So Fiat got the platform, and the 124 Spider nameplate returned. The Miata has always been a spiritual successor to small, British and Italian roadsters. The new 124 Spider takes the basic chassis of the MX-5 and adds Fiat’s exterior styling, suspension tuning and a turbocharged 1.4-liter engine.
The 124 Spider arrived in June 2016, with a 138bhp turbocharged 1.4-litre engine; for those who wanted more power, an Abarth 124 Spider arrived soon after. This featured the same engine but with
That results in a heavier, less shrinkwrapped car than the diminutive MX-5. Doesn’t sound like the most auspicious start in life. The 124 uses turbocharged 1.4-litre engines shipped out from
In four years on sale in the UK, Fiat sold about 3,000 124 Spiders, with the Abarth version adding – when rounded to the nearest hundred sales – ‘basically none’. In the same period, Mazda
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