▁P anda ▁ 4 x 4 ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁power ed ▁by ▁a ▁ 9 6 5   cc ▁engine ▁with ▁ ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁Aut ob ian chi ▁A 1 1 2 ▁or ▁F iat ▁ 1 0 0 ▁series ▁engine . ▁Kn own ▁simply ▁as ▁the ▁P anda ▁ 4 x 4 , ▁this ▁model ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁small , ▁trans verse - eng ined ▁production ▁car ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁ 4 WD ▁system . ▁The ▁system ▁itself ▁was ▁manually ▁select able , ▁with ▁an ▁ult ra - low ▁first ▁g ear . ▁Under ▁normal ▁( on - road ) ▁conditions ▁starting ▁was ▁from ▁second , ▁with ▁the ▁fifth ▁g ear ▁having ▁the ▁same ▁ratio ▁as ▁fourth ▁in ▁the ▁normal ▁P anda . ▁Aust rian ▁company ▁Ste yr - P uch ▁supplied ▁the ▁entire ▁driv et rain ▁( cl utch , ▁g ear box , ▁power ▁take - off , ▁three - pie ce ▁props haft , ▁rear ▁live ▁ax le ▁including ▁differential ▁and ▁bra kes ) ▁to ▁the ▁plant ▁at ▁Term ini ▁I mer ese ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁fitted ▁to ▁the ▁rein for ced ▁body shell . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁trim ▁levels ▁were ▁named ▁" L ", ▁" CL ", ▁and ▁" S ". ▁Spec ifications ▁and ▁detail ing ▁were ▁modified ▁across ▁the ▁range , ▁using ▁the ▁F iat ▁corpor ate ▁gr ille ▁on ▁all ▁tr ims . ▁Mechan ically ▁the ▁range ▁remained ▁largely ▁un changed . ▁