Fiat Panda Cross, is it possibly the best car in the world? 

I've had a few sits in the mk3, certainly more modern, but doesn't feel as roomy though the chassis is the same as the MK2. I would certainly like your engine, while the little diesel gets 65mpg, it throws alot of crap out the back when you Welly it ☹️

@@anticat900 Feels plenty big enough inside but still being small enough on the outside, makes negotiating city traffic and parking a breeze. Mostly it's just me and the wife and our small dog, occasionally a couple of grandchildren in the back. There is actually 3 seats in the back but you would be pushing it to get 3 adults squeezed in there! 😁 It's still very comfortable and doesn't feel cramped, we've even been on a couple of camping holidays with it all loaded up with gear and it coped very well. I was apprehensive about the Twinair engine at first, I just didn't think it would have enough grunt but driving it you quickly forget it is only a twin cylinder engine, it drives like a much more powerful 4 cylinder engine. The 6 speed box makes keeping in the right gear, to keep the engine in that 'happy' zone above 2k rpm, much easier. The first gear is very low, I guess to help on loose terrain. On average, on a run, driving quite briskly, with no Eco mode or Start Stop, I'm getting +50mpg. Not bad at all and the annual road tax is only £30, I think on the later ones after 2017 it goes up into a higher tax band! Had it for just over a year now, no issues at all.😎👍

@@pdtech4524 it should be exactly the same room wise, it is true, as the structure beneath the panels is the same car. Do they do a automatic version of yours? It is likely to be my next car but getting fed up with changing.

@@anticat900 I would imagine it's more or less the same space inside. All the Twinair 4x4 versions I saw were 6 speed manual, although there is a Dualogic version 0.9 Panda but not with 4x4 I'm sure? 🤔

Yes I have cross wonderful car I love It

Would love a twin air, my ones diesel is economical, but a bit puffy on acceleration, plus the sound isn't much fun ☹️

It is an attention grabber headline 🙂. None the less if you can advise of a car, thats easy to park, roomy, good on fuel, 4wd and with a locking diff, that you can buy and lose nothing on, i want to know about it 🙂. Mine i have sold as it was too smokey for these modern times 🙂

I was just wondering how it goes with the long term reliability 🤔 Definitely I totally love the styling of yours and I am wondering should I spend double the money and get the MK4 with the twin engine.

@@lyubengeorgiev1751 it would definitely outlast a twin air mk4 and although the chassis of the mk3 and 4 are the same, the mk 3 certainly has more room in it, as you are more upright. I would go for the slightly revised version of mine however with more power and the dpf filter. Mine always threw out a lot of smoke on hard acceleration which is why i sold it. The dpf version hopefully shouldn't do this, though is more complicated having it.

@@anticat900 I was looking around for the gasoline version of the cross but they are quite rare even in Italy. Another interesting fact is that the Italians drive them quite a lot….most of the examples that I found there are way above 200k Km.

@@lyubengeorgiev1751 Hello, yes i think in Europe there was a petrol version and ones with little sunroofs too, in the uk only the diesel model come over. With a revision towards its end with a little more power and dpf filter. I would have gone with the petrol too, though it would be pretty slow

I think eld it was an option for the normal 4x4, my electric steering went wrong, the controller with eld is very hard to come by. Though my diesel is very good on fuel 65mpg, would prefer the quieter and simpler 1.2 petrol as in yours.

Why buy a Lamborghini when you can have a panda cross 😊

@@anticat900 👍🏼😂😂

Had pandas for years now just got panda cross I looked at other cars ford Vauxhall ect but just didn’t live up to my old panda 2013 lounge the Ford was nearly new so that says a lot about my 89000 mile panda so played it safe and bought 2 year old panda cross light grey I love it there is nothing about it I don’t like miles better than many other cars twice the price and it’s 1.2 so only 69 hp but it has that Italian spirit and always puts a smile on my face

@@peterben7786 i would love a new cross, can you buy it with the twin air engine as that thing fascinated me? I have sold mine now as was guilty about the smoke coming out the back when you did. Otherwise it was perfect for me.

