Ladies and Gentlemen, my Panda Alessi!

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After two years of searching, I finally managed to get my hands on a Fiat Panda Alessi.

She’s in fantastic shape, 19k on the clock and running well. All wheel trims and dust caps present and correct - although in some of the pictures I’ve removed them for cleaning.

She’s had a good clean up now, a machine polish, and sealed with some synthetic stuff. I’ve got a rear window washer to replace and some new number plates in order.

Roll on summer!

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p4cks said:

Excuse my ignorance but what's the special edition in aid of? (I did Google for a bit but ended up giving up)

I'm not sure it's in aid of anything. Alessi are a kitchen ware company that for some reason did a special edition Fiat Panda. I don't get it either... :-D

s-x-i said:

Excellent! Where did you manage to find it?

Always strangely liked these, perhaps having owned a 100HP anything Panda shaped catches my eye.

Am I right in saying the interior has some unique changes around the cup holder area?

Yeah, unique cup holder and some king of rubber thing I haven't worked out. I think also the gear stick is unique as well as the wheel trims. Colour may also be, no 100% sure tho. Interior colours are also unique to the Alessi. Oh, and the white roof bars and arial. And dash clocks too...

It's great fun, but boy do you get some looks when you drive it :-D

I found it at a dealer just outside Leeds. It was too much money, but after waiting two years to find one for sale, I didn't want to mess around. Also, I won't find one in better condition.

I believe there's less than 100 of these in the UK. They were a hard sell I think

Edited by Funkstar De Luxe on Monday 24th May 15:35

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Thank you, I'm really pleased with it. I hope to keep it a long time - they're like hen's teeth now. Also, I think it's a fun thing to see on the road, so I'll be pottering around in it on the daily

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AC43 said:

… and the petrol-powered 500 Diesel.

That’s the one that blows my mind…

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HTP99 said:

That is hideous but I do kind of like it in a "that is very different" kind of way, orange is my favourite colour too.

https://petrolblog.com/2013/05/yesterdays-specials...

Edited by HTP99 on Tuesday 25th May 08:02

Thanks for the link, interesting read.

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Penelope Stopit said:

Surely It's a Jean Alesi Special Edition

Anyway, you'll never struggle to find it in a supermarket car park

It's definitely the kitchen company https://uk.alessi.com

:-D

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Mezzanine said:

Are these all orange?

I am pretty sure I saw one in a car park the other day but not sure it was orange.

They come in green and black too, but some dealers painted them standard colours to try and shift them

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Brett-iauxx said:

Hi Funkstar.. Love it and read your story on other pages I think! , I've just bought a green...can I get hold of you to chat somehow?!
Can't even join the FB Alessi group page as tried for over a year and still waiting to be accepted! Cheers,

Green! That’s my favourite! Of course you can, I’ll message you my email.

Edit - your profiles doesn’t accept emails, but if you click my name there’s the option to send me one 👍

Edited by Funkstar De Luxe on Friday 12th January 08:55