The Bugatti T252 sports car also had the same unusual exhaust pipes, facing forward. The muffler was in font of the radiator, and the exhaust tip was short and to the side of the muffler, at the front of the car. I believe on the Abarth, the exaust actually exited on driver's the side of the car.
The Abarth Alfa 1000 is much better looking without the later Coloni modifcations, shown here:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DN