When I first saw your post, I was going to jump in with a comment, but then thought I should check my facts first.
I have a friend with a Fiat Abarth, so I email him to ask how it was going.

His response -
"I have now owned it for 8 months, and it has less than 7k on the clock. (That is kilometres, so about 4K miles.)
I have put more miles on loaner cars than my own, because the POS sits in the dealers waiting for parts to replace what ever the latest failure is.
It is plain crap, and I am trying to get the Fiat Dealer to buy it back off me.
It is fun to drive when it is going, but I just can't put up with the reliability problems.
It has been towed from the roadside twice in that time.
Hey, would you like to buy a good used car - low mileage??"

I guess it is buyer beware.

PK