Not a whole new level of harsh, it is a different kind of harsh.

I would not call myself skilled, but probably less un-brave than some others.

I found that interesting. During my second lap on the Nurburgring in my life, and the first lap in that year (2018), I was able to overtake a Ferrari and rented BMWs with a 1987 subcompact convertible. It is not entirely stock, but still.

More power is great and all, but if they also increase the weight in that next gen they can keep that extra power.

That is what you would expect. However, as 0-60 is very important for marketing in the US and 0-100 in Europe is not as big a factor, you frequently see a significant difference between 0-60 mph and 0-100 kmph. Either due to an extra shift point or different gearing.

Those jeans do not look overly tight to me?

That that picture is from the 60s. Those jeans are not skinny jeans.

4 stars out of 5. This is the current generation: https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/fiat/panda/10970

That's a second gen Panda, 2003-2012.

No. The Fiat 500 is based on the previous gen Panda. The 500 is compliant in the US and the current gen Panda is safer than the current 500.

Do you own a mk1 Golf/Rabbit pickup?

When the base engine is not potent enough, you simply pick a more powerful one. This is Italy, not America, consumers have a choice in Italy. Take the 0.9L 2 cylinder turbo engine for example, with 85 hp.

Sure. The Panda is a perfectly fine car, when taking its price into consideration. Rather dated by now, but that’s FCA for you. The Spark has always been bad.

It’s a giant boat of a car, it is 25 years old and stock it does 0-100 kmh in 6.6 seconds. 60 mph even faster. Sure, not stunningly fast, but ‘slow’ it is not.

This is considerably smaller (and a lot cheaper in base form) than an EcoSport.

No. The 500 is based on the (previous gen) Panda. They are within the same size segment, but the Panda is obviously a lot more practical.

The WW1 Fokker aircraft were German planes designed by Anthonie Fokker, who was Dutch. The Fokker company was (later) a Dutch company, but during WW1 the planes were German.

Not really.

As I don’t see them turning it into a 3-row minivan-like vehicle like the other large vehicles mentioned in the comments, the question you should ask yourself is how large does it really need to be? For a 2-row vehicle the current size is more than large enough for exceptional rear left room, shoulder room, cargo…

That 2.5 was never offered in Europe, not in that form.