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Fiat Abarth 500 Competizione Limited Edition surfaces

The Fiat 500 Abarth Competizione has been created for the Dutch market But now comes news that Fiat is launching a limited Edition 500 Abarth in the land of clogs and windmills – Holland. The Abarth 500 Competizione features a one-off exterior with a black roof, black ‘Abarth’ graphics on the doors and 17″ alloy wheels in black. Fiat are also throwing in climate, SatNav, upgraded sound system and leather.

2012 Ford Focus ST gets 297bhp

Those clever chaps at SuperChips have given the 2012 Ford Focus ST a bit of an ECU tweak to deliver 297bhp and an extra 85lb/ft of torque. When we reported last week that WTC outfit Arena had in roped Ford’s tuner of choice, Mountune, to give the new Ford Focus a makeover, we were a tad disappointed to discover that they were tweaking the rather journeyman Focus Zetec S. That meant the Zetec S got 200bhp – a handy jump – but we bemoaned the fact that they hadn’t fiddled with the Focus ST to give us a car to fill the void left by the absence of a Focus RS in the current iteration of the Focus.

One Lap of the Web: Let's get dynamic

-- How do New Yorkers get by with cars? One way is to drive around in a Baja Bug. Another way is to dive into the strange subculture that is alternate-side street parking, as The Awl explains, which features its own robust cast of well-meaning street urchin characters.