Abarth 600e review

As you probably realise by now, this largely depends on which trim you've chosen. The Scorpionissima gains bucket seats with the uber-cool upholstery, which makes a pretty big difference in making the cabin feel premium.

One niggle is the vents: should you be at odds with your rear passengers (and you will, because they won’t have any legroom), they've got easy access to your kidneys. Death by a thousand pokes.

The Scorpionissima also gets more badging and Alcantara in places like the centre console cover, whereas the 600e makes do with vanilla Stellantis parts. It's a shame only 1,949 will be getting the top treatment.

How’s the tech?

The 10.25in infotainment screen is responsive and easy to navigate. The menus are laid out well too, and Abarth has even thrown in some funky game-like gauges and readouts for when you hit the track, measuring things like G, torque.

You also get ambient lighting, a six-speaker audio kit and a few USB slots. The centre console has a few cubbyholes on either side of the mode selector too which, when activated, flags up on the digitalised driver display. You can throw in ChatGPT to help ease those smaller tasks too.

Is it spacious?

A lot of small crossovers look bigger than they actually are, and the same goes for the 600e: there’s lots of headroom but a questionable amount of legroom. Front seat passengers have decent footwell space but at the cost of any meaningful room in the rear. So either those up front are happy, or nobody’s happy.

And as for a fifth passenger in between? Yeah, forget about it.

The boot measures 360 litres, which is only 40 less than you'll find in the back of the Alfa Junior. So nothing to write home about, but not awful.