Abarth 124 GT
Why 6.8: A carbon-hardtop Abarth roadster with MX-5 architecture underneath. More character than speed, and cheap enough to drive hard.
Layout
Natural habitat
Ride comfort
Sound
The four-exit Record Monza exhaust gives the 1.4 MultiAir a rich burble and real crackle under load, with no roof in the way. But it is a small turbo four to 6,500 rpm and the Dual-Mode valves stay shut most of the time. Below the 595 for lacking its rasp.
4-cylinder · turbocharged · 6,500 rpm redline · rated 6.7 / 10 for engine sound
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · €39k (2018) → €28k (2026), trending down · illustrative data
Child seats · ISOFIX
There aren't any — strict two-seater.
No anchors, and on most of these no passenger airbag either — the car is too stripped for the question to arise. Whatever goes in that seat goes in on a harness or a belt.
Derived from production years and seating layout, not a per-car source. ISOFIX was standardised as ISO 13216 in 1997, required on new EU model types from 2011 and on all new EU cars from 2014.
The long version
The Abarth 124 GT is a strange little footnote in the best way: Mazda platform, Fiat body, turbo torque and a removable carbon hardtop that makes it feel more special than the numbers suggest. It was never a mainstream hit, which helps the charm now. Buyers who seek one out usually want the oddball rather than the obvious MX-5, and that tends to correlate with use. It is not faster than the Miata story; it is weirder, and weird matters here.