to the vehicle.
Quoted leadtimes are estimates based on information from the manufacturer and are subject to change. We will keep you up to date during the course of your order.
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Fuel Type Petrol

Co2 164.00g/km

Transmission Automatic

Top Speed 140mph

ABARTH 695 Review

- Independent review from Car and Driving

Performance
7
Handling
8
Comfort
5
Space
3
Styling
8
Build
7
Value
7
Equipment
7
Economy
8
Depreciation
9
Insurance
7

The crazy Abarth 695 is one for the true hot hatch connoisseur. Jonathan Crouch reports.

Ten Second Review

With a power to weight ratio akin to an Audi S4 or an old BMW M3, the 180hp Abarth 695 delivers a serious slug of performance. With an interior that's finished in carbon fibre and carbon-shelled sports seats, it makes other hot hatches seem about as focused as Hubble Space Telescope v1.0.

Background

Mainstream car manufacturers tend to be a conservative bunch. It's not too often that something wonderfully unhinged gets past the endless committee stages and vanilla customer clinics. And it's rarer still that such products make any money. Renault has tried again and again with cars that make you wonder if something periodically seeps into the water supply and Alfa Romeo can occasionally go way off-page with some of their wares. Add Abarth to that list. Okay, it's already got a reputation for building small cars with big personalities but the company has excelled itself with the crazy 695. A hot hatch based on the Fiat 500, this one packs a 180hp punch and weighs less than a tonne. It's a piece of work.

Driving Experience

The Abarth 695 rewards a certain degree of context. Taken in isolation, 180hp isn't a great deal in a modern hot hatch. Factor in a kerb weight of under a tonne, however and you start to form a picture of a very potent performer. Suddenly you're in the same power to weight bracket as cars like the Renaultsport Megane 300, the BMW E36 M3 and the Audi S4 - and if you know anything about cars you'll appreciate the tastiness of that little list. The 695 drives through the front wheels, yet still puts its power down cleanly enough to get to 62mph in 5.9 seconds and onto a top speed of 143mph. The transmission is interesting, as with a tick of an options box you can own the only street-legal production car fitted with a quick-shifting 'dog-ring' sequential manual gearbox, which will bring a certain level of ferocity to full-bore upshifts. Massive Brembo brakes look agreeably over-specified for such a tiny car.

Design and Build

The Fiat 500 just seems to lend itself to the creation of great-looking hot versions and this top Abarth takes the ball and knocks it into the next postcode. Dubbed "the most Abarth of all Abarths", the aggressive 695 comes in hard top or convertible forms and ramps up the sportiness over its 595-series showroom stablemate. There are special 17-inch alloy wheels and the famous Record Monza exhaust system with its unmistakable roar, which has accompanied generations of Abarth drivers and always been synonymous with power and performance. Inside, there are seats with Sabelt Fabric and a Matt grey shell, plus tar cold grey details, from the mouldings to the door handles and the mirror caps. The same colour choice creates a unique dashboard fascia, which has always been an iconic element of this Abarth model. The exclusiveness of the materials can also be easily seen in the Alcantara-upholstered cockpit, in the steering wheel which combines Alcantara and carbon fibre, and in the aluminium gear knob. Want more? Then pricier 'Turismo' and 'Competizione' variants provide even more exclusivity.

Market and Model

You might need to be sitting down with a warm drink to hand when we get to the price. It's around £25,000 upwards. You might either view that as a hilarious amount to be asking for a hotted-up Fiat 500 or alternatively, not a bad deal for a machine that can keep some really serious sports cars honest. We're leaning to the latter view. The 695 will be huge fun on a track day and besides, when you start fitting lightweight seats, harnesses, big brakes and other lightweight parts to a cheaper hot hatch, the sums soon mount up. Here it's all done for you. All you have to do is foot the initial bill and then you're good to go. After all, what is comparable? A Renault Megane 300 would be the closest thing in terms of focus, but the 695 is perhaps closer to that car's predecessor, the aggressive Megane R26.R replete with rollcage and plastic windows. Right at the moment, there's nothing that dares to square up to the 695.

Cost of Ownership

One advantage of running a lightweight car powered by a 1.4-litre engine is that fuel bills aren't going to be ruinous. Fiat quotes a figure of 40.9mpg on the combined cycle, which means emissions are pegged at just 156g/km, which is excellent for a petrol-engined vehicle that can nip to 62mph in under six seconds. Being a lightweight, the Abarth is going to work its tyres, brakes and suspension components less heavily than a hulking great barge and you'll get decent range out of a tankful when you're at the track. More laps means more fun. Of course, some of those savings are going to be offset by repayments on those hefty £25,000-£30,000 asking prices, but if there's one thing we've learned to date, it's that Abarths tend to be one of the most bombproof new car buys as far as depreciation is concerned. In other words, once you've stumped up the asking price, this isn't going to be an expensive car to run.

