ford puma or fiesta st
ford puma or fiesta st
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Driver Rider

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606 posts

223 months

Wednesday 28th April 2010
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hi guys i know they're two totally different cars but which would you reccomend?

im leaning towards the st as its faster and also newer (sorry to be a bore and state the obvious) also i had a mark four fiesta 1.25 and i loved it though i craved for more power and better handling the car rolled way tooooo much imo and would struggle for up on a motorway. also the puma's rear seats are just a bad joke i don't think i can seriously fit anyone in the back as im a six footer but i know from experince i could do that in the st fiesta. i've driven a mark one focus and i really had more fun steering my fiesta though the focus was without doubt the better car. another thing is most puma's i've looked at have rust and i really dont have the time to sort out bits on a car!

if it helps i plan to keep the car for a few months before getting an r53 cooper s!

Arun_D

2,331 posts

221 months

Wednesday 28th April 2010
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ST, easily.

Sounds like you've pretty much swayed towards it as well.

shawburyst

29 posts

200 months

Thursday 29th April 2010
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Driver Rider said:
hi guys i know they're two totally different cars but which would you reccomend?

im leaning towards the st as its faster and also newer (sorry to be a bore and state the obvious) also i had a mark four fiesta 1.25 and i loved it though i craved for more power and better handling the car rolled way tooooo much imo and would struggle for up on a motorway. also the puma's rear seats are just a bad joke i don't think i can seriously fit anyone in the back as im a six footer but i know from experince i could do that in the st fiesta. i've driven a mark one focus and i really had more fun steering my fiesta though the focus was without doubt the better car. another thing is most puma's i've looked at have rust and i really dont have the time to sort out bits on a car!

if it helps i plan to keep the car for a few months before getting an r53 cooper s!
Think i may help in this matter buddy as i have owned both an r53 cooper s and a fiesta st and in my opinion i would choose the fiesta purely because of its own individual merits.
I think personally that the mini's rep is built on nostalgia and not for practicality. I am also a six footer and the mini is tiny for me!! Interior and bootspace were terrible.

Having owned an 05 plate fiesta st since feb 10 i can honestly say i love it, ok so it may be down on power and torque compared to the mini however fiesta's can be easily tuned up with a k&n induction kit and milltek flexi pipe i have had over 170bhp on the rollers.
Build quality and interior space is much better and it looks a much prettier car..in my opinion of course.

The only flaw i can find on a fezzer st would be that it definetly needs a 6 speed gearbox, but even so that is not a major issue.

Good luck deciding mate..let us know what you decide.


Driver Rider

Original Poster:

606 posts

223 months

Thursday 29th April 2010
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wow thats thrown me a little i thought the mini would be a step up! ill definatley let you know how i get on!

LeftMuffin

971 posts

247 months

Thursday 29th April 2010
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If your comparing a standard 1.7 Puma to an ST then I would choose the ST. However the Racing Puma is another story, but then Im biased.