Fiat’s April Fools’ Day joke is the Panda Hawaii Edition. Created to celebrate the Cinquecento
that starred in ‘The Inbetweenrs’, a TV show that aired between 2008 and 2010,
it has a very distinctive flavor, thanks to its ham and pineapple color theme.
The car is finished in yellow and has a red door, as clear reference to the
Hawaiian pizza classic model drove by Simon Cooper in the British sitcom.
It features black plastic bumpers and a
radio-cassette player. Furthermore, it won’t make anyone carsick, regardless of
how twisty a road is, as it gets a 38 horsepower 899 cc overhead
valve engine. The mill is another reference to the Cinquecento.
Fiat went as far as stating that since the engine
“won’t let it get up to dangerous speeds”, the Panda Hawaii is suitable for
first-time, teenage drivers, who will get free insurance. All 1,419 units can be specified
with anti-squirrel collision system and mild amphibious qualities to protect it
in the event of a close encounter of the third kind with a pond.
Fiat will reward the first 14 customers with four
free tickets to Thorpe Park, located just outside London, which include
queue-jump passes for the front seats of Nemesis Inferno rollercoaster.
