The Savio Panda 4x4 was a concept vehicle from the Italian coachbuilder Savio, a company specializing in small-series special-bodied versions of Fiat models. It was shown at a Turin motor show, two editions after Savio had displayed a doorless, roofless buggy derived from the Fiat Uno at the 1986 Turin show. Where that earlier vehicle had been more of a beach car built from a cut-down Uno, the Panda 4x4 was conceived as a leisure vehicle in its own right, though its name made clear that its mechanical base came from the Fiat Panda 4x4.
Unlike a simple modified Fiat, the Panda 4x4 concept used its own chassis, built from carbon-fiber and composite materials, with a body made of glass-fiber reinforced plastic. Its styling departed from the angular Panda, featuring a rounded, wedge-shaped front end with sculpted crease lines and integrated twin headlamps. A tubular structure combined with the curved windscreen frame served as rollover protection and was also designed to support gullwing doors and a glazed rear hardtop, as shown in design sketches.
The vehicle retained the Panda 4x4's drivetrain: a 999 cc four-cylinder engine producing 50 hp at 5500 rpm and 78 Nm of torque at 3000 rpm, paired with selectable four-wheel drive. It had a shortened wheelbase of 200 cm and measured 320 cm long, 150 cm wide, and 160 cm high, seating 2+2. It remained a concept and did not enter production.
