Hi, this is my first Fiat, or Italian car ever.
For me there is a 3-4 month waiting period. I think this is due to the cold weather package with heated seats, heated front window and an extra engine heater coming to my country.

The dealer did not know anything about this car (Kind of scary). But they say that it has 85hp, not 90 as I see everywhere else. Any ideas on this? Are there 85hp versions of the Cross?

Phantom3D said:

..Are there 85hp versions of the Cross?

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Congrats - hope you enjoy it. No, I don't think so.

If it's a petrol, it'll be 90hp.

Anyway, good choice. Only 600 miles in to mine but very very happy

If you give me your email address, I'll happily forward the special brochure pdf to you

Phantom3D said:

Hi, this is my first Fiat, or Italian car ever.
For me there is a 3-4 month waiting period. I think this is due to the cold weather package with heated seats, heated front window and an extra engine heater coming to my country.

The dealer did not know anything about this car (Kind of scary). But they say that it has 85hp, not 90 as I see everywhere else. Any ideas on this? Are there 85hp versions of the Cross?

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Which country are you in?

I hope that you have a great time with your new car.

The other Panda in Norway!

Yeah, the wait is too long, the snow earlier did not help either (Quite a lot of snow in oslo and areas around).

2-3 months of waiting now I hope they are wrong and can deliver it earlier, I find it strange with such a long waiting time on a "standard" model.

Fantastic choice of colour - I saw one at the dealer and it looked very cool indeed.

It's not unusual for the customer to know more about the vehicles than the salesperson with Fiats!

I had a bit of a wait when I ordered the heated seats/windscreen and I try not to let the wires in the glass annoy me too much - mind you with the sun on the dash all you can see is thousands of random letters anyway

We don't the extra heater option in the UK but thankfully it does warm up quickly anyway.

What other option did you go for? That Nitro Pack in the brochure? :devil:

I am used to heated windscreen, I had a 2009 land Rover svx for a while. Got tired of the cab on that one! Too much noise over 80kmh. But the windscreen never bothered me.

I did not have many options, and they did not have a brochure
But I know I got heated seat and windscreen, parking sensors at the back and a tomtom navi. I asked about tinted windows, but they said that was not an option. Worst case I will add that later.

Might also be a "Nordic pack" but not sure what that includes..

Yes, I too changed to a 4x4 panda from a defender xs.....far more comfortable and almost as able. Could do with a bit more wading depth though

Hi, the TA petrol has 90bhp the Multijet diesel 85bhp, your dealer might be getting confused because these are both 5bhp up on the standard 4x4.

Yes, the dealer admits he did not know. But he said he would ask the importer here in Norway.

The importer answerd that it has 85 hp. I belive the importer knows nothing, because he said the only difference between the Cross and the 4x4 is hill decent control. They do not know what they sell, makes me kind of mad.

Congrats! We just took delivery on our new (red) Cross -- two month wait, but no heated windscreen or seats.

The car got delayd, I will not get it untill the end of june. :-(

I only testdrove the regular panda 4x4, and it had an eco button. But I noticed that several pics of the interior shows that the cross does not have this button..?

Or maybe that is just the diesel verion? Any input?

The TA petrol Cross certainly has the Eco button, maybe the oil burner doesn't. Unless Nordic Cross spec is very different both engines are up 5bhp on a regular 4x4.

Yes, the Cross TA has the Eco button. Don't know about the diesels - aren't they supposed to be Eco all the time? (if you ignore the emissions...)

No eco button on my diesel cross!

I just realised that the Cross have a 6-speed gearbox and brake discs all around.

Just got word that the Panda Cross now is in Denmark, and it will be in Norway the first week of July.

I never thought it would take this much time as it was ordered 20. February, but it is finally closing in now!

That is a long wait for it.

The Fiat arrived at the dealer today! I got to see it, but I cannot pick it up before tomorrow.

A few things I noticed:
The tires, they do not seem offroad at all: Are these normal?


And, what are these? I did not order rainsensor or collition prevent..