Fifth Gear- Renault Twingo GT Vs. Fiat Panda 100HP

The fifth gear crew compare head to head the new Renault twingo GT Vs. Fiat Panda 100 Gt a classical little Hatch showdown!

[@gianlucavignali]

All the people who commented saying the panda is rubbish or whatever, clearly don't know anything. People need to get the idea that it's not 'just a fiat' or 'it's just a panda', it is an amazing handling car with plenty of power considering it weighs less than a tonne. If you've never driven one, drive one. It will surprise you and make you giggle because it's sooo good. Do NOT say anything negative about it, if you haven't driven it.

[@vangestelwijnen]

I've had it and it's great. Atmospheric engines last forever. Revv it! 5 doors, well build. TOP!

[@moiwilliams170]

its an abarth

[@chloesterolis8153]

Driven it, low expectations were met

[@TB-mizzog]

i had a panda diesel turbo it was a fun car until the rear axle collapsed on a hard corner, on closer inspection after the accident i hadn't realised just how cheaply made of what can only be described as baked bean tin technology the axle was made with, i would never recommend this car to anyone who wants to live.

[@thomasbutcher3593]

@@TB-mizzog Axle corrosion should show up on the mot long before it actually snaps.

[@TVLollo]

The track during Panda's lap is completely wet, while it is drier during Twingo's lap!! La pista è decisamente più bagnata nel giro della Panda!

[@chatsboy100]

I've had a Panda 100HP for the last 5 years... won't be swapping it for anything else!

[@NewYTAnonarchy]

Still got it lad?

[@chatsboy1003]

@@NewYTAnonarchy I have...it'll be 9 years next month. (and it's only just hit 50,500 miles.)

[@NewYTAnonarchy]

@@chatsboy1003 are you the same person in the original comment? How did you find this again haha :D I actually bought one over the weekend! 46k on the clock 👀

[@chatsboy1003]

Yes, it's me, I got a notification that you had replied. I hope you have many years of happy motoring with your purchase.

[@NewYTAnonarchy]

@@chatsboy1003 thank you gregory, I hope you manage to squeeze as many more years out of yours as you can too! We’ll have to return in a year and see how things are going 👍🏼

[@vangestelwijnen]

Owned a Panda 100HP and now I have the Twingo GT. Panda has more space, more aggressive (better) looks and a better engine sound. High revs are just lovely. Twingo is easy to remap due to the turbo. 125HP/205Nm without any problems, so it is the nimble sporty one. Feels and acts as a lightweight with some small but smart unexpected features on board. Slightly better equipped as well, with light and rain sensor standard.

[@leeyo5494]

twingo looks more sporty than the panda

[@Anon__User]

The Twingo looks way better. Not even close.

[@ANM4x4]

Interesting that the Panda was faster on a slightly more wet track. I'd like to think that it's down to the chassis. Great car.

[@cocorocks88]

Wrong Twingo! The 133 is where its at! Do love the Panda though, oozes personality.

[@test1uci]

both are excellent!

[@alfistaV6]

fiat makes the best small cars in the world!

[@215alessio]

a straight engine with the same HP as the turbo will mostly win against the turbo. Due the fact it never needs to spool up the turbo

[@roddenshaw]

People in the UK use FIAT as an acronym for "Fix It Again Tomorrow" however it is worth bearing in mind that Renault's showing in the JD Power survey is abysmal at present and Fiat is doing quite well. Not only that, but the Panda is one of Fiat's most reliable models. If you want a reliable car you should certainly not bet on a Renault.

[@OinkReutel-xd7lh]

In Dutch Renault's acronym was "roest en narigheid achtervolgen u lange tijd" (rust and trouble will haunt you for a long time).

[@petrolboy1906]

This video is about 13 years old now, and just bought a 100HP for fun. And fun it still is! I couldn’t believe how much fun it is. The Renault is forgotten by now, the Panda is becoming a cult-car. It’s a pocket-rocket, with a proper 4-cilinder (!) 16V growling engine. Mine is a 2007 car, and I’m surprised by the quality (and that said by a GT3-owner!). Everything works! Only the drivers seat is in a bad shape. NA-engines are history, so I wanted to have one, before extinction. Could also have been a Twingo RS, but the Fiat Panda 100HP has ‘fleur the boeuf’ :) It drives like a baby-Porsche GT3!

[@kristianandani2459]

The gt version is not,but the rs version certainly is, however i really like both the panda and the twingo rs.

[@craigywaigy4703]

I've had many Pandas from a 1986 "5 speed" 1000 "super" to a 2009 1.4 8v ECO, to a 2014 0.9 Bi-turbo to a 4x4 varient of the same. The Turbo engine will bang out at LEAST 110hp in a reliable form(mild chipping), in a stock format(eco "off") it will give many big car drivers a shock(torque is awesome, but severly limited as stock). Suspension is great, but "bi-turbos" like to "torque steer" and "camber chase" due to large torque/wide tyres vs low weight! Great cars! ;)

[@justamantiswithgoodtaste8166]

Just for information, the fiat 0.9 is not a "bi-turbo", but if you knew and were referring to the engine's name, then it's TwinAir 👍

[@PaulHawkins87]

The best bit is the fact that, thank to the recession, the Fiat Panda 100HP is only £6995 brand new! MAD!

