You won't be surprised to hear that the cabin gets bucket seats and masses of scorpion logos with, no doubt, a whole bunch of other personalization options if you're feeling flash with your cash. Fastness? You wanna know fastness?

How does a 157bhp turbocharged 1.4-litre engine grab you? Putting out 170lb ft of torque in 'boost ' mode, it'll fire the SS to 62mph in just 7.4 seconds, half a second quicker than the standard Abarth 500. The SS's ride heigh has been lowered compared to the Abarth 500, too, and there's a front-wheel limited slip diff to keep things on the reasonably straight and narrow.

Bad news for fans of torque steer, that. And, as proof that you can be irresponsible in a responsible fashion, the SS will return a fairly miserly 44mpg and 155g/km of CO2, too. We can't wait to see the 500 SS in Paris next week. And not because it'll likely be flanked by gorgeous Italian models. Definitely nothing to do with that.