The interior is also largely unchanged from the Grande Panda EV and again mixes a high level of practicality with plenty of stylish design.
You will delight in spotting little details like the Lingotto-inspired infotainment surround, where a little Panda is driving around the 10.25in screen; the bright-yellow accents that help liven up the dashboard and seats; and other neat features.
The screen interface itself is very basic, but that’s a good thing, because there are buttons for the important stuff (including the climate and the ADAS), so you can just connect your preferred brand of smartphone mirroring and ignore the native interface. The information in the driver’s display is minimal to a fault, though, with not even a rev counter.
Our top-spec La Prima test car featured a Bambox dashboard, made from a fabric featuring 33%-recycled bamboo – because pandas like bamboo, obviously. It’s actually quite stylish and pleasant to touch, so it works beyond the tenuous link.
Sustainability has been a focus for the interior material choices of the Grande Panda. Fiat claims 140 recycled drink cartons are used in the making of each model for the Lapolen Ecotek blue plastic material that can be found throughout the interior.
With no underfloor batteries, the Grande Panda Hybrid is claimed by Fiat to offer slightly more rear leg room than the EV. For a sub-four-metre car, rear passengers should be happy enough.
The boot has a capacity of 412 litres – spacious for a car in this category and a welcome 51 litres bigger than in the EV. It’s a relatively shallow but deep boot, so you will need to think about doing some stacking to make best use of it.
Unlike in some small Stellantis cars, the front seats offer a reasonable amount of thigh support, but some testers found the accelerator pedal in our left-hand-drive test car too close to the side of the footwell.