The history of the FIAT Panda Italia '90 An icon of the World Cup and the ''notti magiche'' of thirty years ago

Thirty years ago, in these times, the World Cup of Italy '90 had already been over for twenty days and the Germans - winners in the final against Argentina in Maradona - continued a summer of celebrations unaware that few months later they were supposed to celebrate something far more important than a "simple" football game: the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Italy, however, host country of that world, was continuing its period of splendor, dictated by an economic boom that seemed to have no end and representing the fourth world economic power, with Italian citizens considered among the richest in the world.
The summer of 1990 was unforgettable, with "Estate italiana" - sung by the duo Bennato-Nannini - the absolute protagonist of those magical nights that the less young still remember after thirty years.

It is not known exactly how many cars have been produced but one, surely, was given to Giancarlo Marocchi - former Juventus player and current commentator of Sky Sport - directly from FIAT: in fact, at the end of the Italian World Cup, the cars were withdrawn and the Turin-based company decided to give them to the 25 players of the black and white squad, personalizing them with their respective names.