autoevolution 5 May 2021, 11:48 UTC ·
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The stunt took place at the UK s Brands Hatch famous circuit that measures just 1.18 miles (1.9 kilometers) in length and is made up of six corners. Wait a minute - a vehicle ten times smaller racing against a full-size one can t be a fair match-up, so what gives?
Indeed, the Ford Puma RC was placed on the adjacent kart track that replicates the full-scale circuit almost to a tee. It also measures roughly ten times less in length (0.22 kilometers or 721 feet), making it as close to a ten-to-one scaled replica as you ll ever find.
However, it turns out that the RC s performance is not ten times worse than the Puma ST s, with each circumvolution of the smaller track taking roughly 20 seconds, whereas the gasoline-powered crossover needed about a full minute to complete its lap. To even the playing field, they decided to make the remote-controlled Puma complete three laps to the ST s one.
autoevolution 17 Feb 2021, 13:00 UTC ·
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One of the quirkiest utility vehicles in the subcompact segment, the Puma entered production for the European market in October 2019 at the Ford Motor Company’s assembly plant in Craiova, Romania. Also available in Australia and New Zealand, the B-segment crossover is based on the seventh-generation Fiesta supermini, hence the absence of AWD. 63 photos
The much cooler brother of the EcoSport is offered exclusively with three-cylinder turbocharged engines, a six-speed manual, and, more recently, a seven-speed DCT. Mild-hybrid assistance is offered as well because the European Commission has enforced a fleet-wide average target of CO2 emissions of 95 grams per kilometer. At the very top of the lineup, the 197-horsepower Puma ST can be considered the jacked-up alternative to the Fiesta ST hot hatchback.
autoevolution 13 Jan 2021, 14:46 UTC ·
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Last year, Subaru increased the price of the BRZ in the United Kingdom by 15 percent over CO2 emissions. Ford followed suit in 2021 for a different reason called Brexit, hiking up the price of the Fiesta ST and Puma ST. 108 photos
As expected, increased tariffs of non-EU and UK components are to blame. According to Autocar, the difference from December 2020 to January 2021 for the Fiesta ST with the ST-2 trim level boils down to £1,455 or $1,990 at current exchange rates. The ST-3 and ST Edition went up by £1,695 both, which is a lot of money for a small car that goes like stink in the twisties.