This Panda 4x4 was the first small, transverse-engined production car ever built with a 4WD system.
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Fiat Panda 4x4141 4x4 · 1983–1991
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FactThis Panda 4x4 was the first small, transverse-engined production car ever built with a 4WD system.
The original Panda 4x4, engineered with Steyr-Puch of Austria, was the first small, transverse-engined production car with a 4WD system — the drivetrain (clutch, gearbox, transfer case, prop shaft, rear axle) was supplied whole by Steyr-Puch. The system was manually selectable via a dash lever with an ultra-low first gear for off-road use, not a permanently engaged system as sometimes assumed. Covers the pre-1991-facelift cars (chassis/body updates in Jan 1986 and again in 1991); a completely different vehicle from the 2006-era Panda 100HP already filed in an earlier wave under the same 'panda' model slug.
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This Panda 4x4 was the first small, transverse-engined production car ever built with a 4WD system.
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