Anyone Own A Fiat Panda?

[ADB]

Hi all

Looking to get a small, economical second car (second hand) and with a sub £5k budget there a a few Fiat Pandas close to me that have very few miles and only a couple of years old. Anyone got any real world experiences of this car - it will do sub 10k miles per year and lots of short journeys so we're looking at a petrol version. Any constructive comments welcomed!

 

[Bunkermagnet]

For me, small petrol means Japanese. To that end, how about a Suzuki Swift, or Mazda 2? TheToyota Yaris are always a reliable and cheap to run car as well.

 

[Colonel Bogey]

As Fiats roll out the the factory doors they should go straight into a crusher.

 

[spongebob59]

For me, small petrol means Japanese. To that end, how about a Suzuki Swift, or Mazda 2? TheToyota Yaris are always a reliable and cheap to run car as well.

Add Honda Jazz to list.

 

[Robin Hood]

Check out DS3
A bit more stylish than a Panda ?

 

[Hobbit]

Check out DS3
A bit more stylish than a Panda ?

HID had one, a 1.6 petrol DS3. Absolutely cracking car. I loved to drive it. It stuck to the road like glue.

 

[fundy]

Would buy a Kia Piccanto personally, well built little cars and should be able to get one with the residual of the 7 year warranty for peace of mind

 

[Imurg]

Hi all

Looking to get a small, economical second car (second hand) and with a sub £5k budget there a a few Fiat Pandas close to me that have very few miles and only a couple of years old. Anyone got any real world experiences of this car - it will do sub 10k miles per year and lots of short journeys so we're looking at a petrol version. Any constructive comments welcomed!

You do know that FIAT stands for Fix It Again Tomorrow don't you?

 

[ADB]

So i guess no-one owns one then?

 

[Hobbit]

So i guess no-one owns one then?

Had one on hire for 2.5 months when we were waiting on our new car being ready. A bit tinny, like many small cars, but it did the job. I wouldn't have liked to do a long run in one... bit noisy.

 

[SocketRocket]

I second the Mazda 2. My Wife had one for some time it was bullet proof and fun to drive.

 

[Blue in Munich]

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/fiat/panda-2012/

 

[Imurg]

Zero points in NCAP 2018 test..!!
Wow!

 

[Italian outcast]

We have a 15 year old panda - bought it second hand for 3,000 Euros about 9-10 years ago
It's been great value - mainly used for round about town rather than long journeys but we used it to do Nice to Bergamo many times and in all weather

Ours is the 2 seater van version (petrol) - looks like a normal 4-door car but the back is flat - great for the dogs - never let us down
When we relocated from Nice to here - we had in the back all of our animals (at that time0 - 2 dogs, 3 cats and 5 occupied bird cages
I reckon it has cost us about 300 euros a year for minor fixes (spread over the past 5 years)

So cant recommend highly enough

 

[Golfmmad]

Hi all

Looking to get a small, economical second car (second hand) and with a sub £5k budget there a a few Fiat Pandas close to me that have very few miles and only a couple of years old. Anyone got any real world experiences of this car - it will do sub 10k miles per year and lots of short journeys so we're looking at a petrol version. Any constructive comments welcomed!

We don't have any Fiat's on our fleet, that might say it all.
Two small cars I'd recommend are, Huyandai i10 or a Skoda Fabia, both great cars for what you describe, IMHO of course.