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	CNN.com - Fiat banks on new models - Mar. 5, 2003
		Fiat Auto expects three new models it launched this week to make up 35 percent of its unit sales next year, one of the company's top executives said on Wednesday.
		Fiat shares reached an 18-year low on Tuesday after rating agency Fitch downgraded its debt to ``junk'' status and the company said it was aiming for its auto arm to break even at the operating level in 2004, later than previously forecast.
		Fiat Auto is aiming to grab 30 percent of its key Italian market this year with a Western European market share forecast of between 8.2 and 8.8 percent, compared to 8.2 percent in 2002.
	cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/03/05/fiat.reut/index.html (610 words)

	Fiat Panda (2003) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Since September 2005 all Panda editions are equipped with ABS, EBD and ESP and at least two front airbags.
		Fiat Panda is produced for the police (Polish police has bought some blue-white Panda Actual cars), military (the Italian army uses several dark green Panda Climbing cars) as well as forest service (the Italian forest service has dark green Panda Climbing cars).
		Pandas with Diesel engines can be easily distinguished by "MultiJet" label on the right side of the rear licence plate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiat_Panda_(2003) (995 words)

	Fiat Panda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mechanically, it borrowed heavily from the Fiat parts bin, using engines and transmissions from the Fiat 127 and in certain territories, the air-cooled 652cc 2-cylinder powerplant from the Fiat 126 was also used.
		The new Panda was originally known as Gingo, but Fiat had to change the name because of a possibly conflict with the Renault Twingo.
		After Fiat sold their share in SEAT in 1983 and the licence agreement was over, the whole SEAT Fiat-clone model range was quickly given the least possible changes so that Fiat couldn't sue SEAT on the basis of patent infringement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiat_Panda (580 words)

	Fiat News Panda Saved from Extinction!1/7/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fiat has announced that its new small call will continue to the called the Fiat Panda, saving from extinction a name that has become a byword for innovative and value for money small car motoring.
		The Panda was applauded at its launch for its design, space and efficiency and its appeal has weathered 23 years of ups and downs in the car market, with a remarkable 90 per cent name recall in the markets in which it is sold, compared to around 40 per cent for its competitors.
		The new Panda, shown in prototype form earlier in the year with the Gingo name, is designed and built with the advanced technology to meet the expectations of today's motorists for a characterful small car that is as enjoyable to own as it is efficient transport.
	www.fiat.co.nz /reviews/reviewdetail.asp?n=15 (210 words)

	Fiat Panda, Car of the Year - Business Standard Motoring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The new Fiat Panda is the European Car Of The Year 2004.
		The new Panda comes with two petrol engine options (54 bhp 1100 CC/60 bhp 1200 CC) and a 70 bhp 1300 CC 16v Multijet diesel, and is packed with features like electronic skid control, CD player and remote central locking with a fold-away key and what have you.
		The new Panda was a make-or-break model for Fiat, and now, with the European COTY award, it should hopefully be able to change the Italian major's fortunes.
	www.bsmotoring.com /2003/nov22_2.htm (207 words)

	Motoring - Fiat Panda Europe's COTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fiat's new Panda mini MPV has been voted as Europe's Car of the Year for 2004 kicking dust in the eyes of the new VW Golf and BMW 5 Series.
		With 281 votes the Fiat Panda came in first, ahead of the Mazda3 (241), the Volkswagen Golf (241), the Toyota Avensis (219), the Opel Meriva (213), the BMW 5 series (144) and the Nissan Micra (111).
		As well as being the overall winner the ultra-compact Fiat was also the car which got votes from the most members of the jury: 55 out of 58 of them included the Panda in their nominations, while 16 rated it top.
	www.news24.com /Wheels24/News/0,,1369-1372_1446997,00.html (277 words)

