ON PAPER, small SUVs look to be a tough promote; they’re often a number of thousand {dollars} (not less than) dearer than their hatch alternate options whereas not providing all that rather more area and in concept not less than, inferior dynamics.
And but the section continues to increase with an ever-growing variety of manufacturers leaping on the bandwagon of what has shortly change into some of the essential markets throughout the trade.
Ford’s first effort, the EcoSport, wasn’t a lot cop and it failed dismally on the gross sales charts.
Now nonetheless, the Blue Oval has had a rethink and tried once more, and we’re thrilled to say the outcomes are far more promising, if a bit of on the expensive facet.
Based mostly on the Fiesta metropolis automotive, the Puma entered the Australian market in direction of the center of final yr armed with only one engine alternative and a three-variant line-up decided to make amends for the EcoSport’s failures.
To search out out if it’s as much as the job, we spent a while within the mid-range ST-Line and, spoiler alert, it turned out to be some of the likeable and charismatic little vehicles we’ve pushed not too long ago.
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