Fiat introduced the third generation of the Panda 4x4 at the Paris Motor Show in 2012. It was the only all-wheel-drive vehicle in its segment.

FIAT Panda 4X4

FIAT Panda 4X4

Fiat unveiled the third generation of the Panda at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show and continued the saga of this small-sized Italian four-door vehicle on a market where most customers turned their eyes towards SUVs and crossovers.

The Panda was already a successful model, and Fiat tried to transform it into a city-segment hot-hatch in 2006 when it granted it with a special version: the Panda 100HP.

After 22 years on the market and 4.5 million units sold, the first generation of the Panda was pulled out from the production lines and made room for its successor, the 2003 Panda.

The first facelift variant of the Panda introduced in 1980 was released in 1986. The Panda received both technical and visual revisions. The rear suspension was upgraded, the car's body was strengthened and galvanized to avoid rust. The biggest upgrade was represented by the transition from the air-cooled two-cylinder engines to water-cooled four-cylinder ones.

Back in the late 70’s, the CEO of Fiat, Carlo de Benedetti, asked Giorgetto Giugiaro from the newly founded Italdesign to design a small car to replace the Fiat 126.