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The Ford Puma was a little coupé produced by the Ford Electric Motor Business from 1997 to 2002, to buy in Europe. The Puma Web [visit our website] was only developed at Ford's Niehl plant in Fragrance, Germany.

All Pumas were front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 3-door (motorist, guest as well as back hatchback) coupés with 2 +2 seating. Typically they had 15-inch alloy wheels, as well as front disc and also back drum brakes.

Puma was available in 4 variations for many years: 1.4 (90 bhp), 1.6 (103 bhp), 1.7 VCT (125 PS), as well as 1.7 Ford Competing VCT (155 PS) [1] each of which powered by Ford's 16v Sigma engines branded as Zetec-S. The car was based on the Ford Carnival with new engines (from Yamaha), a brand-new body as well as customized suspension, as well as various other changes. 1.7 Pumas included Ford's Variable Camshaft Timing (VCT) system, and also both low speed TCS (traction control system) as well as ABDOMINAL MUSCLE (anti-lock brakes system), 1.4 Pumas had an option of anti-lock brakes.

Evaluating approximately 1,050 kg (2,293 pound), the reasonably good amount of power was sufficient to give the automobile interesting efficiency. The 1.7 version increased from 0 to 62 miles per hour (0 to 100 km/h) in 8.8 seconds, and also could speed up from 30 to 70 mph (48 to 112 km/h) in 8.8 secs.


Ford Competing Puma (ST160).

The Ford Racing Puma was developed by the Ford Rally specialist group at Boreham, lead by Peter Beattie. The production run was initially penned to compete 1000 systems, 500 destined for the German market, 500 for the UK. All conversions were carried out by Tickford, Daventry UK. The lorry included a customized version of the 1.7 Zetec-S engine which created 155bhp as well as 119 lbs/ft of torque. It can additionally increase to 62mph in 7.9 secs. As well as this there were other adjustments consisting of larger bodywork as well as track front and also back, disc brakes to the rear as well as larger race-spec Alcon discs/4 pot calipers up front, Sparco bucket seats, blue Alcantara trim, 17" Speedline edges. Eventually, Competing Puma was just sold in the right-hand drive style to the UK market. All were generated in Ford Racing Blue paint, (same as the paint utilized on Emphasis RS), which was otherwise not offered on Pumas in the UK market. Less than half were actually sold to consumers due to the lorry's high price/bhp typically mentioned as a factor for this. The lower than expected need saw Ford supplying Racing Pumas to elderly supervisors via their MRC plan, which allowed automobiles to continue being registered and converted.


Style and marketing.

Stylistically, the Puma complied with Ford's New Side layout approach, as first seen in the 1996 Ford Ka. While not as questionable as the Ka when it initially showed up, the Puma did accomplish crucial acclaim for its well-proportioned as well as cat-like style cues.

The Puma was memorable for its launch project that featured Steve McQueen. The original UK tv promotion used clips from the flick Bullitt as well as reduced McQueen right into the modern setup of a Puma in San Francisco. In late 2004, Ford once again used the McQueen video for the first 2005 Ford Mustang commercial in the UNITED STATE