But Fiat does include electronic stability control with anti-lock brakes and Brake Assist, hill start assist, six airbags, and anti-whiplash front seat headrests. Furthermore, you do not get cruise control, a driver’s seat height adjuster, front-seat map pockets, alloy wheels, rear disc brakes or even rear power windows, eroding the Panda’s value quotient even more. It kicks off from a whopping $19,000 plus on-road costs, which puts it in VW Polo 77TSI territory despite being from an entire class below.
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The model we’re testing here by far the most intriguing – the Easy TwinAir manual – with two cylinders, a turbo and a five-speed gearbox. Assuming you haggle really hard – and we saw some dealers do a Panda Pop 1.2 for $14,500 driveaway just prior to Christmas – then the Fiat stands a chance. And that’s a crying shame, because the Panda is one likeable runabout.
Meanwhile the larger Fiat Punto is $16,000 driveaway… it just doesn’t add up.
And in the three-door sphere the popular Fiat 500 Pop – which donates its diminutive platform – is $2500 cheaper too, reversing the order in Europe, where the Panda retails for around 15 per cent less. Even ruling out these contenders on the grounds they are about as hip as planking, the Panda’s Euro enemy – the VW Up – is $15,000 driveaway for the five-door equivalent, or a grand less if you don’t need the rear doors. Created for the cheap end of the new-car market, the Italian-made city car in base Pop guise starts from $16,500 driveaway – hardly a bargain when the similar Mitsubishi Mirage (from $12,990), Holden Barina Spark (from $12,490), and Suzuki Alto (from $11,790) are cheaper – even before on-road costs are factored in. Price and equipment THE FIAT Panda is $3000 too expensive in Australia.
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