FIAT has a launching strategy three new modelsone per year from now until 2027, and if it sounds similar to Citröen’s C Cubed policy, it is no coincidence, since it will use the same base of the new C3.
If the bodywork policy is the same as that of the French brand, we hope that the Grande Panda It will be followed by a seven-seat SUV B and a fastback crossover.
Using the Smart Car platformderived from the STLA Smallwhich in turn is a clean pass of the CMPthese three models are announced as global and surely They will be produced in our regionalthough probably using proper names from here like Argo, Mobi, etc. and we could even have more variants like a pickup, did someone say Strada?
Big! Panda
Destined to live with the Panda Currently, the new model follows the policy used at the time by FIAT with the Punto, placing the word Grande before the traditional name. Specifically, the new model grows up to almost 4 meters long versus the current 3,653 mm.
Where the Big Panda go back to the sources is in the design with straight and “square” lines reminiscent of the original model, especially on the rear pillar, the giant FIAT in relief on the tailgate and fairing grilla, although now techno elements appear, especially in the luminaires crossed out LED.
In this era when everything tries to seem adventurous, the Big Panda seems to join the a style that the original model already used in the 80s in its 4×4 version, adding fender protectors and roof bars among the elements of the off-road imagery.
No data has yet been provided mechanics, but since it shares a platform with the new C3, it will most likely inherit the same engines, whether the 1.2L three-cylinder or the purely electric 113-horsepower one. Will there be a 4×4 with two battery motors?
Is the Grande Mobi coming?
Under the umbrella of the mega Group Stellantis that brings together FIAT, Peugeot, Citroën, Jeep, RAM, etc.. In our region, French brands are implementing the T200 engine (1.0 turbo) released in Press and Now it is the turn of the Italians to use the CMP platform of the 208, 2008 and new C3.
We already know that the historic plant in Betim, Brazil, where the Argo, Pulse and Fastback are currently produced, is receiving a colossal investment, partly to produce hybridized engines, and more than certainly to implement the new platform from which it will emerge. the next FIAT bed.
be called Grande Mobi or become the next Argo, and after that there would be cloth for replacements of the current models.
