2020年菲亚特124Spider Abarth Interior and Cargo

The Abarth's standard sport seats are a pleasing combination of leather and microfiber in black. For $595 extra, full leather seats in either black or black/red are available. The final seating option is black Recaro leather/Alcantara sport seats for $1,195. A sport steering wheel and a leather-wrapped shift knob are complemented by Matte Gray interior accents and a sport instrument cluster with a red tachometer. An available Veleno Appearance Group further dresses up the cabin with a bright dead pedal and Abarth carpeted floor mats.

If you thought the Spider's cabin was snug, the trunk is even more so, with a mere 4.94 cubic feet available. The space isn't big enough for a large suitcase, but a carry-on should be able to fit. If two people pack lightly enough, there should be just enough space for a weekend getaway. In this segment, the Toyota 86 is a better option for carrying cargo, even if its 6.9 cubes of space is hardly commodious.

The cabin has little room for stashing small items. The door pockets are tiny and there's a small compartment in the center console. A traditional glove box on the passenger side is replaced by one in between the front seats, but like everything else, it's not that large. Two cupholders are fitted.

A surfeit of equipment would fly in the face of the Spider's lightweight sports car philosophy, so there are manually-adjustable seats instead of power-operated pews, while the roof itself also lacks power-adjustability. Still, you do get air-conditioning with automatic temperature control, illuminated entry, heated seats, a rearview camera, rain-sensing windshield wipers, and a tire-pressure monitoring system. Delving into one of several available packages avails features like an auto-dimming rearview mirror, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-path detection, and a ParkSense rear park assist system.

The infotainment system is largely borrowed from the Mazda MX-5 Miata, but this is no bad thing since the system is easy enough to operate. The Uconnect system comprises a seven-inch color display with HD Radio, Bluetooth compatibility, and SiriusXM. Unfortunately, both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are unavailable - in 2020, this is a problem when these features have become commonplace and are standard from the mid-spec trim of the MX-5 Miata. The sound system is on the basic side with just four speakers, although with not much cabin space to fill with sound, it's not a great disappointment. Navigation and a nine-speaker Bose sound system are available as part of the Navigation and Sound Group package upgrade.