Well it looks like time to move on.... My wife's Panda Trekking is now 8 years old and we fancy a change. I've always loved the character of the TA engine and the way the car scuttles around at low(ish) speed. She on the other hand has always struggled with the engine and gearbox as she found the former noisy and the latter notchy and difficult to use.
This is her 3rd Panda, having had one of the first versions (rust bucket and very primitive), a 169 (she loved it but I loathed the looks) and this one.
None of them have let us down and have been 100% reliable. I've been amazed at what you can get in it too. This was a massive surprise to me as I can be a bit of a badge snob and fully expected them to be unreliable and awful to drive.
I'd happily look at another, but I've watched in concern as all the local Fiat dealers have closed. I've also watched the prices steadily increase along with very little in ongoing development. I know that a new Panda will come out sometime and maybe we'll look at one but I somehow doubt it as Fiat seemed to have lost their way a little in the UK. We went to Italy earlier in the year and loved seeing the number of Pandas, both young and very old, so maybe the UK just doesn't hold an interest to them anymore.
I'll continue to look in at the forums as I've become quite attached to the unpretentious mutterings
This is her 3rd Panda, having had one of the first versions (rust bucket and very primitive), a 169 (she loved it but I loathed the looks) and this one.
None of them have let us down and have been 100% reliable. I've been amazed at what you can get in it too. This was a massive surprise to me as I can be a bit of a badge snob and fully expected them to be unreliable and awful to drive.
I'd happily look at another, but I've watched in concern as all the local Fiat dealers have closed. I've also watched the prices steadily increase along with very little in ongoing development. I know that a new Panda will come out sometime and maybe we'll look at one but I somehow doubt it as Fiat seemed to have lost their way a little in the UK. We went to Italy earlier in the year and loved seeing the number of Pandas, both young and very old, so maybe the UK just doesn't hold an interest to them anymore.
I'll continue to look in at the forums as I've become quite attached to the unpretentious mutterings