2020 Ford Puma (crossover)

REVIEW: A fun but pricey drive, the Ford Puma is a crossover with Fiesta genes

When Ford South Africa announced that the end of the line had come for the Fiesta, Figo and EcoSport the impression it created was that if you didn’t want a Ranger, Everest, Tourneo van or Mustang, buyers would have to look elsewhere.

The Silverton-based company needed a car to fill the void which saw the arrival of the compact crossover Puma albeit almost four years after its debut.

Built in Hungary and based on the seventh generation Fiesta underpinnings, the bug-eyed, three cylinder offering has proven a popular choice in Europe and I saw plenty of them on the Streets of Barcelona and Paris last year.

Locally it entered a cluttered segment, competing with the Volkswagen T-Roc, Hyundai Kona and probably the Opel Mokka as well.

To date it hasn’t exactly topped the sales charts but there’s a steady trickle of between 70-80 or so of them sold every month.

At launch Ford were at pains to explain that the Puma is not a replacement for the EcoSport and while at first glance it may look smaller it is in fact longer, wider and has more boot space than the EcoSport.

 
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