Alexandre
In the constantly evolving world of electric cars, manufacturers are seeking to innovate in order to meet consumers' expectations in terms of autonomy and accessibility. One example is the success of social leasing, which generated 50,000 orders in 1 month in France. The new Dacia Spring and the future Fiat Panda are two models that perfectly illustrate this quest.
But the question remains: Hasn't the new Dacia Spring already been overtaken by the promise of the future Fiat Panda?
The Dacia Spring is an electric city crossover with a modest 65 hp. Its 26.8 kWh battery gives it a range of 220 km, making it a reasonable choice for urban and suburban travel. With an attractive price tag of less than €20,000, the Spring has won over a wide audience, as evidenced by the 30,000 units sold of the previous generation by 2023.
Made in China, it has long been the best compromise between accessibility and range for an electric car.
However, the future Fiat Panda promises to redefine expectations of affordable electric vehicles. Scheduled for unveiling in July 2024, it builds on the technical achievements of its cousin, the Citroen e-C3, to offer even better features.
With a 113 hp electric motor and 44 kWh battery, the new Panda is aiming for a range of 320 km, well ahead of the Spring. What's more, it will be available in electric and hybrid versions, with a starting price of around €21,000 for the electric and €14,000 for the hybrid.
European production, more specifically in Poland, could also play in its favor in terms of perception, quality and, above all, compatibility with the ecological bonus.
While the Dacia Spring has long dominated the affordable electric vehicle segment, the forthcoming Fiat Panda looks set to raise the bar with superior performance and a more diverse offering. While the Spring led the way, the Panda could well be the one to surpass it, offering consumers a more powerful and autonomous option.
It remains to be seen whether consumers will be ready to take this step. For those who were reluctant to buy a Dacia Spring, let's meet in July 2024 to see what the Panda has to offer.
45hp and 65hp engines for the Dacia Spring, and a pushy deplacoir that's barely faster than a small car.
And the Dacia Spring is as ugly as ever.
chic chic chic, a panda - well, we call it a panda, but it's a long way from the originality of its predecessors, so we should have found another name for it. In short, 14,000 in hybrid with a rotten engine, namely the Peugeot pure Tech, which is impossible to make reliable. In South America, on the other hand, the much more reliable and modern Fiat Firefly engine powers the local 208s and C3s.
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the boss of Stellantis, namely John Elkann Agnelli and not Tavares, as we are mistaken, should react.
You're the one who's wrong
You don't know anything, so don't talk like you do.
But no, Eklann is the boss, not Tavares, who's just a pawn.
Elkann focuses on Exor's luxury brands, including Ferrari.
Stellantis must be a bit of a sideline for Exor, and I don't think Exor cares all that much about what Italian and French car brands are doing. It's not Elkann who's going to choose the engines for Alfa Romeo or Lancia.
He has the power to do just that, so he should keep the catastrophic French engines alive, and surely impose them by the state to avoid plant closures in France.
This would make it possible to have "REAL" reliable engines.
Get fired, not live
je suis italien je sui déçu des modèles italiens disagne moches rien à voir avec les vrais disagner italiens, fca réagit tu às la direction de fca et leurs 😛moteurs😜 PSA hs😜 , moteur fiat plus fiable
it's the fca brand enthusiasts who tell you, fca you're heading for disaster forza 🇮🇹🙏🇮🇹 di ald0 🙌
Criticism is all the rage. But have you tried it in its intended use?
Or have you only read the reviews in our car magazines, which are worth what they're worth!
If the future Fiat Panda buries the horrible Dacia Spring, whose performance is nil, so much the better.
To compete with DACIA in the Low Cost segment, STELLANTIS should revive TALBOT and AUTOBIANCHI.
Electric cars are not yet reliable enough. Neither are puretech petrols, nor AD blue diesels. In conclusion, we might as well keep our old cars from before these disastrous and ruinous inventions... Perhaps common sense is, and has been for a long time, in your garage...
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