{"id":38088,"date":"2025-04-24T10:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/?p=38088"},"modified":"2025-04-24T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:08:14","slug":"fiat-grande-pandas-delivery-times-continue-to-lengthen-in-the-face-of-order-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/fiat\/fiat-grande-panda-face-au-succes-des-commandes-les-delais-de-livraison-sallongent-encore\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiat Grande Panda: orders soar, delivery times get even longer"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are cars that create waiting. And there are those that prolong it. Presented in summer 2024<\/a>, tested in early 2025<\/a>the Fiat Grande Panda<\/a> has been in the news ever since. But this time, it's not for its neo-retro design or its attractive price\/performance ratio, but for its increasingly long delivery times... again.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strong demand, but production struggling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Remember: in February 2025<\/a>We already announced that the first Grande Panda models, ordered in January, would arrive in the spring. Now, as we enter the month of April.., Fiat<\/a> is still struggling to deliver. The reason? Production is unable to keep pace with higher-than-expected demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced in Serbia, at the Kragujevac plant, the Grande Panda was to benefit from a gradual ramp-up. In reality, however, the ramp-up is slow. According to our information, current production is running at 80 to 100 vehicles a day, a far cry from the 500 daily units targeted by Stellantis. As a result, only a few vehicles were delivered at the end of March, and the bulk of current orders are expected... before the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italian workers sent in as reinforcements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Faced with this situation, Stellantis was forced to take an unprecedented step: sending Italian workers to Serbia<\/a>. The aim? To fill the local labor shortage, estimated at over 1,000 positions. Despite local recruitment campaigns, candidates are not rushing in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially offered to employees of the Maserati plant in Modena<\/a>The mission was not well received by some. But Stellantis extended the offer to other sites, such as Melfi, where volumes fell by 64 % in the first quarter of 2025. Workers finally agreed, on a voluntary basis, to move to Kragujevac for six months, with accommodation, meals, travel taken care of, and an allowance in excess of \u20ac100 per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exploding lead times, especially for hybrids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today, you have to be patient to get behind the wheel of a Grande Panda. According to an Italpassion source, deliveries are starting slowly. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/use><\/svg>\n

we started delivering our 1st stock at the end of March (a few vehicles). The bulk of the vehicles currently on order will arrive before the summer. Today's delivery times: August for a large panda bev \/ November for a large panda mhev.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For a Fiat Grande Panda ordered in April 2025, lead times now vary considerably depending on the version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n