After releasing images of a rather misleadingly styled Panda concept car back in 2019, Fiat has finally released more representative pictures - plus more details - of its new Grande Panda, the car that will take the iconic Fiat Panda name into the future.
Here’s what we know so far about the new car…
2025 Fiat Grande Panda: Price, specs and release date
- 2025 Fiat Grande Panda: styling and dimensions
- 2025 Fiat Grande Panda: interior design and practicality
- 2025 Fiat Grande Panda: motors, batteries and dynamics
- 2025 Fiat Grande Panda: price and release date
2025 Fiat Grande Panda: styling and dimensions
Unlike previous iterations of the Panda, which have sat in the city car class - or A-Segment in automotive-speak - the new Grande Panda will be a B-Segment car, or supermini (hence the ‘Grande’), so roughly the size of a Vauxhall Corsa, Toyota Yaris, Peugeot 208, Hyundai i20, Suzuki Swift or Renault Clio. The dimensions of the car are given by Fiat at 3.99 metres long, 1.57 metres tall, and 1.76 metres wide.
Having been designed in Turin, Italy, the Grande Panda has the retro-modern styling that Fiat has become rather famous for. As is becoming almost monotonously mandatory, though, the new Fiat Panda model will have an SUV-inspired spin to its design (rather like the current Panda Cross, which you’ll see immediately in its upright two-box design.
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There are some very funky and unique details, too. The LED lights on the front end have an interesting pixelated design that blends into the matching design for the horizontal plastic panel across the front of the car that sits where a front grille traditionally would. What’s more, the daytime running lights turn themselves into the indicator lights when you flick on a signal. There’s also a hint of a skid plate at the bottom lip of the front end to accentuate the SUV-inspired look
Down the sides of the car, the most prominent feature is the word Panda stamped into the bottom half of the doors in large letters (just in case you forgot the name of the car you’re driving, presumably). The roof bars and the squared-off plastic-clad wheelarches also continue the SUV theme.
At the rear of the Grande Panda, the Fiat name is embossed into the left-hand side of the metal tailgate, while on the right, the Panda name protrudes outwardly from the horizontal plastic strip that connects the pixelated rear lights. Another decorative skid plate sits at the bottom of the rear end.
Expect a pallet of seven mainly bright colours - including red, white, black, green, brown, blue and yellow - as well as numerous personalisation options including contrasting roof colours and painted alloy wheels.
2025 Fiat Grande Panda: interior design and practicality
Despite its modest dimensions, the Grande Panda’s upright design should afford it a decent amount of interior space. Indeed, Fiat claims that its teeny Italian hatchback is roomy enough to transport five people in comfort in its front- and rear seats, although the firm doesn’t specify how large - or otherwise - those people need to be.
There’s also a 361-litre boot to call upon - which is a figure that’s larger than the class average - and Fiat claims a further 13 litres of storage space in the front of the cabin, shared between a variety of cubbies and compartments.
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Fiat has stated that the car will be available in both hybrid and fully electric formats, with the latter having an interesting design touch of its own. It’s the first mass market car to feature an integrated charging cable for AC charging up to 7kW, and it’s spiral in its design to keep it tidy and clean. Once the charging is done and dusted, it tucks away into its own dedicated storage area behind the front bumper.
At the helm of the new Fiat Grande Panda, you’ll find a 10.0-inch digital instrument cluster behind the steering wheel, along with the customary central infotainment touchscreen, which is a 10.25-inch item delivering all the functionality you’d expect. Expect DAB radio, Bluetooth, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
Fiat’s official pictures suggest that there are physical air-con controls that work independently of the central screen - great news if it’s true - plus a very funky wood-effect finish on the passenger side of the dashboard.
2025 Fiat Grande Panda: motors, batteries and dynamics
The Panda is built on a new platform that’s already in use in another car from within the Stellantis stable, the recently launched Citroen e-C3.
As we’ve already said, the Grande Panda will be offered in both hybrid and fully electric zero-emissions format. Details about the former are yet to be confirmed, but we’d expect it to be the same 99bhp 1.2-litre mild hybrid powertrain found in its Citroen sibling. We’d expect fuel consumption of around 55mpg.
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A little more is known about the all-electric version, which uses a 111bhp electric drive motor fed by a 44kWh battery pack. Subject to homologation and final figures being issued, Fiat claims this is good for a driving range 195 miles on the WLTP combined cycle.
Other than on the powertrain, any comment we could make on the Panda’s driving manners would be pure guesswork at this point. However, we can’t wait to take a test drive and find out what it’s like, whereupon we’ll bring you a full review.
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We don’t expect Fiat to offer a four-wheel-drive version like with the previous Panda 4x4 that has something of a cult following, and there’s no word yet on whether a sportier Abarth version - or even a prestige Alfa Romeo version - will become available in the fullness of time.
2025 Fiat Grande Panda: price and release date
Exact prices and specifications are yet to be announced for the Grande Panda, but Fiat has gone on record as saying that the hybrid version will have a starting price of below £20,000, while the fully electric version will have a starting price below £22,000.
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That will make it one of the cheapest electric cars on sale when it arrives in the UK, behind only the Citroen Ami and Dacia Spring. That’s expected to happen sometime in the early part of 2025. Until then, read our review of the current model to see if it might suit you as a used car buy.