[@georgieboyd8126]

Paul Hawkins really?

[@Abarth26]

Nice Panda, very Quick!

[@J4m3z1]

Either way, some people prefer naturally aspirated engines.

[@RequiemVortex]

@rhysfoley09 While Fiat don't produce a 133 bhp Panda, they do produce a 133bhp 500, based on the same platform with the same engine. The Fiat 500 Abarth. Michael Schumacher owns one :) Top Gear also did a comparison of the Twingo 133 and the 500 Abarth, the 500 Abarth was faster and more economical.

[@zhaviator]

its a twinge GT...GT! Grand tour, on a long highway journey twingo will be much more comfortable than the panda...

[@stefano806]

Un video test in Inghilterra senza pioggia è impossibile....

[@EddieLolz3r]

James may has a fiat panda Top gear>all car programs

[@AutoWorldTube]

Fiat Panda is the Best !

[@viperxraptor2001]

@SpeedingStudent try sticking a busa bike engine in a renault twingo and you definitely have a proper power to weight ratio there, twice the power, twice the fun.

[@alexmitros3873]

Twingo has character

[@Abarth26]

Great Car Fiat 100 HP!

[@wickiezulu]

Interested to know whether the 1.4 engine in the Panda 100HP can be further enlarged to a 1.6 unit via a bore increase of about 5mm?

[@PandaPaul100hp]

Might as well 1.4 tjet swap one with the engine from an abarth 500

[@punto1410]

i'm a fiat punto owner and a fiat lover, but i think the renault is faster.....turbo is turbo

[@RequiemVortex]

@rhysfoley09 Well considering the similarities between the two cars given the components they share what's so wrong with bringing it up? The point is if Fiat made a 133bhp Panda it'd be better than the twingo cup, and they practicly have already it's just got a different body. Also I'd consider the extra £1000 worth it.

[@xxxglorpxxx]

@dubzfry I think that if you tied it to a large tree, it wouldn't be able to pull it down. Where as 100 horses would be able to.

[@riccardomarinoni6733]

Twingo gt is bettr, 1.2 turbo engine , after remap it reach 160cv like nothing. Also the chassis is better on twingo

[@cbca6567]

panda is way more practical, better looking (subjective), built far better than the renault, better insruments in line of sight, better gearshift, and responsive free revving na engine in a world full of turbos today, so engine will last....and mine has given zero problems in 11 years ownership from new so is has been very reliable

[@lgliam]

I am one of these people! yay!

[@Scarl3t03]

Who win in the vid?

[@pdtech4524]

Go Panda!! 🐼👍😎

[@TheBrokenEclipse]

well lucky for you, GM is making a deal, so you should see Fiats around US in the near future :)

[@doraemon8061]

I have a Twingo RS cup and a Clio RS cup in Malaysia so what? I like that. My friend had a Fiat Panda 100bhp in Malaysia and It ALWAYS break down. I once had to tow him to the nearest workshop.

[@cbca6567]

my panda never broke down in 11 years i owned it since new and never caused "any" problems if serviced regularly.

[@sirhill77]

I couldn't have said it better!!!

[@zerohumour]

Fix it again tony has been doing the rounds since the 1970s, when FIATs rusted and broke down, things have changed a bit since then- i've never had a problem wif em- renaults however, don't get me started (bit like their cars, don't ever start!)

[@CarsfromItaly1]

What if u wrong fiat croma its awesome car the old and the new one and u gotta love the abarth versions u get a small economical serious little racer

[@TheCarArchives96]

the 2003-2011 Fiat Panda was/is assembled in Tychy, Poland

[@AutoWorldTube]

FIAT THE BEST 4 EVER

[@dubzfry]

@kaz3kag3gaara theres a reason for that :) 100 horse will have a hell of at lot more traction than one car :) thats why 8 men can tow a car rear wheel drive car the produces 1000 ft-lb of torque going in reverse :)

[@camaroman101]

@EddieLolz3r you forgot something. british top gear>all car programs. top gear usa sucks, but it's one of the very few car shows on tv so i watch anyway

[@330ferrari]

top gear is sooo much better

[@racerxr2]

Well it does have 133hp. Bolt a turbo on to the Panda and it is the same engine as the 500 Abarth.

[@purrability]

hmmm I think that the twingo rs would be a lot faster.

[@Lipitoarea]

whats the name of the song:D

[@gloup81]

Panda ftw . Its all about set up when its on track

[@jetslayer]

YEA FIAT FOREVERRRR!!!! Will it?

[@AutoWorldTube]

@Mantua64 XHAT ?

[@Dannatio]

Mitico Pandino!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@10tenable]

Skoda looks 10year older.

[@MitcheyBabes]

Has to be the twingo for me. French cars are awesome.

[@PanosAth.]

Paparies....!!! Twingo F.T.W

[@Lipitoarea]

thats right!!

[@AutoWorldTube]

@Mantua64 Fiat group made expenicve good car in the world !

