Interesting.
Built on the new stretched Panda wheelbase. Engines?

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/a..._heads_for_the_hills.html?CMP=NLC-Newsletters

But where's the roofbars? Its all about the roofbars.

You're right of course. Odd photoshop too. Surely they won't give it that mouth?

Looks like it might get the forthcoming Multijet 2, 95 1.3 Diesel.

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With that extended wheelbase it'd be lucky to get up a farmers driveway, never mind anything else. Then again, it'll be another chunky school run and nothing more in the real world.

The extra space might be useful, and the traction in winter would be a boon. I'm thinking of my own particular needs here: I don't need a proper off-roader.
Imagine this with a convertible roof, and the 105 twin...mmmmm :yum:

I just have to separate reason from desire though, because in the real world , although without the added traction, the Qubo will do the same job, with more doors, for less money. Mmmmm?

I think the standard estate is much nicer looking:

I've always thought that if you want a car, get one that's the best for the job. If you want an economical car, get the most economical you can find; if you want a luxury car, pay a bit more and get a good one; if you want a 4x4, buy a landrover.
"Jack of all trades, master of none" springs to mind.

have to admit that estate pic does look good, the 4x4 looks awful though. But frankly the original (reprise) is the best

I've always thought that if you want a car, get one that's the best for the job. If you want an economical car, get the most economical you can find; if you want a luxury car, pay a bit more and get a good one; if you want a 4x4, buy a landrover.
"Jack of all trades, master of none" springs to mind.

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Up to a point, except that a 4x4 doesn't have to be a clunky old Land Rover, which was brilliant forty years ago but is a bit superanuated now. I have plenty of unhappy memories of Land Rovers in the middle east: totally unreliable and knocked into touch by the Land Cruiser. Three times we were stranded in the desert in those things! Sometimes a bit of extra grip on ice and snow is all that's needed. Like the panda Cross for example, but hopefully with sufficient performance.

I wouldn't want anything other than part time 4x4, with a just bit of extra grip when needed, and the G 500 might just be the thing. But I agree, that photoshop is horrible, and I don't think it is anything other than an IT kid's fantasy.

The thing is Auto Express is not known for its accuracy and if it happens will probably look nothing like the photoshopped image anyway.

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The thing is Auto Express is not known for its accuracy and if it happens will probably look nothing like the photoshopped image anyway.

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how dare you insult the well respected AE!!!! Wash your mouth out! Next you'll be telling me What? Car? look at cars from the viewpointf someone wanting to buy a fridge!

Actually, I don't think Fiat will make any duff variants of the 500, apart from the one NouvoPanda owned for a short while.