Stola Panda Destriero

The Stola Panda Destriero was a beach car that Stola of Turin built on the Fiat Panda 1000 Fire and that Fiat showed on its stand at the 1992 Turin motor show. It grew out of the Panda Mirage, a seaside prototype that appeared at Portofino in 1991, which the Stola family had imagined as a beach car in the spirit of the Fiat 500 and 600 Jolly and which was developed with the designer Aldo Garnero. Fiat took an interest because the car matched its Destriero speedboat project, so the white bumper was dropped, a new badge was fitted and the car was renamed. Stola reinforced the B pillars and added stiffening members so that it could be approved, and the interior used marine grade materials. Two cars were built. The first, in pale sea blue with a white interior, served as a tender for the boat crew at Porto Cervo, and the second, in dark blue with a light grey interior, was given by the Fiat Style Centre to Gianni Agnelli. An electric version to be called Watt was considered, but the family chose a petrol engine. What became of the Agnelli car is not documented.