The new Fiat Grande Panda, presented a few days ago, is the Renault 5 electricthey have one thing in common: they are both beautiful… but not only that.
Both the first electric of the legendary Panda and the green of the historic R5 are a mix of modern lines and references to their glorious past 70s, 80s. After all, the Panda was designed by the designer of the century in 1980, while the French one arrived 4 years earlier, in 1976.
Both have become a drums for their first time in 2024, and even if the Panda will still mount the hybrid engine, in any case it will have the green version which represents an absolute first. A series of points in common… that they bear the same signature.
Yes, because the same person designed them, read on François Leboine. In 2020, when Luca De Meo took over Renault, a series of concepts were analyzed for what would have been the future new R5, and at the time the head of design was Leboine himself.
Then, at the beginning of 2021, the transalpine designer moved to Fiat and Abarth, becoming the style head of the two brands. According to what was collected by The Argus, one of the first tasks upon his arrival in Turin was to work on the future of the Panda, and this is perhaps why it has given life to a new model”R5 style”, with a project that blends classic and modern with various references to the first generation of the Panda, as done up until the previous year at Renault.
Also curious is the fact that the Big Panda was presented in yellow, same color as the R5, another of the many similarities between the two cars. Now the two cars, daughters of Leboine, will compete on the market starting in the next few months with a starting price that should be similar overall (perhaps 3 or 4 thousand euros less for the Panda): who will come out on top? In any case their designer will be happy…
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