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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Steve Fowler

This car claims to make you happier – I’m a miserable guy so tried it out

The Fiat Grande Panda claims to make its drivers happier. Steve Fowler gave it a go - (Steve Fowler)

I have been called many things in my time, but a benchmark for human happiness is not one of them.

Still, that was the job on offer when Fiat invited me to climb into the new electric Grande Panda and have my face watched by a laptop. Not in the slightly troubling way that some modern cars now seem to monitor whether you’re paying attention, but in the name of science. Or, at the very least, in the name of finding out whether a small, brightly coloured Fiat could cheer up a middle-aged car journalist.

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