Test drive Fiat Panda since 2011 station wagon

The masculine beginning

A pretty lobed bear does not crush at all in size. What does not prevent him from being a real man by nature. Let the little one.
 



Five to nine, six-zero!
A quarter of an hour ago, there was not a soul on a snow -covered wasteland. And only when, not expecting it myself, I turned the deserted, slippery from the sharply struck frosts into a kind of sports arena with dozens of spectators around the edges, I realized how to get carried away.
 

Gas, rotation of the steering wheel, handbrake, steering wheel in the opposite direction, again gas. Dischacking one after another spectacular, with fountains of snow dust from under the wheels of pirouettes, deftly slipping into narrow cracks between the snowdrifts, the blue little car seemed a skater-virtuoso who performed an arbitrary program. Awesome control ease, nimble motor, wonderful maneuverability. If someone had said an hour ago that not a sports compartment would plant me on the needle, not some other Japanese SUV, but the smallest fiatic, would not have believed.
 



Our shot was ripened everywhere
The surprises began in the morning. From the fact that I Pandu I ... did not recognize. On the site near the cabin in reverse, a much more adult car was confidently parked. What is it, sorry, mini, if over the majority of the cars standing nearby, he towered for a good ten centimeters?
 

Nevertheless, it was him Fiat Panda. Only a modest slightly more than 3.5 m long produced a single-class Matiz, Oka and Pikanto in it. But how much brighter, more original and at the same time it is elusively more serious than all this mini-fan. Yes, small, but with all the modesty sizes, rather strict than the playful. Roof rails, huge, a la Volvo-x70, rear lights. Maybe somewhat rustic, but not causing any animal-girlish associations rectangular headlights. What is not the younger brother of some SUV? By the way, the ramp was drawn in the famous Italian atelier Burton and already titled. Indeed, a year ago, it was Mishka in the competition that the car of the year managed to select an honorary title from such a recognized favorite as golf. That was shot.
 



Adult pros, children's minuses
I open the door, sit in a chair and ... immediately I want to do it again. It is also convenient to go to the best from CD-wen or hatchbacks with a high roof. Although the chair has only longitudinal adjustment (83 euros will have to be paid for height adjustment), quite successful in shape and is about 20 centimeters higher than in most cars. For good visibility, the first remedy.
 
   


But the main thing is that you expect to meet inside a city baby, there is no mention. On the contrary, by the standards of the mini is spacious here. Before the ceiling, even a tall person has a supply of several centimeters. The width of the cabin at the shoulders level is 1346 mm in front. Even most modern golf class machines are only 34 cm wider. Nevertheless, it is impossible to deceive the laws of nature: there are not so many places on the gallery of fiatic. If only in front is not a miniature lady, the back of the front seat you will inevitably support here. And yet I repeat: in general, the panda salon does not seem spacious in the class.

 

Rare for a mini on -board computer with convenient control on the steering wheel switch here in the database

Electric drive of mirrors and cigarette lighter require an additional payment of 95 and 20 euros

Under the floor is a full -fledged stock


The inner world of Panda is bright, to the color of the body, the fabric on the seats, the abundance of multi -colored control lamps on the perfectly readable instrument panel. And the air conditioner block is like a couple of funny nesting dolls and a square of large buttons that do not raise questions.

 
  
For 83 euros, the seat will gain a more convenient headrest and adjustment in height

The trunk is small 206 l. With a shift rear sofa 236 liters. And if you fold the back, this is impressive 860 liters


In short, by the liveliness of interior design, Italian novelty can be safely called one of the most striking modern serial small -leafers.

Plus, notes of sports are breaking through in some places. A small three-spoke steering wheel and air duct deflectors Bear borrowed Alfa Romeo models from his sisters. All these sparkles are all the more right to exist when a lively motor lives under the hood.
 



City Zabiyak
But we are gradually accustomed to the fact that most modern engines, such environmentally friendly and economical engines that meet the requirements of Euro IV, are gaining momentum. Eight -valve four panda is a pleasant exception. Already with idle, she spins with a captivating excitement.
 

It gives the engine a little only 60 liters. With. But do not think that this is not enough for fiatic. In fact, with two adults on board up to the first 60 km/h in a panda more life than in other expensive relatives. The fact is that the machine weighs only 860 kg, and the injection system even that seemed to us almost an archaic 8-classmate to us quite economical (no matter how hard it was, it did not spend more than 7 liters per hundred), a painful modern motor.
 

It develops the maximum torque (10.4 kgsm) already at 2500 rpm. But most of the current gasoline engines have to twist to 3.54 thousand. Let us recall the light 13-inch wheels and rather short transmissions. Hence the frisky disposition at the start and confident accelerations even with 7080 km/h. At the wheel of this fermented car, you will by no means blush under the views of the owners of more powerful and prestigious cars. For example, Italians argue that a kilometer from a place Mishka drives in 36 s. This is a very good result. If you have happened to compete in Spurt, say, with a 165-horsepower Pajero, you will lag behind this heavyweight for only half a second. And this is a straight line. And a winding path will come across, Panda will already be in the leaders.
 

