Test Drive Fiat Panda since 2003 Hatchback

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Table breeding

This car has a style, and accessibility, and individuality. You can safely begin to postpone the money and think about the color of your future phutika!

As you know, in the captivity of Panda is breeding disgusting. How much a candle is kept, and the shy animals behave restraint and do not give will feelings, preferring a good lunch to every other joys of life. He does not order a heart, right?

So panda bored in aviaries, nostalging on the glorious cozy bamboo groves. However, there is still hope! Fiat made the fact that the best zoos of the world still comes out with great difficulty: spread the panda. In a huge amount. And now in his nursery, the second generation of animals is already growing.
For me, Fiat Panda is one of the few cars that I wanted to possess even before I ride on it. In this car there is something that I really need: style, availability, individuality. Everything. You can safely begin to postpone the money and think about the color of your future phiatrics. Especially since the choice of color is, perhaps, the most serious problem when buying a panda. Bright blue, strict black, strange green, dazzling yellow, banal silver, gentle blue (trout color). Rainbow rests! The most interesting thing is that the red color (not metallic!) Fiatovtsy is presented as an option asking for her a few hundred eurodeng. But you don't have to choose the motor or the package, everything is modestly here. You can read the details in our table.

But the main thing is psychologically delicious price nine with a small thousand euros. What is included in it?

The total cost of views abandoned on the panda during our test, significantly exceeds the number of euro that is asked for the typewriter. Cute, agree? It seems to be nothing extraordinary in the exterior of the physician no (except the upper window line), but it is definitely clinging.

Inside also simple, but cozy. Cheapness does not bother, but, on the contrary, it has. Everything is simple, but not primitive: the interior design is great masks savings. By the way, the list of options allows you to type in the panda of all junk in the assortment, however, with this scenario, the charm of the price will disappear. And it is wrong.

Of course, for ten kiloevro it is impossible to make a car without flaws. With some desire in Panda, you can find several shoals. The most important is small and therefore suberposed outer rearview mirrors. Moreover, the right slightly overlaps the front counter, and therefore it will not be optimally adjusted. This disadvantage is less noticeable for high drivers who are sitting on from the helm. And in general, Panda more favorables towards rising drivers. And those who have not gone to the growth will be able to get into the non-optimal kinematics of the pedals (it is necessary to be very flexing ankle) and on the swelling central console, in contact with which the right knee is constantly being. And the rear passengers do not complain about what: Places in the backseat is plenty. But only for two cars strictly quadruple.

Representatives of the company in which we took Panda to the test, Rahlebi told about how a lightweight car bullets with a 60-strong motor from Punto. Actually does not bullet. Nevertheless: Panda It sounds cheerful. And although the bottom of the motor is almost no, with his proper promotion, the car rides pretty quickly. Translations are stretched, and it seems to be otherwise, the motor could still show himself on top. However, somewhere after four and a half thousand along the tachometer, Panda almost ceases to accelerate and begins to vote, begging about the next gear. On! And again you should accelerate.

Branca at the panda is cool, but the steering itself is quite confused. First of all, because it's very easy. And why here are the CITY button, which translates the electric power to the mode for patients with Rakhit, is completely incomprehensible. In this mode, the steering wheel is likened to the shipworval: slightly spinled it and it is spinning until the wheels are established in the extreme position. Such is all.

The gear shift lever, which raised to the center console, is excellent. But nine thousand nine thousand, nine thousand! A, normal. And the brakes are good not super-sensitive and efficient. The ABS is wounded early. The reason is extremely clear: narrow tires with a high profile. What are their coupling properties? For the city enough and okay!

Well? Panda super? I think yes. The car of the year is not just like the title. It is necessary to be able to. Fiat spent a panda in the ladies and came out the winner. Such should be the optimal combination of style and prices when the first is significantly larger than the second. Comb, Panda, and breed!

Autography
Fiat Panda.
Winner of the European Competition
Car 2004.
Predecessor
Panda (1980)
Prototype
Gingo (2003)
Premiere
march 2003.
Body
5-door hatchback
Engines
1.1-1.3 L (54-70 hp)
Production
Poland
Expected replacement
2009/10

The car is provided by Center-Sparz, official Fiat Auto dealer.
During the dough, the car is insured by Rosno.

Text: Kirill Brevdo
Photo: Roman Stunnin