re: Euro6 1.2 Throttle Response & Hill Start Issues
My 500 is a totally different car to the one I picked up almost 5 years and a almost 66k miles ago.......
Whist I'm sure the map might be different, I don't think it's impossible that the issue might just be comparing two different engines, one that is particularly strong down low to one that's a bit more peaky and is practically new.Only in so far as the 2009/10 eco Pandas use the 60bhp Euro4 engine. Your other observation looks right on the money to me.
What that rolling road graph is showing us is the 60bhp Euro4 engine vs the latest iteration of the 69bhp engine in the current Panda.
What it doesn't show (though it would be interesting to see) is a 4/5yr old 69bhp 500.
IMO the chances that the engine in a current production 69bhp Panda is running the same map as an early 1.2 69bhp 500 are slim indeed - so just because Maxi's car (or my 500 for that matter) hasn't got a noticeable flat spot proves absolutely nothing as far as the current crop of cars is concerned.
There are sufficient folks posting about the flat spot issue on both the 500 & Panda forums to lead me to believe there's some substance to this which prospective purchasers may want to consider before signing on the dotted line. IMO there's more going on here than the difference between a tight engine & one that's been run in.
My 500 is a totally different car to the one I picked up almost 5 years and a almost 66k miles ago.......