 It also created the Lancia Rally 037 Group B rally car which won for Lancia the 1983 World Manufacturers' Championship).On 1 October 1981, Abarth & C. ceased to exist and was replaced by "Fiat Auto Gestione Sportiva", a division of the parent company specialized in the management of racing programmes that would remain in operation through to the end of 1999, when it changed to "Fiat Auto Corse S.p.A."

Some commercial models built by Fiat or its subsidiaries Lancia and Autobianchi were co-branded Abarth, including the Autobianchi A112 Abarth, a lightweight and inexpensive "boy racer".A112 Abarth was introduced with a 58HP engine, soon followed by a 70HP one, and a specific "A112 Abarth trophy" was run from 1977 to 1984.