Great video. In 2007 I bought a brand new Fiat Panda 100hp. In 2018 I bought a brand new Abarth 595. The Abarth was a natural progression from the Panda. Both great cars.
@lord_frumpyy2 ай бұрын
Wow this Alec person seems very knowledgeable, would love to see him on a podcast or something
@DanielDrives2 ай бұрын
Alec is great. He’ll be appearing on the Daniel Drives Podcast soon enough. Follow the show on the usual podcast places to be ready!
@kellybrickey43004 ай бұрын
I'm 62 years old, and I love my 2012 500 Sport. !00 hp is enough, nearly always. But we used to also have a 500L with the Abarth engine and transmission. That one was seriously quick, and it looked innocent. Many drivers of really hot cars were unpleasantly surprised. But when it was time to choose, I kept the 500 sport. Frank Stephenson's sympathetic reimagining of the original 500 was so good. Unfortunately, it is "cute" and thought of as a high school girl's car here. But I can follow a Porsche 911 on the twisty highway to our cabin near big bear. :-)
@simonbanks31125 ай бұрын
Great bit of consumer journalism - err, they're both good! :P
@DanielDrives5 ай бұрын
It’s the truth! 😅
@jimhutton43525 ай бұрын
Good stuff as usual Daniel 👍🏻. One thing though, maybe consider another microphone for your guest, as it was quite hard to hear the interview at the table and him while driving
@DanielDrives5 ай бұрын
Cheers Jim! It’s definitely on the list, it was a shame the in-car audio kept clipping. Apologies!
@gezzy80955 ай бұрын
I love hot hatches! I had a old punto but after fitting the third gearbox I said I would never have another fiat but I love the look of them! They are the same indicator stalks that were on my punto i only hope it’s not the same gearbox 😂
@DanielDrives5 ай бұрын
Fiats are great! 😄
@gezzy80955 ай бұрын
My mam has a fiat 500 and she loves it and had no problems yet, she wants a abarth but my dad thinks she goes fast enough in the standard one! 😂
@s7productions8765 ай бұрын
as someone who owns a punto essesse and in the process of putting though a painfully bad mot, quirky or charm are certainly not the words I'd use to describe what I now refer to as a surprise restoration project lol :) love the vids man👍
@DanielDrives5 ай бұрын
Cheers!
@annamariamarzocchi44685 ай бұрын
Ciao Daniel sempre bravissimo. 🥰
@puttemacguff76665 ай бұрын
Panda every day :D
@princeoftheringofficial20065 ай бұрын
Great video as always but if you can review the abarth punto to make the abarth duo
@DanielDrives5 ай бұрын
That would be good.
@princeoftheringofficial20065 ай бұрын
@@DanielDrivesbecause I am really thinking that of getting that car as my first car
@user-zf6zd3dn3z5 ай бұрын
What have you done to the exhaust on the panda?
@DanielDrives5 ай бұрын
It’s a Powerflow exhaust system :)
@joshb74155 ай бұрын
whats your discord channel
@DanielDrives5 ай бұрын
It’s the AutoAlex Discord server for channel members.
@thelanehunterdevon16645 ай бұрын
I have had both. 100hp was far superior. Suspension on the SS was crap!
@joshb74155 ай бұрын
I repaired my sisters fiat 500 wheel bearing 4 times, in my opinion awful cars haha, but they do look cool. She only put about 30k miles on it from 50k, and by that time it was pretty much scrap value. Just very poorly built cars in the long run
@markpunt96385 ай бұрын
Panda every time. The other thing is very chavvy😢
@shhmule5 ай бұрын
The Abarth is so ugly. The Panda is way more racy.y