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Ford Puma ST Powershift
What Car? UK
|November 2023
Our favourite sports SUV gains the option of a mild hybrid engine and an automatic gearbox On sale Now Price from £31,060
WE LOVE THE Ford Puma ST. It was one of the first great sports SUVs that wasn't a two-tonneplus monster with a long line of zeros in its price. Instead, it was a compact, agile, joyous thing that was well priced and very practical for a car of its size.
And what's this? A new version with an automatic gearbox? Intriguing. But hang on: it also has a different engine with less power.
While the manual Puma ST borrows the 197bhp 1.5-litre petrol engine from the sadly departed Fiesta ST hot hatch, this 'Powershift' version has a 168bhp mild hybrid 1.0-litre unit. It comes with a seven-speed automatic 'box, and the 0-62mph time slows from 6.7sec to 7.4sec.
This story is from the November 2023 edition of What Car? UK.
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