Scrappy Doo returns! This is the limited edition Abarth 695 ’75 Anniversario’

Though it apparently signals Abarth’s “ongoing commitment to innovation”, there is no great innovation in this new, limited edition 695 over and above what you get in a not-at-all regular 695.

There is the same hardy little 1.4-litre engine. There is the same Garrett turbocharger. There is the same 178bhp and 184lb ft of torque. The same 0-62mph time of 6.7s, and the same top speed of 140mph.

So far, so 695. Where this one does offer some innovation, however, is in the livery. Because the new 695 75 Anniversario - unsurprisingly celebrating 75 years of Abarth - is less a car, more a massive Scorpion decal with a set of wheels attached to it.

There it is, on the roof! And because it’s on the roof of a modified Fiat 500, you’ll be able to see it regularly because Fiat 500s are tiny. There are other mysterious hints that this is no ordinary Fiat 500 along the flanks, what with them proudly displaying the ‘ABARTH’ logo.

Channels some proper JPS vibes, no? Black and gold works a treat on a baby hot hatch, as it turns out, this one featuring tinted windows, those aforementioned golden decals, and a set of 17in gold alloys.

There’s some meat behind the livery, of course. While it’s no more powerful than before, 184bhp in something weighing as much as an actual Scorpion is still pretty lively. Throw in this car’s Koni FSD shocks all round and the “iconic Record Monza” active exhaust, and it’ll certainly be as much of a handful as all Abarth 695s are.

Brakes? They are present, and big. An interior? Also present, replete with carbon seats, black Alcantara, a digital infotainment display and some connected features thrown in by Mopar.

Only 1,368 Anniversarios will be built – the exact size of that T-jet engine in cc – and less than 200 will Scrappy Doo-their way over to the UK. Each one will cost £32,895 – the price of exclusivity, of course, and a ruddy massive Scorpion sitting atop your car.