Production in Italy: The Fiat Panda remained the most produced in Italy in 2023
- The Fiat Panda (A-segment sedan) remained the most produced car in Italy in 2023, with 140,000 units produced near Naples in the south of the country. Since 2012, this model, previously produced in Poland (while the vast majority of Panda production was intended for the Italian market), has been at the top of production in Italy. Production of the Panda experienced a peak in 2019, with 200,000 units produced, before falling to 150,000 units in 2020-2021 and then 120,000 in 2022. The Fiat Panda rose again in 2023 in a context of growth in Italian and European markets but the model is old. It is renamed Pandina in 2024 and is expected to be ended in 2027.
- A new Panda will then be launched on July 24. This new Panda will be a B segment vehicle (and no longer an A-segment like the old Panda renamed Pandina). Its dimensions will be closer to those of the old Punto than to those of the old Panda.
- It should be noted that until 2012, the most produced car in Italy was the Fiat Punto (B segment sedan) which had reached a volume of 450,000 units produced in 2006 before collapsing from 2007 and especially in from 2009. The Punto was stopped in 2018 without being replaced, a strategy which was criticized by many observers. The launch of the new Panda will therefore finally give an successor to the Punto, eight million examples of which were sold in Europe between 1993 and 2018.
- Behind the Panda, we note the good performance of the Jeep Renegade (B-segment SUV) with 85,000 units produced, some of which exported to the United States, which is ahead of the Fiat 500e (battery electric A-segment sedan) and Fiat 500X (B-segment SUV) with 75,000 and 45,000 units produced, respectively. Remember that the Fiat 500 with a thermal engine is produced entirely in Poland.