I hope that these posts can get back on to the main point of this thread. I came in for a lot of flak a few months ago and refrained from posting for a while. There is an issue with the 1.2 Euro 6 engine. I don't think the car featured on Watchdog was driven particularly well, but if you have to perform a hill start with the clutch recognition dumping some of the power along with the gutless engine it is difficult get going. This is unacceptable for a car in this day and age. As Watchdog did, I put my car over a rolling road to get definite information, and this was after the first time the car had been back to the dealership for checking and 'updating'. As I have pointed out before, our 2014 1.2 Panda's engine has far below the acceptable amount of torque needed for normal driving (hill starts, heavy traffic etc) also the throttle response is erratic an gets worse when the engine is hot.
I have now put my money where my mouth is and have bought another car. It has no clutch recognition, is 200 Kg heavier, has a smaller engine and goes very well. I have the redundant Fiat in the garage, the dealership won't take it back I won't sell it on to some unsuspecting individual.
I don't intend to post any more on this subject, I have said all I can. I will never convince those who are determined to believe there is nothing wrong and that I don't know what I am talking about. After 50 years of driving, maintaining and restoring cars I think I do understand the mechanical principles involved.