My late-lamented Panda 100HP was the finest car I've ever owned. It was such a damn good all-rounder. Great performance, good looks, plenty of room, tremendous reliability. I am in a 500 at the moment. It's not bad, but very slow, less well made and has only two doors. Plus the heater is pants, and the windscreen fogs up easily.

Thing is, is it a crazy pipe-dream to think about another 100HP? Is it a bit of an elderly model now? I just can't see anything more modern on the market that ticks so many boxes. What about spares? Are most parts still available?

Fiataccompli... who is missing her tonight...

If you could turn the clock back to 2010 and drive a brand new 100HP off the forecourt for less than eight grand, it'd be a no-brainer.

But you can't, and most of those I've seen advertised lately have been old, tired and overpriced.

Try a Suzuki Swift Sport. It'll show a clean pair of heels to a 100HP in every respect bar heritage.

Take a look at classified ads on here been there a while now this 100hp

jrkitching you are quite right about turning back the clock! I'm liking the Swift Sport idea though, and I in fact test drove one recently. I liked it but it was only a two-door as it seems the majority are. I also tested the new Ignis which looks great but was not a very involving drive. A warm version of that could be fun but I'm not holding my breath. All other suggestions welcome.

Just buy another 100hp, not as fast as the swift but not by much and has much more character.

The latest Swift with the 1.0 Boosterjet engine is quite a hoot and it's closer to the 100hp than you'd give it credit for.

Suzuki's Heartect platform is so light it makes the 111hp it chucks out quite entertaining.

0-60 in 10 (the 6 speed auto shaves a small slice off that) and they see the wrong side of 120mph (where that's legal).

I nearly bought one myself, after the first test drive it kept pulling me back for more, the interior was a little bit of a let down, but Suzuki are known for their cheap and cheerful trims.

They look great in grey with the optional honeycomb grille with red lip.

It was a toss up between that and the Yaris Hybrid at the time, thankfully lunacy won the day and I bought an Abarth!

The new Swift Sport is out soon, but it looks a bit too jazzy for me, what with all that fake carbon fibre everywhere.

The old Swift is a good car, but the long throw on the woolly gearbox lets it down a bit for a warm hatch.
We've the same engine and gearbox in our new Vitara and they haven't improved it!

Thanks Goudrons, that's interesting. Mrs Fiataccompli has a boggo Swift and it's a nice car but it feels a bit unwieldy compared to the tiny Fiats. I loved the 100HP in so many ways, though... everything about it so good. Sigh...