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In Australia the smallest category of car is the Micro class.
There are nine different cars in this category.
Two of the nine cars are Fiats. One is the Fiat 500 – a car with style that speaks of Italian romance
But that’s not the car we are reviewing. It’s the other, less well known micro Fiat; the Panda.
It sits up tall but is not an SUV.
It has enough rounded corners, slopping front windscreen and style to avoid being called a box on wheels.
If the word funky was made for any car it was this one.
And to help us understand why – I have on the line Tim O’Brien from The Motor Report web site.
- I like the looks – inner city
- Good range of engines
- Diesel engine
- Great fuel economy
- Manual and dual logic gear box
- I had the diesel manual
- Don’t like the automatic
- The interior – is different – the gear lever sits up high and forward leaving space behind it – across the top of the dash and along the bottom
- More expensive by $1500 than the 500 – Best seller is the Mirage – it’s $3,500 cheaper – starts at $13,000 whereas the Panda starts at $16,500
- Fiat have dropped their price on Alfas and that worked but this is expensive
- You could move up a class – to the light category –
- Not selling well