I was convinced that in the city stream, Mishka runs with truly male confidence and assertiveness. True, as in the case of the expanse in the back seat, it is impossible to deceive the laws of physics. 60 horses are capable of exactly as much as they are capable. So at 120130 km/h the fiatic frankly sour.
 

As for not general, class, but concrete, personal, driving deficiencies, Mishka had only one for Mishka. On that day, I often had to stand in traffic jams or crawl at a speed of 1020 km/h. So, if in the first gear, promote the engine to at least three thousand, and then remove the leg from the gas pedal, then up to 2200 turnover of the crankshaft decrease smoothly, and after this mark suddenly sharply like a porshe or alpha, skillfully in a slow -down engine, fall to idle. The fiatic immediately pecks with his nose. If you need to quickly lose speed, such help by the way. When you crawl with a snail, constant nods are bored.

But now I need to turn around on a patch, and the Italian-Pronyra is again pleasing. The steering wheel rotates with one finger, the compact body can be stuck into any gap, and in the diameter of the turn only 9.1 m you can hardly find it equal. Most cars need 1.52 meters more.
 
Beginning Jeeper

Skorus -increased overhangs, reduced due to other bumpers of overhang, and all -wheel drive systems, such pandas appeared in European fiat dealers in October 2004. Outwardly, small jeeps are easy to distinguish by extended wheeled arches and plastic overlays on bumpers. Their feature of the impressive angles of the entrance/congress (26/44o) and the reliable metal protection of the cards of the Communist Party and the motor. The price of an all -wheel drive bear in Europe is from 11,900 euros. If it appears in Russia, has a chance to become the most affordable foreign all -wheel drive.




Without guilt, guilty
It's no secret, Fiat today in outsiders. In Russia, neither decent advertising, nor the abundance of salons and service. Perhaps, the fact that for a considerable number of our fellow citizens to buy a company gave Russia Zhiguli, approximately how to get behind the wheel of the Soviet machine, also interferes. Pande could help a good price. But she’s just not. The basic 9135 euros plus air conditioning, metallic and electric mirrors turn into 9980 euros or $ 13,300. Almost twice as much as matisa and about $ 1,500 are similarly equipped with a picanto.
 

And yet, I think, the fate of the smallest fiat is far from hopeless. An attractive style, a baking sheep, and a rare manageless manageability for small storage facilities put an Italian on a par with brisk, slightly large externally and, most importantly, endowed with the ability to delight not only women, but also men C2, 206 and a hetz. It turns out that Panda is about $ 700 more expensive than the hand, but $ 25003,100 is cheaper than the French. But it can still be equipped with options that are rare among micro-litrains (6 pillows, ESP, climate control, an electric hatch, a sliding folding rear sofa). And just such a special fiatic unexpectedly becomes a unique offer in the market.
    
Do not save on options

Dealers bring panda to Russia with only one engine and in one configuration. For 9135 euros, you get AVS, an on -board computer, a steering wheel, an immobilizer, a central lock, a driver’s airplane pillow, a full -fledged spurt, athermal glazing, audio training (four speakers and antenna) and front electric windows.
 

If you want to get the most convenient fiat, do not skimp on the option, especially since they are not so expensive. There is a remote control of the central lock (91 euros), air conditioning (585 euros), electric drive heated mirrors (95 euros), metallic color (165 euros), separately folding and moving in the longitudinal direction (314 euros), three additional pillows (340 Euro), arcs of trunk and moldings (175 euros). And more than twenty items. Choose you.
 
PER

A frisky motor, ease of control, maneuverability, efficiency, bright interior, high landing, good vibro and sound insulation, hardness of assembly, an abundance of pre-equipment
AGAINST

High price, low image of the brand, tight salon, uncomfortable head restraints, abundance of budget plastic
 
Fiat Panda 1.2

common data
 
Body (number of places/doors)
hatchback (4/5)
 
Equipped mass, kg
860
 
Length x width x height, mm
3538x1578x1540
 
Base, mm
2299
 
Road clearance, mm
150
 
Acceleration time 0100 km/h, with
fourteen
 
Speed, km/h
155
 
Fuel consumption, l/100 km highway/city
4.6/6.8
 

Engine
 
Working volume, SMZ
1242
 
Power, L.S. at rpm
60/5000
 
Torque, kgsm at rpm
10.4/2500
 

Chassis
 
Drive unit
On the front wheels
 
Transmission
Mechanical 5-speed
 
Suspension: in front
Independent, such as McExeson, with a reptile stabilizer
 
behind
dependent, with an elastic transverse beam
 
Steering
rack type with amplifier
 
Brakes (front/back)
disk/drum
 
Tires
155/55 R13
 
 
Alexey Sergeev, photo of Maxim Goncharov
 
 

Source: Magazine buy a car [01/2005]