Abarth 695 Rivale: Italian Fiesta ST? - Carfection (4K)

Abarth has joined forces with Riva, the luxury boat maker, to create this special edition hot hatch.

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[sheelotastic]

The stripes on the back of this particular car are amazing looking. This riva edition looks great

[FranciscoFerreira-txcv]

The Fiesta ST it's clearly the best, but the 695 have the looks, the sound and especially the mystic.

It's one car that make us feeling special when we drive it. You can try Fiesta and the 695, and you will see that the driving experience it's totally different. Cars are not just papper values, and thats why people keep picking the 695 and the 500 abarths in generally instead of another hot hatchs.

[PenneyCrisafulli]

I respect a guy that hasn't taken a jacket off in 8 years
it is the most fun car I have ever driven, full of character, if you can live with the hard ride daily have no qualms about buying one, you will not regret it .

[davymcmillan]

Wholeheartedly agree with this review, good and bad points . Coming to the end of a 4 year term with a 595 Competizione, it is the most fun car I have ever driven, full of character, if you can live with the hard ride daily have no qualms about buying one, you will not regret it .

[thecarnatic]

Great to see Alex back on the channel!

[bgskelton]

I have this car (hard top) and I'd say this is a really accurate review. Any pothole is a horrible experience, but overall I love it and don't see the Ford in the same company. I'm sure it's better; but, it's a completely different proposition. It's a lazy desire to categorise rather than seeing the clear distinction, and I'm not talking about the reviewer just our human desire to put everything into a box. For me, it's not Abarth or... it's simply whether Abarth or not (like someone says below, they got a third kid so couldn't any longer).

[robertstewart]

Fantastic car, I have one myself. The manual version does 0-60 in 6.7s whereas the MTA version does 0-60 in 6.9s. As for the "175 hatches and 175 convertibles" this is for the Riva 175 anniversary edition only. The car in the video is a normal 695 Rivale where an unconfirmed amount will be made but it is said to be around 3000.

[carlfisher]

Great review mate, VERY fair & honest.

I absolutely LOVE my Abarth,
YES... there is faster, better,
But,
I've NEVER had so much 'fun' & with a few 'mods', I've not seen a tiny little car get SOO much attention.
The Abarth owners club is FANTASTIC & going to Italian car shows is the greatest honour EVER.

Just drive 1,
YOU'LL see!!!

Cheers!! Canada Carl!!!

[stelswhere]

OK we all know it is not the best hot hatch by most standards but the character, looks, noise and fun factor are unrivalled. Good to see Alex again.

[ChunkyBunny]

This used to be my dream car and I still would take it.

[silverbullet]

great to see U again Alex in Carfection, welcome back.... 😀😀😀

[klasseact]

I am so glad you are back in the mix Alex!

[ervin]

Going 140 mph in a fiat 500 would be the most silly fun thing ever

[immortalbentley]

now i have because why not stuck in my head

[TomRauhe]

If you even dare to compare this Rivale against a fiesta, you have no ❤️

[paveloknowski]

Perhaps Fiesta is more practical ect, BUT after 5-6 years instead of OLD fiesta, one can still anjoy his eyes , looking at this italian GEM !!!! which will be NOT , ,face lifted " . For me it has a charm of OLD Italian clasics, this baby is for people , ,thinking "with their hart !

[v_alexiadis]

Beautiful car but yeah it falls short to the Fiesta in every single other area. By the way, I know it's almost the same car but I'd like to see a review of the Competizione.

[tanichiro]

waittt did you call it an Acrapovic exhaust???

[djhero]

"At this moment, there are hot hatches falling out of everyone's ears" not in America Q_Q

[dexgeta.]

Be best thing of this car is the sound, and it's cheap to maintain it has a 1.4l