[@zerohumour]

haha, Fiat got one over on Renault again! New twingo looks really cheap- what's with the halfords stripes!? The Panda is an ace car, ain't trying to be somthing it's not

[@rcmodder]

PANDA ftw!

[@AMVDawg]

they're all owned by fiat i think

[@Lanzerx07]

Half a second could have been lost by this crazy woman. Who says she can even drive.

[@techstyle123]

every 1 dish the fiat but they are coming bck very strong...uno, 20v turbo coupe, all great cars.....500 arbarth nxt ....fiat forever...........................

[@Gmh6477]

shoot the runner by kasabian

[@giuliettomane]

Esteticamente La Twingo sia fuori che dentro non mi dice niente anzi , l'unica cosa che mi attira è il piccolo motore turbo più economia più coppia della 100hp. La panda non è che sia un capolavoro ma è esteticamente meglio riuscita poi ha uno stile più deciso costa meno è più scattante e pesa 80 kg meno,anche la meccanica e il comportamento stradale vanno a favore della torinese, scelgo lei.

[@stirpedelmetallo]

A parere mio la panda è migliore soprattutto in estetica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...di cerca un miliardo di volte!!!!

[@JavierCajal]

Great

[@AutoWorldTube]

@CORNABY242 Renault engine pisses its the same in the DACIA S engines ! Hahha

[@Juntino]

semmai la panda sullo stretto sarebbe ancora avvantaggiata di piu, vedi rapporti del cambio :O

[@MrApriliaForever]

È ancora una piccola grande macchina a distanza di anni .. la Fiat la tolse per far posto alle più costose 500 Abarth

[@Juntino]

@@MrApriliaForever la mia viaggia ancora 😂

[@NuxingFutz]

I'd rather Jeremy drive it

[@RafaLisbon1986]

Panda is prettier but twingo is better. i would by... hmmm maybe Panda

[@lucatoni86]

la panda è sempre la panda...ma poi la twingo quanto cazzo è brutta???

[@loris83xx]

bhè... non me l'aspettavo! sinceramente credevo che la twingo gt fosse un po' più cattiva... cmq la 500 abarth essesse azzittirà tutti ;) brava fiat!

[@iantownsend5480]

I like both, but I had a Twingo Rs 133 Gordini for 3 yrs then some bellend hit me then rote the car off what a bellend anyway gooooooooo Twingy

[@dubzfry]

@kaz3kag3gaara Its got 99 thats why.

[@215alessio]

@Swanseajak16 or you can take a Fiat punto abarth,

[@MarcinWojtczuk]

@sun4electricity: then go to a racing track at least once ;P

[@xxxglorpxxx]

I have the odd feeling that the Fiat Pando 100hp doesn't actually have the power of 100 horses. Maybe 10 horses.

[@Morpheuus88]

Quello è un circuito veloce dove gli aspirati hanno più vantaggi, metti la Twing GT al Balocco e da 10 secondi alla panda e alla 5oo da 100hp...

[@MudSluggerBP]

Chip that Twingo for an extra 30 bhp 👍🏻

[@viejademente]

i agree! viva fiat, viva italia!

[@motorheadcore]

kalllaa ta mikra!!!!!

[@StuntmanShantu]

Grande panda!!!!gli hai dato la via a quel ciottolo!!!!!!!

[@J4m3z1]

...or like Seat with the Ibiza FR?

[@sotaros93]

xaxa wraios re...

[@mattluxton32]

Panda is way cooler than the twingo. Don't care if its slightly slower as it more than makes up for that in terms of practicality and looks.

[@thumby11]

i want your job...:))

[@Geoffroycrl]

Twingo GT powa !

[@SquireBob2764]

haha twingo...what kind of name is that

[@salam28000]

100hp is not enought to say it's a sport car

[@teogigi89]

w fiat panda :D renault twingo -_-

[@CORNABY242]

id take the twingo, much cooler than a 'panda' and faster to with small mods

[@cbca6567]

Panda way cooler today (standard with dark tinted windows) and is a better can than the abarth turbo fiats which just go faster, na engine in world full of turbos with instant response and revvy engine,; small turbos can be modified easily but they always have lag and the renault is not built as well as the fiat at all, with a split dash not in line of sight, and gearlever not like the panda up touring car placement close to hand

[@CORNABY242]

Can't even remember commenting 10 years ago when I was 17 🤣 I drive a Lupo GTI now so still like small hot hatches 😁

[@batterfly000]

ma quella l'ha presa una pillola prima per il vomito! non so come faccia!

[@lazios]

french car??? baguette car...

[@luponero23]

Panda Win Twingo Fail

[@alfistaV6]

lol

[@toypop96]

Panda is beast.

[@Transam941]

this is boring to watch

[@sirhill77]

Fiat made the worst cars I've seen in my whole life. Sorry to my Italian pals, but face it, that's the way I think.

[@TakaroJaniGT]

go Panda:D

[@leewelshy]

Both crap!! Calm down VBH

[@grezzzzza123]

ive driven both of these cars and the twingo is a lot faster

[@emoannapanna]

the new twingo isnt so pretty like the old version.. and the fiat is totally shit.