	Fiat Panda wins European Car Of The Year 2004
		The all-new Fiat Panda has beaten one of the toughest group of competitors ever seen in the 40 year history of the European Car of the Year to take the title as the 2004 European Car of the Year.
		The Fiat Panda was presented to the international press on 2 September 2003, and garnered favourable comments from the 1,000+ journalists from 21 countries who traveled to Portugal for the launch.
		Fiat has a unique reputation with small cars, a sector where it has been a leading player from the 1930s, from the original Topolino, through the first 600 to the 500, from the 126 to the first Panda, from the Cinquecento to the Seicento.
	www.italiancar.com.au /pilot/art096.htm (535 words)

	Fiat Panda - Business Standard Motoring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Panda is dead, long live the Panda.
		Fiat’s old supermini, which has been around since 1980, will be no more.
		The loveable old Panda gives way to a brand new interpretation of the supermini, which is tall, flexible and highly functional.
	www.bsmotoring.com /2003/aug23_2.htm (83 words)

	Fiat Panda - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
		Mechanically, it borrowed heavily from the Fiat parts bin, using engines and transmissions from the Fiat 127 and in certain territories, the air-cooled 652cc 2-cylinder powerplant from the Fiat 126 was also used.
		The new Panda was originally known as Gingo, but Fiat had to change the name because of a possibly conflict with the Renault Twingo.
		After Fiat sold their share in SEAT in 1983 and the licence agreement was over, the whole SEAT Fiat-clone model range was quickly given the least possible changes so that Fiat couldn't sue SEAT on the basis of patent infringement.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php?title=Fiat_Panda&redirect=no (499 words)

	:::CARtoday.com::: - News_Headlines
		The Fiat Panda came in first with 281 votes, ahead of the Mazda3 (241), Golf V (241), Toyota Avensis (219), Meriva (213), 5 Series (144) and Micra (111).
		As well as being the overall winner of 'Car of the Year 2004', the ultra-compact Fiat was also the car which got votes from the most members of the jury: 55 out of 58 of them included the Panda in their nominations, while 16 rated it top.
		Fiat practically guarantees that this engine will last for life, claiming that it does not require any maintenance to mechanical parts (not even the fan belt needs to be changed at 80 000 km, as is the norm).
	www.cartoday.com /content/news/print_pop.asp?id=5301 (778 words)

	motoring.iafrica.com \| new models Fiat strikes back with Panda
		Panda also follows a great series of small Fiats — from the first Toppolino of the fifties through the 600 to the 500 in the sixties and the 1970s' Fiat 126, to the first Panda in the eighties, and the Cinquecento to the Seicento in the late nineties and the early new millennium.
		Fiat's focus in Panda is to build up on those perennial winning Fiat city car attributes — calling on its engineering and design heritage built up over the years and the unique know-how of a company that has always dominated this market segment.
		Fiat has adopted the most sophisticated devices and systems adopted to ensure preventive, active and passive safety and erase the serious doubts some of its previous small cars cast.
	motoring.iafrica.com /newmodels/267922.htm (883 words)

	The World of Fiat News Group 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The all-new Fiat Panda has beaten one of the toughest group of competitors ever seen in the 40 year history of the European Car of the Year...
		Fiat will confirm its determination to be the leader of the city car segment at the Frankfurt International Motor Show when it unveils the p...
		Fiat has announced that its new small call will continue to the called the Fiat Panda, saving from extinction a name that has become a bywor...
	www.fiat.co.nz /reviews/reviewgroup.asp?y=2003&r=The\|World\|of\|Fiat (473 words)

	Fiat Panda (2003) - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
		The Fiat Panda (also known as Fiat Panda Nuova or Panda II) is a 2003 rejuvenation of Fiat's older 1980 car of the same name, the Fiat Panda.
		Released as the newest car in their smallest size range, the Panda replaced the Fiat Seicento, and also finally took the old Panda off the market in Italy, the company's home country and the sole location where it was still offered.
		Red Panda 4x4 Climbing with petrol 1.2L 60 BHp engine, sold to Japan, was 499.999th Fiat Panda produced in Polish car factory.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php?title=Fiat_Panda_(2003)&printable=yes (871 words)

