14-Jan-2021 15:01:11 | AutoCar
Hot junior crossover borrows much from the brilliant Fiesta ST. Is the Puma ST a worthy follow-up?
Ford Performance, the product development team behind cars like the Ford Focus RS and Mustang, has never made a performance SUV before.
The new Ford Puma ST is their first half-attempt at one, which effectively puts the 197bhp three-cylinder turbo engine and a lot of the front-drive running gear from the popular Fiesta ST into a jacked-up Puma crossover hatchback body.
But there's more to this car than that, as Matt Saunders explains during our first drive along the rolling - and unexpectedly bumpy-feeling - Sussex Downs.
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