gar074
Prominent member
Bit of a shocker, this. Lowest score ever recorded, apparently (apart from the Punto last year).
The Cross got 3* in 2015, so presumably the requirements have been tightened up even further since then?
Personally, I'm not bothered by the lack of safety aids (autonomous braking etc) but the low scores for structural deformation show how far the game has moved on since this generation of Panda was designed.
Fiat only have themselves to blame for not investing in a process of continually improving their current ranges (a host of special editions doesn't count) and for leaving it too long between major model updates.
Presumably the 500 will get 0* too, when they finally get around to retesting that? It will be interesting to see the impact such a result will have on the sales of Fiat's cash cow.
Meanwhile, will Fiat respond to this by withdrawing the Panda from sale earlier than they'd planned to? The low score for the Punto proved to be the coup de grace for that model...
The Cross got 3* in 2015, so presumably the requirements have been tightened up even further since then?
Personally, I'm not bothered by the lack of safety aids (autonomous braking etc) but the low scores for structural deformation show how far the game has moved on since this generation of Panda was designed.
Fiat only have themselves to blame for not investing in a process of continually improving their current ranges (a host of special editions doesn't count) and for leaving it too long between major model updates.
Presumably the 500 will get 0* too, when they finally get around to retesting that? It will be interesting to see the impact such a result will have on the sales of Fiat's cash cow.
Meanwhile, will Fiat respond to this by withdrawing the Panda from sale earlier than they'd planned to? The low score for the Punto proved to be the coup de grace for that model...
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