	CNN.com - Agnelli hopes never to sell to GM - Mar. 6, 2003
		Fiat's new chairman said he did not expect to exercise a put option to sell most of Fiat Auto to General Motors Corp. soon, just hours before a meeting on Thursday meeting with his counterparts at the U.S. firm.
		The option, negotiated between Fiat and GM in 2000 as part of a wider industrial alliance, could force GM to buy the remaining 80 percent of Fiat Auto it does not already own as soon as next year.
		Fiat shares are down 56 percent over the last 12 months, the worst performer in the sector.
	cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/03/06/fiat.reut/index.html (418 words)

	Fiat Panda 2004
		When they created it, the Fiat designers drew on the enormous store of technical and design skills that they have accumulated over the years, and the expertise that only a company which has been a leader of the compact car market for over seventy years can develop.
		And incidentally, the SUV Panda is the only example of a small off-roader equipped with a diesel engine smaller than 1900 cc.
		There is no difficulty that the New Panda SUV cannot tackle, drawing on the permanent four-wheel drive system (4x4 with a viscous joint and two differentials) which allows the car to negotiate a maximum gradient of 51%.
	home.wanadoo.nl /web3/fiat/panda/04.htm (884 words)

	Moldova.org - Auto - News -
		Fiat S.p.A. (also known as the FIAT Group) is an automobile manufacturer, financial and industrial group based in Turin, Northern Italy.
		Fiat has factories in Brazil, Turkey, China and India, where local variants of Fiats are produced as well as the world car, the Palio.
		Fiat ceased importing cars into the United States in 1984, and Australia in 1989 however, they continued to be imported into Canada, as did Soviet versions of Fiat models.
	auto.moldova.org /foto_album/eng/224 (283 words)

	Fiat new Panda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Appealing, easy to remember and sustained by the over twenty years of success of the model launched in 1980, the Panda name is part of Fiat's heritage.
		Over the years the name Panda has become a veritable brand name, full of emotional overtones, and one that motorists in Italy and the rest of Europe are still extremely fond of.
		Fiat Auto's decision to call its new car the Panda completely eliminates the concerns expressed by a competitor regarding a similarity between the name of one of its cars already on the market and 'Gingo', the name by which the new car was known during its previews.
	www.infomotori.com /a_17_IT_2291_6.html (316 words)

	Fiat Panda Hatchback 1.2 Dynamic 5dr - Road Test First Drive Summary - Autocar Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But that’s no excuse for the tragic blanding-out of the exquisitely pretty Punto or, to be frank, a new Panda that, despite being neat and well proportioned, looks as charmless as a Tupperware sandwich box, with a nose so nondescript it depends on its large Fiat badge to establish any sense of identity.
		Fiat’s 59bhp 1.2-litre engine from the Punto doesn’t have the most charismatic of notes, so it’s a good thing its sonic contribution is subdued in the Panda, helped by torque-optimised tuning (75lb ft at 2500rpm) that makes revving the engine much beyond 5000rpm a largely pointless exercise.
		At brisk speeds on fairly smooth roads, the keen responses of the helm, plucky adhesion and general composure are admirable in view of the supple, comfortable ride.
	www.autocar.co.uk /FirstDrive_Summary.asp?RT=204255 (777 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Shares of Fiat fell as much as 13 euro cents, or 2 percent, to 6.25 euros and were down 1.5 percent at 6.28 euros as of 3:56 p.m.
		Fiat's fourth quarter operating profit rose to 142 million euros from a 3 million euros in the same period of last year, beating the median forecast of 130 million of seven analysts polled by Bloomberg News.
		Fiat is counting on nine car models introduced in the last six months, including the Fiat Panda, voted car of the year 2004 by a jury of 58 trade journalists in 22 countries; the Lancia Ypsilon, winner of the European Automotive Design Award, and the Alfa Romeo 166, to help it return to profit.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=aab7ehntt7K8&refer=home (1048 words)