Summary

The 695 is the car many of us had hoped Abarth would make but wondered if it had the courage of its own convictions. It has, and then some. In fact, this model is probably more extreme than any of Abarth's biggest advocates could have wished for. It's about the closest thing to a single-make tin-top racer that you can buy with vaguely sensible money and for those that have been put off by the big bills associated with wielding some serious brake horsepower at track days, here's a fun alternative that you'll be able to lap in all day without complaint and which won't present you with a brake and tyre bill that'll have you on a diet of ramen noodles and ketchup for a month. This one might well sell better than the hefty £25,000-£30,000 asking prices might suggest. Strong residual values will mean that the 695 won't cost a lot to run and there's a certain kudos in owning a car with this much charisma and which will easily embarrass some fairly serious tackle around a twisty circuit. Sometimes great things come from crazy ideas and this shot of distilled Abarth looks touched with greatness.

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Standard Equipment

Technical Data

Options

Driver Convenience

7" TFT instrument display with sports mode
Alcantara cockpit
Apple car play/Android Auto
Dualdrive PAS
eCall emergency call system
Garrett turbo
Rain and dusk sensors
Rear parking sensors
Sports button
Trip computer
Wakeup screen for 7" radio

Engine/Drivetrain/Suspension

Koni front and rear suspension with Frequency Selective Damping technology
Torque transfer control (TTC)

Exterior Features

3rd brake light
Electric adjustable heated door mirrors
Electric front windows
Electrically operated soft top
Front fog lights
LED daytime running lights
Oil cap with key
Privacy glass
Rear boot
Rear window defroster
Tar cold grey front and rear bumper mouldings and door handles

Interior Features

12V socket
2 seat bench in 2nd row
Aluminium gearknob
Driver/front passenger seat height adjustment
English handbook
Floor mats
Front head restraints
Front passenger seat memory
Glovebox
Height adjustable steering wheel
High performance BMC air filter
Rear headrests
Single front passenger seat
Sports steering wheel in leather and Alcantara with carbon fibre detailing
Stainless steel pedal covers

Packs

Competizione MTA pack - 695
Tech Pack - 695/695C

Passive Safety

240x11 mm Drilled rear brake discs
305x28 mm Drilled and ventilated front brake discs
ABS
Driver and passenger airbags
Drivers knee airbag
ESP + ASR/MSR + HBA + Hill holder
Front side airbags
Head protection side airbag
Tyre pressure monitoring system
Window airbags

Security

Alarm
Immobiliser
Power door locks
Remote central locking

Trim

Tar cold grey dashboard

Wheels

17" Montecarlo alloy wheels
Fix and go kit

Emissions - ICE

HC+NOx

Not Available
Particles

Not Available
Standard Emissions

EURO 6
WLTP - CO2 (g/km) - Comb

164
WLTP - CO2 (g/km) - Comb - TEH

165
WLTP - CO2 (g/km) - Comb - TEL

164

Engine and Drive Train

Camshaft

DOHC
Catalytic Convertor

Yes
CC

1368
Compression Ratio

9.0:1
Cylinder Layout

IN-LINE
Cylinders

4
Cylinders - Bore (mm)

72
Cylinders - Stroke (mm)

84
Engine Layout

FRONT TRANSVERSE
Fuel Delivery

TURBO INJECTION
Gears

5 SPEED
Number of Valves

16
Transmission

SEMI-AUTO

Fuel Consumption - ICE

EC Directive 1999/100/EC Applies

No
WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Comb

7.1
WLTP - MPG - Comb

39.8

General

Alternative Fuel Qualifying

No
Badge Engine CC

1.4
Badge Power

180
Based On ID

Not Available
Coin Description

T-Jet 180
Coin Series

Competizione
Generation Mark

2
Insurance Group 1 - 50 Effective January 07

35D
Manufacturers Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years

8
Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years

3
NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %

Not Available
NCAP Child Occupant Protection %

Not Available
NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09

Not Available
NCAP Pedestrian Protection %

Not Available
NCAP Safety Assist %

Not Available
Did at least one aspect of this vehicle's safety give cause for concern?

No
Service Interval Frequency - Months

12
Service Interval Mileage

9000
Special Edition

No
Special Order

No
Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage

Unlimited
Standard manufacturers warranty - Years

3
Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months

Not Available
Timing Belt Interval Mileage

Not Available
Vehicle Homologation Class

M1

Performance

0 to 62 mph (secs)

6.7
Engine Power - BHP

180
Engine Power - KW

132
Engine Torque - LBS.FT

184
Engine Torque - MKG

25.5
Engine Torque - NM

250
Engine Torque - RPM

2250
Top Speed

140

Test Cycles

Emissions Test Cycle

WLTP
RDE Certification Level

RDE 2

Tyres

Alloys?

Yes
Space Saver?

No
Tyre Size Front

205/40 R17
Tyre Size Rear

205/40 R17
Tyre Size Spare

TYRE REPAIR KIT
Wheel Style

MONTECARLO
Wheel Type

17" ALLOY

Vehicle Dimensions

Height

1485
Height (including roof rails)

Not Available
Length

3660
Wheelbase

2300
Width

1627
Width (including mirrors)

1893

Weight and Capacities

Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres)

35
Luggage Capacity (Seats Up)

185
No. of Seats

4

Company car tax calculator

Tax Year	BIK	BIK Value	Tax Payable at 20%	Tax Payable at 40%
2026/27	37%	£961.23	£192.25	£384.49
2027/28	37%	£961.23	£192.25	£384.49
2028/29	38%	£987.21	£197.44	£394.88
2029/30	39%	£1013.19	£202.64	£405.28

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