RE: Ford Puma ST spied
Discussion
MC Bodge said:
This will sell in huge numbers. I suspect that it will be quite good for what it is.
I reckon it will be faster round a track than the old Racing Puma even if it does feel a bit top-heavy and weighs more. Manufacturers are getting better at making these sort of cars hang on round the bendsListening to people I work with chat about cars, they like a high driving position, a bit of zoom out the bends or dual carriageway roundabouts, gadgets etc
They’re not bothered about balancing the chassis on the edge of adhesion with a 6-pot zinging away. SUVs with a bit of sporty sell well
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FA57REN said:
What bemuses me more than a warm version of an SUV version of a hatchback is... How car manufacturers have completely lost the point of dazzle camouflage. It's meant to break-up the lines of an object...
Yeah, but they're not trying to camouflage it, they're trying to publicise it. 
1430 said:
LOL the puma's heritage! a puma! come on... The puma is an ugly little fwd blob, hence why they go for £200
Now it would be a real crime if they remade the ka, with it's aerodynamic shape, rich motorsport history and name derived from feces.
I kind of agree - the Puma was a car "of it's time" and the new one will be too. Now it would be a real crime if they remade the ka, with it's aerodynamic shape, rich motorsport history and name derived from feces.
Heritage? It was pretty much a parts bin special on sale for what - 4 years?
Great car but not worth over eulogising or getting all misty eyed about.
As a former owner of an original 1.7 Puma, I think this is a shame. People far more qualified than me clearly advise Ford on such things, but I can't believe a "new" Puma along the same lines as the old one wouldn't have been a huge success given how talented the current Fiesta platform is dynamically.
A small, relatively light 3dr coupe, again using relatively cheap Fiesta underpinnings, but with bespoke suspension calibration, and the 1.5 turbo three pots carried over from the Fiesta in a couple of different states of tune between 150 and 200 bhp (perhaps the 200 could have been stretched slightly to give it an edge over the Fiesta). It would have delivered all the same B-road enjoyment as the original, but with a significant extra turn of speed. And like the original, it could have been developed relatively cheaply due to the platform sharing, and direct carry over of most of the components.
There's obviously a good reason why this route wasn't taken, but it's still a shame IMO.
A small, relatively light 3dr coupe, again using relatively cheap Fiesta underpinnings, but with bespoke suspension calibration, and the 1.5 turbo three pots carried over from the Fiesta in a couple of different states of tune between 150 and 200 bhp (perhaps the 200 could have been stretched slightly to give it an edge over the Fiesta). It would have delivered all the same B-road enjoyment as the original, but with a significant extra turn of speed. And like the original, it could have been developed relatively cheaply due to the platform sharing, and direct carry over of most of the components.
There's obviously a good reason why this route wasn't taken, but it's still a shame IMO.
I saw one of these in a gun metal grey colour on the M6 junction 9 about a week ago, to be fair it looked quite nice in the flesh!
That’s the trouble with photographs, sometimes they don’t show the light and shade / curves as good as it appears in real life, a prime example is the new Golf, some of the official VW pics makes the car look really bland, but when I saw some pictures of it on the stand, it looked so much better, you could see all the curves and creases and how how much thought has been put into the design.
True us petrolheads would rather have a swanky coupe, but it’s all about chasing the £’s, so if they (Ford) sell lots they can fund specials!
I hope Ford produce a car again which made me in awe every time I saw one, which made we catch a bus into the city centre and walk for half an hour to Bristol Street Motors on the Bristol road in Birmingham when I was a young boy so I could sit in one and imagine driving it - that car was the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth!
That’s the trouble with photographs, sometimes they don’t show the light and shade / curves as good as it appears in real life, a prime example is the new Golf, some of the official VW pics makes the car look really bland, but when I saw some pictures of it on the stand, it looked so much better, you could see all the curves and creases and how how much thought has been put into the design.
True us petrolheads would rather have a swanky coupe, but it’s all about chasing the £’s, so if they (Ford) sell lots they can fund specials!
I hope Ford produce a car again which made me in awe every time I saw one, which made we catch a bus into the city centre and walk for half an hour to Bristol Street Motors on the Bristol road in Birmingham when I was a young boy so I could sit in one and imagine driving it - that car was the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth!
craste said:
I hope Ford produce a car again which made me in awe every time I saw one, which made we catch a bus into the city centre and walk for half an hour to Bristol Street Motors on the Bristol road in Birmingham when I was a young boy so I could sit in one and imagine driving it - that car was the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth!
I think Ford had to wing it a bit with the Sierra - shape didn’t go down well and they needed to give it a bit of racetrack auraThey’ve got a good base with the Fiesta so it seems worth trying to expand it into the massive market for SUVs
You only have to look round a carpark to see they’re popularity
king hell, that is gopping. Looks like a 370Z that was dropped on its head at birth.
How often do you see a Toyota GT86 or Subaru BRZ around? It's the sort of car everyone on PH has said they want, but it doesn't really sell. I know two people, who both happen to be gay men, who've swapped Audi TTs for Audi Q3s, partly to accommodate dogs but mainly for the sake of changing fashion.
Blakewater said:
How often do you see a Toyota GT86 or Subaru BRZ around? It's the sort of car everyone on PH has said they want, but it doesn't really sell. I know two people, who both happen to be gay men, who've swapped Audi TTs for Audi Q3s, partly to accommodate dogs but mainly for the sake of changing fashion.
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