There are countless stories involving the names of automobiles. Many of them, controversial and controversial, as was, for example, the case, very recent, of the Hyundai Kona. Made Kauai in Portugal, for obvious reasons…
In the case the Fiat Gingo , the story dates back to 2003 and the presentation, at the Geneva Motor Show, of the model that would replace the Fiat Seicento and the Fiat Panda. The latter, then already 23 years old on the market.
However, the phonetic similarities of the name Gingo with Twingo, the Renault city boy, raised the alarm in Paris. With Renault "warning" Fiat of a possible legal dispute, if it did not go back on the decision.
Public presentation at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2003.
Despite the fact that it was just over a month before the launch and already with units produced and a lot of printed material — catalogues, manuals, etc. — the truth is that Fiat actually ended up backing down. Recovering the name Panda, which it sells to this day… with the moment, unusual, going down in history.
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