Thanks for the welcome!
According to the Certificata de Conformita, the Panda left the factory in Torino on the 13th December 2002 in Grigio Steel paint. It was then delivered to the first owner in January 2003 by Concessionaria Pedrazzani, a Ligure Fiat and Alfa dealer. The first owner wanted a classic Panda, but the Norwegian importer was more interested in selling Panda 2, so he had to buy the car in Italy and drove it home over the Alps to Norway in February 03.
Those of you who has been on holiday in Italy has probably noticed the large number of classic Pandas still in use, which made me think that they did something right, and for some reason the owners simpy do not scrap them. It became almost an obsession to get hold of a 4x4 version, but good examples are hard to find and getting plates on an import is not cheap. Through a Fiat dealer in Oslo i tracked down one, and one day I had bought my own Panda 4x4. It is probably the only 4x4 registered and in use in Norway, and I have not seen a Panda on the road for several years.
I am the second owner on this car, and the first owner has used it very little, but serviced and rustproofed the car regularly. It came with lots of documents including a "fattura auto nuova" for 8950 euros, original brochures, and manuals etc The car has tinted glass, electric windows, adjustable headlights, central locking, rear opening side windows, towbar, electric cabin and engine heater, and a Becker cassette more appropriate in a Mercedes S-klasse. The first owner did not believe that anyone has ever used the rear seats.
I use the car everyday, and really enjoy it, in particular now in the winter when the 4x4 comes in very handy as you can see in the picture below. Feel free to ask questions!
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