The Grande Panda range keeps things simple. Within the two different powertrain options, there are two trim levels.
On the electric side, you can get Red or La Prima trim. Red isn’t only offered in red… although it is the standard colour. Standard kit here includes 16in steel wheels, air conditioning, that retractable charging cable, the 10.25in touchscreen, cruise control and rear parking sensors.
La Prima is a £3000 uplift over the £20,975 Red and gets 17in alloys, automatic air-con, Bamboo trim for the dashboard, front parking sensors, heated seats and a rear-view camera.
Pricing is very competitive in the class. Apart from the much cheaper and less sophisticated Dacia Spring, it’s the cheapest electric car out there – cheaper even than the ë-C3 that had only recently taken that crown.
While the C3 looks and feels a bit plain veering towards austere in places, the only plain the Grande Panda feels is good value.
As for range, the official claimed figure for the Grande Panda is 199 miles. We were seeing around 185 miles on a surprisingly mild January day in Turin, with the kind of mixed-speed roads you would expect to give a good indication. That’s also in line with the ë-C3.
There’s an entry-level version of the hybrid available in Europe, the Pop, but this won’t be offered in the UK. The starting point in the UK will be Icon trim, priced from £18,975, which closely mirrors the EV’s Red trim for spec.
La Prima is the range-topping trim on the hybrid, too, and is only a £2000 uplift with this drivetrain. The spec is also similar to the EV.
