Fiat Panda 100hp, opinions...

I always thought these looked quite cool. And the one you posted certainly does. So also in for general opinion.

James may has got one.......,,.

epic , but small. The speed does not make up for the lack of room , but i have to clarify iḿ a big guy.
I bought a punto abarth shortly after. isnt justifyable as a family car. 
My old Vw Lupo Gti was way bigger and that was small too.

Panda is 6-speed where the Abarth 500 is only 5-speed I believe.

The Panda 6sp is pretty close ratio and is best at home on back roads rather than on the motorway, 70mph is 3500rpm in 6th.

Leave the Sport button on, it makes the throttle response snappier and the steering heavier, which gives more steering feel.

The main criticism of the 100HP is the overly firm rear suspension, which can be cured by cutting down the massive rear bump stops and replacing the shocks with Konis.

Here's mine in two guises.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPhjpqFBZFB

I spent a few weeks colour-coding some 500 Abarth 17s, and slapped them on.

You may agree it looks great, but...it ruined the car. Completely borked the driving feel, drove like aids and dulled the acceleration.

This is a car that wants to be driven, so I switched back to the original diameter 15s, but selected the lightest road wheel Rota makes, the Slipstream, with the stock tyre size of 195/45R15, but in Toyo Proxes T1-R flavour.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ8Xddgh_yl

I love this thing, it's a hoot to drive. I've added KW coil overs and a full Ragazzon Group N exhaust.

It's not fast, but it is nippy and chuckable, and a great B-road blaster.

What Strada said . A great car to consider .

I'm surprised the mods have let this thread on. It's too modern...

You've been here long enough to know appropriate modern cars are just fine here.

From the Modus Operandi
"7) Modern cars are not evil."

It's always been on my 'would like to try' list. See also: Suzuki Ignis Sport.

I agree they're quite likable cars. I've only got the eco version with a whopping 54bhp but as a way of getting about for not much cash it suits me and they look a bit different from their rivals from the far east. Can't comment much on the interior space as I don't carry passengers often, but even having downsized from a MK1 Focus it doesn't feel too claustrophobic.
This is what I'd like to do with mine but probably never will:-

Had a 57 plate one in black a few years back.... Absolutely loved it and realy miss it.

GOOD POINTS:
*Looks nuts  imho
*auto climate control and leccy windows etc ,   makes it nice for a relitively cheap little car
*absolute blast to drive!   Realy great, Took mine over to the isle of wight and we drove down the coast road over the back,  made for roads like that.


BAD POINTS:
*Known fault (fiat supposedly sell alot of them) is the heater blend flaps going, (climate goes to all vents and wont regulate)  To repair this requires a new heater blend box ,  to replace this requires removing the doors to remove the dash.  £900 part
*known for using oil,  Mine was no exception and supposedly there was a recall for this problem but some arnt sorted.
*seat cloth is absolutely awefull...   I left the window open and it got rained on one afternoon,  Never got rid of the water marks on the bolsters after that, not even after vaxing the hell out of it twice.
*Fiat don't seem to feel the need to paint everywhere... Loads of the car is still primer. Not visable on a white or silver car, But glaringly obvious on a black car in bonnet and boot shuts etc.,
*ride is abnormally crashy.  We lived in the newforest at the time and it was realy curse word over cattle grids, Used to make the cd pop out haha.


Personally.  Id have another if it was cheap, And i mean £1500 cheap,  Otherwise nope.      the fun factor of it doesnt outweigh the negs.