He's creating a buzz with the world's narrowest Fiat Panda (it really runs!)

The Fiat Panda, the little cult city car born in 1980, has never been known for its generous size. With its original width of 1.49 m, it was intended to be practical, functional and perfectly suited to the city. But what Andrea Marazzi, a 30-year-old Italian mechanic, has achieved is beyond comprehension: in Pandino, near Milan, he presented a Fiat Panda... only 50 centimetres wide!

Optical illusion on wheels

At first glance, it looks like a joke or a video montage. But this ultra-retro Panda actually exists. Andrea has literally removed the entire middle section of the body, leaving only the original sides. The result is an improbable silhouette that looks like a cartoon car.

And yet, it runs. Not on the open road, of course (it's neither homologated nor registered), but on private land. And the videos posted on social networks clearly show this minimalist Panda rolling along before the astonished eyes of onlookers.

This Fiat Panda is electric!

It was impossible to fit the combustion engine in such a small space. Andrea therefore opted for a 24-volt electric scooter motor. This enables the world's narrowest Panda to reach a speed of 15 km/h. One rear wheel provides propulsion, while the other is dedicated to braking.

The interior, if it can still be called that, is just 30 cm wide: just enough to accommodate its creator. There's a tiny steering wheel, an accelerator pedal, a brake control under the seat, and a fragment of the original dashboard.

The eye is immediately drawn to the revisited design: a single central headlight dominates the front, with two indicators on the sides. The windshield, as narrow as a submarine porthole, reinforces the car's unreal appearance. Even the roof bars, now so close together that you can touch them with one hand, have been retained.

But if this project is amusing, it also prompts a certain caution: on the videos, Andrea is often accompanied by a person walking beside the vehicle, as if to prevent any loss of balance or too violent a gust of wind.