Would definitely be interested in one of these,out of my price range at the moment,love the exhaust sound and the engine note,the adaptive cruise control is a bonus also,its a shame the manual st hasnt got it,its good that ford offer the st in automatic as there are some people who cant drive a manual but would love an st,now they can have one

@SamAustin

9 ай бұрын

Yes very good point it does encourage a new audience to get to experience the Puma ST 👍

Fantastic looking machine. But isn’t it such a shame we are witnessing the dilution of the “hot hatch”. Not just Ford, but everywhere. On summary though, I agree with you that it’s a good thing Ford are still trying to cater for this market, albeit slightly diluted. Good vid 👍

@SamAustin

10 ай бұрын

I agree it's certainly a dilution from what we know about hot hatches but I am happy, particularly being a big fast Ford fan, that Ford are still making cars like this. Perhaps they will revitalise it a bit more in the future but very hard to tell given all the confusion with regulations in the UK (I.e fully electric now 2035) 🤔

They shouldve just used the 1.5 200hp engine from the manual version in the auto version. Abit weird of ford

@SamAustin

5 ай бұрын

That would have been a nice addition for sure if Ford had done this 👍

@neoman7792

5 ай бұрын

Probably to do with fleet emissions yet your German equivalent can still churn out 3.0 petrols/diesels 🤔.. Doesn’t add up really

Surprised it’s still got a manual hand brake

Would you take this over the polo gti?

@SamAustin

2 ай бұрын

I like the looks of the new Polo GTI. They are slightly different cars with the Puma being more of a cross over. I would take the Polo GTI personally between the two 👍

@ryanhall8304

2 ай бұрын

@@SamAustin taking the polo gti for a test drive in a couple of weeks

Can't find any other video on this car yet ?

@SamAustin

9 ай бұрын

I also have this one kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6Kps9x6Yb3NmMo.htmlsi=xAOBat5s4aJtz9yU. I will try to speak to Ford to see if I can have any more time with the car to share further content. I do have a video to come on the channel from a film with a subscriber yesterday with his 2023 1.5 Puma ST which I am looking forward to sharing 👍

@andrewmaple9863

9 ай бұрын

@SamAustin OK thanks be cool if you could get the auto for longer and maybe get both the auto and manual together that would be awesome

Love your enthusiasm. Clearly the car has some urgency and that alone would make it more enjoyable than a 125PS version …. and after all it is not a heavy car. The direction is clearly away from versions like the ST. For me at least, cars like the Fiesta ST and the Hyundai I20N have been a sweet spot in terms of usable performance and price. All a bit sad really.

@SamAustin

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah it's kind of like a ST-Line plus engine with full on ST looks/suspension interior which is quite a nice combo. It didn't feel slow but no doubt the 1.5 is more of the purists ST in my mind with a manual gearbox too 👍

What an embarrassment for Ford that this over bloated 1litre is now considered a performance hatch

@Matty12333

2 ай бұрын

To be honest, cars have been dumbed down these days. 1.0 engine is like the equivalent of a 2.0L

Ooh a puma ST with a 1.0 ecoboom....lol your asking for trouble. Avoid fords 1.0 its bad.

@da_great_mogul

10 ай бұрын

Pretty sure they'd not be releasing engines with issues if they still had them!

@Smartion

10 ай бұрын

Lovely POV thank you! Love the content and quality 🙏🏼

@karlclark9794

9 ай бұрын

I have a 1.0 litre 155 bhp puma. Superb engine and sounds fantastic. I'm sorry, whoever says to avoid really doesn't know what they are talking about. Its brilliant!!

@alistairvenning7329

9 ай бұрын

I have had a 1.0 fiesta 100bhp for almost 5 years,its been absolutely 1000%reliable,I would love a puma but just cant afford one,

@mach206

8 ай бұрын

My wife had a 13 plate fiesta with the 1.0 100 bhp for 10 years. Not one issue from it! Not saying "ecoboom" doesn't exist but don't just read the horror stories. She's now got the 1.0 mhev fiesta and I've got the MK4.5 ST. Both ecoboom engines but no explosion yet.