In 1949, buying the remnants of Cisitalia, it participated with Porsche to Formula one. The cars had transmission to the 4 wheels.
Then it specialized in high-performance exhaust pipes and in producing various tuning kits for road vehicles, mainly for Fiat and Simca.
Abarth was sold to Fiat in 1971 and the racing team sold to Enzo Osella. Abarth became the racing departement of Fiat. Some models build by Fiat or it's subsidiaries Lancia and, Autobianchi where co-branded Abarth, the most famous being the Autobianchi A112 Abarth.