General Previous Owners

[Steven]

I've had several of both and I reckon Unos were scrap compared to Pandas. They did nothing better apart from rust. They weren't as reliable, as fun, as economical, etc, etc. Fiat did a good job advertising them, but anyone that went into a Fiat dealers in the 1980's and ordered an Uno over a Panda made a mistake. My Dad did in 1984 with his Uno 45. I soooo wanted him to buy a Panda but he was having none of it, the Uno ads had him suckered.

 

[Pandarus]

I've had several of both and I reckon Unos were scrap compared to Pandas. They did nothing better apart from rust. They weren't as reliable, as fun, as economical, etc, etc. Fiat did a good job advertising them, but anyone that went into a Fiat dealers in the 1980's and ordered an Uno over a Panda made a mistake. My Dad did in 1984 with his Uno 45. I soooo wanted him to buy a Panda but he was having none of it, the Uno ads had him suckered.

They were both very successful cars, probably saved FIAT from hitting the wall?

 

[Steven]

Exactly. I have an old ad around here for the Uno, the amount they spent developing it was vast. It was a huge jump forward for car design at the time. Even things like the flushed roof gutters had never been done before.

 

[JimMagill]

Hey, I just found some piccies of my old Formula Uno 903...quite tidy but she got a bad case of the old tin rot...:-(

Pushrods.....

But other than that I really like Uno's. They where a real car that you could of driven across europe in. Unlike pandas of course. You'd never do that in a panda

Jim

 

[PandaManPaul]

Pushrods.....

Snob!!!