Fiat has launched the primary set of particulars and pictures of the all-new fourth-generation Panda SUV, now christened the Fiat Grande Panda. The new Panda continues the mannequin’s rugged legacy with a contemporary, retro design and two powertrain choices.

1. Grande Panda will sit above the previous-gen SUV
2. Final design stays fairly near the idea
3. Shares powertrain, platform with the Citroen C3

Fiat Grande Panda: what’s new?

Called the Grande Panda to mirror a footprint that’s bigger than that of its predecessor, the brand new SUV is intently associated to the Citroen C3, sharing Stellantis’ value-minded Smart Car platform. Originally engineered for creating markets and referred to as Common Modular Platform (CMP), it has been tailored for world fashions and may accommodate each inside combustion and battery powertrains.

The manufacturing car stays true to the blocky, retro proportions of the Panda idea that Fiat revealed in February, and even retains the distinguished Panda branding alongside its sides – a nod to its bare-bones Nineteen Eighties namesake.

The minimalist, rugged look displays Fiat’s new model values of “strength and uniqueness”, and units the tone for the design of all upcoming fashions within the Panda household, together with the pixel-style headlights, which had been supposedly impressed by the home windows of Fiat’s previous Lingotto manufacturing unit in Turin. Ovals will probably be a prevailing theme, in a nod to the Twenties constructing’s well-known rooftop take a look at monitor, and efforts to scale back the load and value of assorted parts will lend an airier, extra spacious really feel, Fiat has prompt.

Quite a lot of cues nod to the Panda’s utilitarian roots and emphasise what Fiat calls its “UV [utility vehicle] attitude”, together with the chunky entrance skid plate, roof rails and black lower-body cladding. However, whereas the model acknowledged the affect of the unique Panda 4×4, it stopped wanting hinting at plans for a four-wheel-drive model of the Grande Panda.

It’s round 0.3m longer than the earlier Panda, at 3.99m, however that’s nonetheless “below the 4.06m segment average”, claims Fiat. The five-seater cabin hasn’t been revealed but, however Fiat stated it will be “perfect for contemporary urban mobility”.

The Grande Panda will include a couple of powertrain; the international-spec C3’s 200km and 327km electrical programs, and the mild-hybrid 100hp, 1.2-litre three-cylinder turbo-petrol engine.

Fiat Grande Panda: will it come to India?

The rugged but retro-looking Grande Panda will first go on sale in Europe. There is not any information on Fiat bringing the SUV to India within the close to future.

Current Panda will stay on until 2027

The present Panda, which is principally on sale in Europe and is now additionally known as the Pandina, will stay in manufacturing till “at least” 2027, Fiat has confirmed. It plans to spice up output by 20 p.c to cater to sustained demand, even within the hatchback’s thirteenth yr on sale.

A subtly up to date model of the car options new lively security capabilities, an upgraded driver’s show and a brand new steering wheel, and it is touted because the “most technological and safest Panda ever” when it goes on sale this summer time.

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