BT52 said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Panda

http://cars.uk.msn.com/reviews/fiat-panda-review-2012-onwards

http://www.worldcarfans.com/111083036141/all-new-2012-fiat-panda-third-generation-revealed-video

http://www.rockinghamcars.co.uk/fiat/new-cars/newfiatpanda

If you are going to count facelifts then there were three versions of the original.

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No there isn't, as there was only one 'facelift' in the 90's with a revised grille and that was about it!

babbo_umbro said:

Yes - I've seen Fiat refer to the latest model as third generation but pedants will have their say/way/day.

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Errrr, don't mix generation and mk's.

3 Generations
4 mk's.

Its as simple as that.

Mk1 and mk2 Panda's look very similar but are completely different cars. The mk3 Panda and 500 share more parts in compatibility than a mk1 and 2 Panda!


Always take what you read in Wiki with a pinch of salt, any mupet can change it, as they have despite me and others correcting it time and time again.

BT52 said:

Do a search for "Panda third generation" and see how many results pointing to the 100HP shape car there are...

(hint: it's less than 1)

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Do a google search for Goat and one of the photos that comes up is a dog

https://www.google.co.uk/search?saf...urce=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=hL4jUr_9DI6yhAfmx4D4CA

Well I hate ugly square Pandas so I love the new one, inside and out. Even tempted to see if I can finance one, shhhhh don't tell the Panda folk whose cars I've insulted occasionally lol

Numptey said:

Well I hate ugly square Pandas so I love the new one, inside and out. Even tempted to see if I can finance one, shhhhh don't tell the Panda folk whose cars I've insulted occasionally lol

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Have to say I don't see the appeal of the Mk 1 and 2 Panda's either, but each to their own and all that I like my Mk3 and may have a Mk4 one day

306maxi said:

Have to say I don't see the appeal of the Mk 1 and 2 Panda's either, but each to their own and all that I like my Mk3 and may have a Mk4 one day

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I have never understood the 70 mph if your lucky from the earlier versions. The new panda looks smoother and classier to me but what do I know as I also own the HHR Rover which is smoother and more rounded than the previous model

Never having driven one of the earlier models I may be missing something of course

Numptey said:

I have never understood the 70 mph if your lucky from the earlier versions.

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Not sure where you got that from

They're capable of a fair bit more than just 70mph.

Most Easterly Pandas said:

Not sure where you got that from

They're capable of a fair bit more than just 70mph.

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My apologies MEP, just some of the posts I have read. I think I need to be educated into these little beasts a bit more and perhaps dare I say it, drive one as maybe my teasing is unjust?

Numptey said:

My apologies MEP, just some of the posts I have read. I think I need to be educated into these little beasts a bit more and perhaps dare I say it, drive one as maybe my teasing is unjust?

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We'd soon get you hooked with the Panda bug

Most Easterly Pandas said:

We'd soon get you hooked with the Panda bug

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Yeah just about the time the wife packs my suitcase

306maxi said:

Have to say I don't see the appeal of the Mk 1 and 2 Panda's either, but each to their own and all that I like my Mk3 and may have a Mk4 one day

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We had a 2wd Mk1 and two 4wd Mk2s, so never had the benefit of the coil-sprung/Lancia Y10 rear end of the 2wd Mk2. They were a straightforward, simple, honest design, very practical but on the crude side. Bodywork was the last of the really tinny Fiats. We had the twin sunroof (an option?) on the 4wds - great. We took a Mk2 to Italy a few times and it was just bearable for that trip but we were 20+ years younger at the time. In general they still managed to be sufficiently charming to appeal, though our son had a 2wd Mk2 and that was less attractive for some reason.

BT52 said:

No-one refers to those as separate models Wiki etc.

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Wiki does refer to them though but Wiki isn't the be all and end all, far from it.

First generation (1980–2003) Panda Mk1 & Mk2

Second generation (2003–2012) Panda Mk3

Third generation (2011–present) Panda Mk4

That has always been the way I have known it, it is the way the forum shows it - it isn't about being a pedant when something is correct