Abarth 500e Wins Best Mini Car in Auto Motor und Sport’s Best Cars Awards
- Readers of the trade German magazine “Auto Motor und Sport” voted the Abarth 500e as one of the best cars on the German market.
- The first electric model in Abarth’s history wins in the “Mini Cars” category.
Abarth adds another award to its collection: the first electrically powered Abarth 500e has been awarded in the “Best Cars” competition by the prestigious German magazine “auto motor und sport”. After eight years of recognition for its sportiness and style features, it’s now the BEV version to take the stage, confirming the leading role of the Scorpion Brand in the electric transition and ensuring that the Scorpion’s hot hatches are even more fun than ever.
The first electric jewel from the brand has won the “Mini Cars” category with 23.6 percent of the votes, surpassing both domestic and imported competitors, including models with electric and conventional combustion engines.
The readers of the specialist German magazine honoured Abarth for the nineth time, rewarding, with nearly of a quarter of preferences, the Abarth 500e as the best “Mini car” in the German market. This accolade, another important triumph for Abarth, underlines the brand’s international success, as well as its high status among German car enthusiasts, not only because of its well-known performance, but also for its value in the electromobility scenario. The ceremony will take place in May during a special occasion, the Hamburg Harbour Birthday.
The Abarth 500e is the first EV model of the Scorpion brand, thanks to its electric architecture, improved weight distribution, instant torque, and wider wheelbase. The 42-kWh battery feeds an electric motor with an output of 113 kW (155 hp), powering the car from a standstill to 100 kph in just 7.0 seconds.
The Abarth EV family recently enlarged with the Abarth 600e. This new model, developed with Stellantis Motorsport and enduring the brand’s max EV performance, marks an important step for Abarth as it sets the new standard for electric hot hatch cars and the sportiveness and electrification of urban cars thanks to its racing attitude.
Turin, 3 March 2025