Check out these shots of Fiat’s gussied up 500. It’s the 500 Abarth SS slated for official unveiling at the Paris Motor Show next month, and this little beggar is packing a serious wallup. Try 180 horsepower 1.4-liter turbo four wedged down in a weigh-nothing chassis. If that’s not right up our alley, we don’t know what is. For the record, that’s 40 more ponies than the quick little SE-R we posted on earlier, and 45 above the standard Cinquecento. Other tricks fill out the car’s minimal flanks, including larger wheels, special stoppers, a sport-tuned suspension and a sweet traction-control system. We need this here. We need this now.

