British racing and engineering company M-Sport is perhaps best known for its Bentley Continental GT3 endurance racer and Ford Fiesta R5 car gathers customers. Since building the first of the 294 Fiesta R5 Mk. I car in 2013, the team of pint-sized competitors won more than 950 races in total. So when long M-Sport customer asked company to do something special with a clap 1990s era Fiat The Panda would keep the car’s Panda likeness but also make it an attractive race car, so M-Sport decided to combine the Italian with the Anglo-American. The result is the Panda by M-Sport, an extended Panda body that lowers the chassis and the Fiesta R5 engine. Also known as Panda’monium. Or Pandesta, if you’re drunk.
Mounting only the slim Fiat on a tubular chassis would extend the Panda’s body by 14.2 inches; That sleek grille is actually made of two Panda meshes to achieve the required width. That surgery helps maintain the Panda’s original form, but more is needed to slide the Fiesta’s wider rails below. More longitudinal elongation is provided by the boxy wheel arches, which, at the front, flow into the front bumper a half a snowfield. Vertically, the Pandesta’s wheelbase is 12.6 inches longer than the Panda’s wheelbase.
The Ford’s EcoBoost 1.6-liter four-cylinder lives under the hood. It sends nearly 300 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque to four Pirelli P Zeros through a five-speed sequential transmission and two custom differentials. The new rear diffuser and central single exhaust show the seriousness of the effort. The hand-printed braille says “PANDA 4×4” on the back door in case anyone is wondering if this is as likely as the standard Panda 4×4. The interior of the Fiesta R5 is all about saving for the Panda-mimicking instrument panel and legroom for the driver companion. The latter is also inscribed with the word “PANDA.”
Regardless of license plates, there is no question of street legitimacy here, or rather illegality. M-Sport says Panda’monium is ready to do any special leg on the runway or gravel. It looks like this is also the car that kicks off a new division for customer creations called the MS-SV, which is the M-Sport Special Vehicle. You can watch M-Sport owner Malcom Wilson take you on a tour of Panda by M-Sport in the video at the top and see what it’s all about. can do on a road here.
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