[strat61caster]

The best thing I learned from this thread is that there's an OFT for the Abarth, that little screamer is looking better and better as a commuter car for me... Now I just need to find a commute.

The best chance Fiat has for success with a sports car is to line it up right next to or slightly above the Abarth at $22k-$25k with a slightly uptuned 1.4L Multiair (like +5hp over the Abarth, they have to do something to overcome the RWD losses otherwise their expensive sports car gets beat off the line by a hot hatch) but I'm not sure if they'd be able to undercut Mazda by that much unless they really cheap out on it somehow like a live rear axle, cheap steel body panels, made in Mexico.

My guess is it'll land in the $25k-$30k range, I doubt base price will exceed $30k given Fiat's current marketing strategy of "hip affordable". Sure with the right styling and quality materials and the big motor from the 4C they could justify a >$35k pricetag with everything expected of it but it'd look out of place next to a fleet of 500 cabriolets on the dealer lot, unless of course it had an Alfa badge. Oh wait, didn't Honda already do that?

Edit: I suppose they could put their standard 4 banger in their for like ~110 hp or their little turbo at 130 to keep the price down, after all the ND will sell just fine with the 1.5L elsewhere.