The fourth edition of Panda in Pandino, the rally dedicated to the Fiat Panda which, after three years of hiatus due to the pandemic, is back in style. Fans of the Turin subcompact, thanks to the tam tam on social media, have finally found themselves, coming from over 20 countries from all over the world. From the old air-cooled Pandas, born from the original and clean pencil of the designer Giorgetto Giugiaro, to the more modern ones equipped with a hybrid engine, from the most basic versions that can be encountered at traffic lights every day to the most extreme 4 × 4, from perfectly preserved Pandas to the most mistreated, from the most original to the most modified: none were missing.
The 2022 edition is that of a new maxi record: 939 Fiat Pandas gathered in the arena and outside the walls of the Visconti castle of Pandino, a small town in the province of Cremona. Very rare models were also shown, such as the Pandas of the Sahara Racing Cup, numerous customized four-wheel drive Pandas, with exaggerated stereos or dressed up for the party. Even the most absurd of the special series has arrived: the Panda Italia 90, with original wheel covers in the shape of a balloon, which was created to celebrate the World Cup held in our country.
Although the idea of ”Panda a Pandino” was born as a joke on social media, over the years the numbers have become increasingly important counting 192 cars in the first edition, 365 in the second and 695 in the 2019 edition. Various prizes awarded, from the “best preserved Panda” to the “most tamarra Panda”, from the “most banal Panda” to the most elaborate “Panda 4 × 4” “Up to the” Panda Antonio Narducci “award, established to commemorate the young pandista from the province of Foggia represented by his parents Grazia and Michele and his brother Donato, who came to the event with Antonio’s Panda, thanks to the commitment of the Pesola-Varva family of Buccinasco, better known as the “Social Family”.
William Jonathan, car influencer and manager of the Panda social page in Pandino, commented: “Panda in Pandino is an unparalleled event, born for fun and which leverages on a very precise and simple principle: the desire to be together in the name of authenticity. Pandists are not interested in having a perfect car, but they have the desire to see their vehicles and themselves celebrated as real everyday superheroes. On the other hand, the Panda is the car born to do what you want and it is also for this reason that this rally has become a real phenomenon of custom. The fact that each edition is increasingly disruptive is the demonstration of how even the Panda, in its simplicity, can be an important vector to restart even, or above all, in such difficult moments.“.
The proceeds from the event, net of expenses incurred for the organization of the event, will be managed by the Panda Association in Pandino and redistributed to other voluntary associations in the area to support them in the restart following the pandemic.
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