Well I suppose apart from something Russian built the spares issues going to be the same for a lot of things nowadays. But Fiat is has a fairly decent sales network in what was Eastern Europe, so we're Ok for the start of the trip. After that we're basically on our own till China, when Fiat pops up again. I guess it'll just have to be a case of managing like everyone else.
Tyre size? Well there's always the option of going up to 15" like the Cross which opens up more choice (yes Fiat says they'll fit, we even tried one).
Fuel system tolerance? well the same applies to anything modern, unfortunately, but I'm told by FIAT France (in a rare communicative moment) that because the Panda's built for all sorts of markets including Eastern European that it shouldn't be too bad as far as octane ratings are concerned. Dirty fuel? well that's what the thread is about, I still reckon petrol would be better than CRD.
Field maintenance? It's only 10,000 miles and a fair amount of that will be on half decent roads, it's really only Mongolia that poses the problem, it'll cope I'm sure, and like you say, I can always pick it up  and put it on a yak.
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