Mild hybrids, am I right? 🙄

You are simply not the right customer for that engine. As far as I am concerned, I am very satisfied with it in my 500 Hybrid, after having had a Panda with the 1.2 FIRE, the engine the Firefly replaced. The 1.2 was quite good indeed but used more than a liter more than my 500 (4,5 liters in the summer, 5,1 liters in the winter). To get such economy with a car I paid less than 14.000 Euro last year is unique on the market and suffice to justify it. Of course you need to adapt your driving manners, but such cars aren't made for anything sporty, despite the 6 speed gearbox (whose tall gearing is there for good reasons). This manual gearbox is a big asset with its six speeds for the fuel economy. The mild hybrid "boost" only take place when you accelerate flat-out, and it is there to allow the lower size of the engine, that would be too weak at low revs without it. Actually, the best mileage is obtained on the motorway. When cruising about 110 km/h from Namur, Belgium, to Martigues (near Marseille), in the summer, I got 4,1 liter, and next year I aim for 3,9. (of course calculated by myself from one refill to the next one, not simply read on the bord computer gadget). There are consumers to whom such a thing matters more than torque and power.

I drove Panda's with the 1.2 FIRE, 0.9 Twinair and now the 1.0 FIREFLY engine (hybrid) and I think it is briljant.

In Poland, the favorite engine was the 1.2 FIRE and it was bought massively by pizzerias, small distribution companies, plumbers, electricians, etc. as a Van due to its low maintenance, simplicity and reliability. It can easily drive 500,000 km on LPG, amazing numbers for such "shitty" and cheap cars. After changing the engine, the sale completely died out, the LPG version is no longer available and if you install LPG in "hybrid", you lose the warranty. This is the perfect story about how to destroy a bestseller with one wrong decision. I rode the 500 with this engine and that is really a big disappointment.

I have this particular engine in my Panda, and I have owned it for three years and I am very happy with it. I have done 45000klms with no problems. It's very economical and for a town car it's nippy enough.

We had a rental car Suzuki Swift which was a manual 1.2 "DualJet" Mild Hybrid (naturally aspirated 4 cylinder with 80ish hp). It wasn't fast at all but we were impressed it averaged under 5l/100km, and we were driving it hard. Still, a turbocharger would have made it a lot nippier I think. Still a solid car though.

For a moment I thought Mario got kidnapped and his organs harvested! Glad to see him alive and kicking!

I have a car with a cloth interior and it's SO susceptible to water stains. You can't even open the door in a light rain without getting dots all over the door sill. Seats, same way. In winter it looks awful.

He's ALIVE....ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!! Good to see you back again👍

I drive this car everyday in Athens Greece. 30.000km in 1 year. Have added an LPG Kit from Europegas and I use AMS OIL and CASTROL Edge oil only. Zero problems with the car even on LPG at full speed and fully loaded.. The Fiat Panda Mild Hybrid replaced the 1,2 4cyl 61hp car. The twin air and the 1,4 liter diesel were replaced by the 1,2. The 1,2 got launched also with Factory LPG. They kept the twin air as CNG model as well for the cross model. Petronas Selenia oil is not Synthetic. The Petronas Synthium is and the other oils I mentioned

A beautiful example of how the author of the video shows his stupidity in 15 minutes.

Great review. Honest and professional. Thank you!

Mario is back! I missed you 😊 How is the Caddy? Do you have a replacement for the GTR?

A TwinAir Hybrid was in the works back in 2011. It's just shameful... those were axed by executive decisions.

swiss panda time? reminds me of Franco Sbarro one with the Thema 308 engine iirc... 😋

Excellent Car very good on gas in the city or high and a cute car . The next car will be a panda automatic . Have a Good day 12/28/2022yr USA

I had the luck to drive a 1.3 liter turbodiesel fiat panda this summer in stunning Crete , it was the first car that made me shift down up to first gear in country roads and almost reach readlines to shift up without hanging the engine. After all it made a nice 4.1lt /100km but it was times it felt like 30hp and wasnt good times 😕

I was thinking of switching to car from motorcycle. Cars are just too garbage, and made by corporations that are horrible, and cannot be trusted. I found the Panda when searching for 4x4s, but there's pretty much no information about this car on Fiat's website other than the "infotainment" nonsense it has (is it even a 4x4?). That pretty much sums-up car culture: it's a living room on wheels for people to relax, and have fun in. How the mechanics of the thing works, not to mention driving in a safe and respectful manner, seems not to matter. Yeah, I'll stick with my motorcycle.

I was looking at some of the cheaper new cars offered on the market. And of course I thought of old reliable, Fiat Panda 1.2 but then i go to dealer website and it only offers this fake hybrid 3 cylinder shit.

All hybrids are greenwashing. They're also overcomplicated and carry two power trains which will fail. I call them frankenkars because they are cobbled together from disparate parts. But this one is also cynical. It seems to me that Italian cities claim that they have low emissions zones, but that nobody actually observes the rules.

It's not the car that's dumb, it's this video. Worst video you ever made by far. Unsubbed. The 1.0 engine was never meant to replace the turbo engine. Outside of markets with liquid gas the inefficient 1.2 engine needed to be replaced (bc of EU penalties), that's what the new 1.0 is, a replacement for the 1.2 petrol. Most people in this category obviously buy the least expensive base engine. Barely anyone who buys a Panda wants to pay more for more power. At the price of a turbo Panda a different model that is more upscale from the ground up makes much more sense anyways. The turbo engine was more expensive. Also it was less efficient, you are comparing absurd NEFZ numbers to much more realistic WLTP numbers, that makes zero sense. Complaining about performance and acceleration in a Panda is literally insane.

hi swiss car guy .. at 78 years old ex Donnington 1980 get champion .. I have bought a one year old Fiat Panda Hybrid .with 25000 km on the odometer . It is a lovely city / village run around .. BUT on a straight road with no camber and no wind . the steering is weird, the car refuses to settle into a relaxed motorway cruiser .. requiring constant tiring steering inputs . I have investigated the cause of this steering nervousness. the anti roll bar inputs small turning inputs via the drop links which are attached to the Mcpherson strut . the caster self centering action is negated and the car deviates from maintaining a relaxed passage .I see on the internet that other drivers have noticed this uncomfortable problem . Apart from this weird steering battle I am more than happy with the Panda .it is comfortable nippy and super economical 4.1 l /100km .nudging 70 UK mpg . A great city / village run about.richardwallinger atgeemailpointcom