General Would there be a Abarth Grande Panda.. ??

[The Pretender]

Played around with Photoshop to create a sporty Granda Panda in the form of adding Abarth genes.
Assumed simple changes, such as lowering and applying 18" Abarth 500e rims.
Since Abarth has become more of a refined equipment level within FIAT.
It is also conceivable that if a 600e is available as a Abarth version, that this can also happen with the Grande Panda.
With a upgrade to the 155 hp e-motor of the Abarth 500e, and other larger rims and sportier tires, and Abarth seats interior, it would be not that difficult to do.

 

[AnthonyH]

Its certainly a nice thought!

 

[icheatatscrabble]

But would anybody buy an electric one???? No one is buying the 500e Abarth....

 

[AnthonyH]

This is the Abarth Pulse. It looks a lot like an Abarth Grande Panda in the making to me. The Pulse is currently only sold in South America, but could easily be sold in Europe. They sure look nice but theres currently no electric model and Fiat need to drive sales of electric cars to meet government targets etc.

 

[The Pretender]

But would anybody buy an electric one???? No one is buying the 500e Abarth....

There is also a 110 hp 1.2 Turbo Hybrid Grande Panda, with some engine tweaks, it could also possible.

 

[Zardo]

Interesting. The Abarth Pulse technical details: 1,3-Liter Turbo, 185 horsepower, 270 Nm torque, gasoline or ethanol, 6 speed automatic (sic) gearbox, 0-100 km/h needs 7,6 seconds, max speed 215 km/h. Power-to-weight ratio 6.9 kg/hp
So it probably weights around 1277 kg

Pulse Abarth

 

[The Pretender]

Interesting. The Abarth Pulse technical details: 1,3-Liter Turbo, 185 horsepower, 270 Nm torque, gasoline or ethanol, 6 speed automatic (sic) gearbox, 0-100 km/h needs 7,6 seconds, max speed 215 km/h. Power-to-weight ratio 6.9 kg/hp
So it probably weights around 1277 kg

Pulse Abarth

Yes, that is the FIAT GSE Firefly 1332cc Turbo engine, that engine should have been put in the Abarth's 595/695.
Or put it in the new shape 500e body.

 

[porta]

But would anybody buy an electric one???? No one is buying the 500e Abarth....

There are three in Skipton, two the lime green and a blue one…strangely, as I’ve said before, Skipton seems to be a 500 Abarth magnet, there’s loads of them

 

[SB1500]

There aren't even any Abarth Abarth's anymore, so I can't see them doing this for the Grande Panda.

They made a fast DS3 in the 2010s, but never bothered to make a fast next-gen DS3. Same with the 208 (did the current gen 208 get a GTI fast version?) if so, at best, we might get that... but given they use the Vauxhall brand as budget and there's no fast Corsa VXR under Stellantis, I don't think Fiat will get a chance. Even under FCA the Panda never got any fast model, though prior to FCA the last attempt was the 100hp which is starting to be 'a long time ago' by now :-(

 

[The Panda Nut]

There are three in Skipton, two the lime green and a blue one…strangely, as I’ve said before, Skipton seems to be a 500 Abarth magnet, there’s loads of them

You dont have to be mad to live near Skipton.... but it helps! I used to live in Earby. May its becon 'Here be 600 Abarths' LOL

 

[porta]

Ahhh Earby…the bloke who used to move the ‘welcome to Yorkshire/Lancashire’ sign died about ten years ago, so the signs remained well on to Yorkshire soil…but folk still put ‘North Yorkshire’ as their address round Earby and Barlick (Barnoldswick)