2,000,000th Panda Produced At Fiat Auto Poland Factory
Published Date: 19 July 2011
Significant historical milestones for the Panda, and the Fiat
Auto Poland plant in Tychy where it is produced, have just been
reached as the 2,000,000th Panda rolled off the production line.
The specific car was a Panda Cross version finished in Pasodoble
Red and powered by the 75bhp 1.3 MultiJet engine.
Launched in 2003 and marketed in 76 countries worldwide, the
second series of the Fiat Panda is more than a city car. It is a
genuine platform on which Fiat Automobiles has created an
entire family of cars with the technology and attention to detail
of a higher category.
Recently upgraded, the Fiat Panda range includes engines (petrol
and diesel) with Euro 5 type-approval and alternative engines
(methane and LPG), as well as versions with front-wheel or
four-wheel drive, the latter further enhanced by an Electronic
Locking Differential in combination with the ESP (Electronic
Stability Program). In addition, customers can choose between
different versions (Actual, Active, MyLife, Dynamic, Mamy, Emotion,
Climbing and Cross) and 15 body colours.
Operative since October 1992, the Fiat Auto Poland factory in
Tychy has to date produced 6.2 million vehicles. It is one of the
most modern plants in the worldwide automotive industry, as shown
by its World Class Manufacturing Silver Level certificate. So it is
not by chance that the Fiat Panda achieved first place (city car
category) in the recent reliability league table published by ADAC
(German Automobile Club).
Tychy's prestigious volume target marks a further step in the
long history of a model that last year celebrated its 30th
anniversary and more than six million models sold worldwide. The
Panda model is part of Fiat's heritage, which represented a new and
unmistakable way of seeing the everyday relationship with the car
in automotive history and Italian society. That's why, over time,
the Panda has become almost a brand in itself, with strong
emotional value, to which Italian and European drivers are always
profoundly attached.
Published Date: 19 July 2011