I personally prefer the Discovery 3, I like the chunky simpleness of the black plastic wheelarches. They are also great value now too 😊. Past 2006 the road tax can get pricey, so these early ones are better for this reason too.

@@anticat900 they're also more fragile and less reliable.

I think some came with twin sun roofs too, though could have been vin Europe only, they had alot more special editions than the UK.

i found it i ll buy it soon:)))))))

Grande Panda cross 4x4 👍💪🐼 ❤

Land Rovers get stuck where these dont

Its pretty good and better than many 'true' off roaders, my Jeep wrangler for example has no diff lock or coupling? Being half the weight too and narrow means it can do more than most with the right tyres. Have a look at pandas really roughing it.

@@anticat900 I own a Panda Cross and like it, and it is natural for me to compare with my last vehicle, a Defender 300TDi. The Panda does not come close to even a 20 year old Defender. Not enough ground clearance, and not nearly enough articulation. There is no comparison, although I'm sure that the Panda is great in snow on a flat surface.

@@shawtravis7384 i like defenders too, had a couple, they're had character. Terrible ergonomics in the front though and the seat didn't go back on my truck one, as no space and they weigh 800kg more than a Panda. Yep a panda wont do rock climbing, but on road, ice, mud, tracks it ill win.

It beat land rover defender cannot be that bad lol

@@peterben7786 On a flat mud course - Bravo Panda! Back in the real world Peter, the Panda, cute as it is, its a toy. If you had actually been off-roading then we wouldn't be having this discussion - you would know this.

The twin air did not come out for the Panda mk2. But i would say the twin air is the better engine for today. My diesel panda cross was economical and had torque, it was reliable and simple to. But it thew out a load of crap out the back if you accelerated.

They are great little cars, i think in Europe you could also get it in petrol form and with twin sunroofs too. The roof plastic is all just for show, but does allow a roof box to be connected 🙂

Hello, yes when putting then on i think i must have put the rubber mounts on incorrectly as once i screwed them down in the engine bay there was still a gap. They never rattled or klonked so never got around to fixing them. The has sadly moved on as it was too smokey when you wellyied it. A great little car otherwise.

Then no, now yes. This was the slightly later engine which didn't throw out nearly as much crap out the back as my earlier model did. I did consider converting it to a 2wd 100hp or a 1.2 petrol 4wd. The 1.2 4wd is known for being one of the slowest cars on the road and the panda gearbox just cannot take any more power. That's why the 100hp is the only panda with a Punto gearbox

Nope, the 70 has no dpf the later 75 does have a dpf. They boosted the boost to counter the dpf plus a bit more on the 75. Both do have carbon monoxide cats however. Its just by 2010 diesel emission control got alot stricter, but makes them a bugger to get through a mot now however

@@anticat900 Thanks for the reply. It should still pass mot as long as it's still within the limits it was manufactured to though won't it ?

@@Shane_Marsh Yes certainly, its just the regulations for diesels, got tightened for 2010, so the need for a dpf to be fitted. It good for the environment as these cars don't now have gasses coming out the exhaust like my 2009 does. Dpf's can get clogged however if the car is used for short journeys. But this is no different to all diesel cars made from 2010, it just everything has to work right to pass the mot.

@@anticat900 I do relatively short commutes and have had endless trouble with dpfs. Vw, audi, skoda, citroen all terrible. I like the torque of a diesel but I've returned to petrol due to dpfs, although I keep looking for cars without one.

@@Shane_MarshMe too the best diesels I'd say were the 1.9 ones from vw in the early 2000's, or the Peugeot ones from the same time, they didn't have silly power puts or as much emission control but would last for 300,000 miles no issue. The dpf filters and high pressure fuel injectors of today have made diesels unreliable and expensive to maintain. Having said that, I'm no fan of the smoke coming out of mine when i welly it 😊. But do like the 65 mpg i get, trying to sell mine now as need a big car to carry my elderly parents in. They can fit in the Panda but don't like it ☹️

It's still stuffy to this day 🙂

It is a 4x4?

Yoh, yes it is 🙂 plus with diff lock