	:: sportscartesting.com :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As well as being the resounding overall winner of Car of the Year 2004, the ultra-compact Fiat also attracted votes from the widest number of jury members: 55 out of 58 included the Panda in their nominations, while no less than 16 rated it top of their list.
		This prestigious accolade for the new Panda underlines the remarkable record of achievement by Fiat Auto in these nominations.
		Fiat Bravo/Brava in ’96, Alfa 156 in ’98, Alfa 147 in ’01 and now Fiat Panda in ’04.
	www.sportscartesting.com /news/fiat/id754/pg4334 (350 words)

	CNN.com - Fiat car unit still struggling - Feb. 27, 2004
		Fiat's revival plan took root in the fourth quarter, helping the industrial group to operating profit, but a wider-than-expected net loss and still weak margins at its car arm sent its shares lower.
		Fiat shares, which rose as much as three percent before the results announcement, fell on the figures and were down 1.1 percent at 6.31 euros by 1112 GMT.
		Fiat said a more rapid improvement in its performance in the fourth quarter meant it was in a good position to hit its target of breaking even at operating level this year while losses at Fiat Auto would narrow throughout 2004 to break even in 2005.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/BUSINESS/02/27/fiat.results.reut/index.html (617 words)

	Fiat Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The new Panda is not only not a direct successor to the old one, but it would have been named "Gingo" if Renault didn’t slam it for pronouncing too close to Twingo.
		The 60hp engine is especially lovely, giving the not-so-lightweight Panda a competitive acceleration (0-60mph in about 13 seconds), while 75 lbft of torque is useful for overtaking.
		Although the skinny tires lack the necessary grip to exploit its potential or to test its suspicious body control, its handling is agile and predictable, while steering is sharp and direct.
	www.autozine.org /html/Fiat/Panda.html (620 words)

	Fiat Panda 2003 : Read reviews and compare prices at Ciao.co.uk
		Yes the Fiat Panda, 2004 Car of the Year - costing less than one sixth of the price The Volkswagens are big and impart a tremendous feeling of safety certainly.
		The Panda is most definately one of the smaller cars on the market, which suited me to the ground.
		However, the best bit about the inside of the Panda has to be the gearstick, cunningly mounted on the center console.
	www.ciao.co.uk /Fiat_Panda_2003__5658175 (983 words)

	Fiat Panda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Panda is likely to be one of those cars which appeals to people of all different ages and social groups: it should be just as attractive to young and first-time buyers as to older downsizers, and work as an urban runabout and/or second car.
		Fiat expects it to have a lower average age of buyer than for other models, however, and its ads are targeted at the under-25s.
		By the end of November 2003 Fiat has had over 95,000 orders for the new Panda from across Europe.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /motoring/roadtests/roadtests/fact3/916.html (509 words)

	Fiat Panda Review, wintonsworld - 2005
		Fiat said it has tested the 4x4 Panda in the cold of Lapland and the heat of the Kalahari Desert, and it had the video to prove it.
		Fiat first launched a 4x4 Panda in 1983, and it is not just a gimmick.
		Fiat Pandas in Britain are now available with the much-acclaimed 70 bhp Multijet diesel motor, which produces a claimed combined fuel consumption of 65.7 miles per gallon (4.3 l/km).
	www.wintonsworld.com /cars/a-cars-2005/fiat-panda-4x4.html (1168 words)

	4Car Feature - Fiat Panda Abarth - from Channel 4
		This hot Panda is likely to gain the Abarth name judging by the version revealed at Bologna in its rally-car colour scheme, although that could end up being reserved for a hotter three-door version in the future.
		Fiat isn't quoting performance figures yet, but a sub-10-second 0-60mph must surely be likely.
		Into the kink and the Panda latches hard on to its line with minimal understeer, eager to let you play with that line on the accelerator.
	www.channel4.com /4car/road-tests/driving-impressions/familyofpandas-2534/familyofpandas-2534.html (632 words)

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