Great sporty little number (Ford Puma 1.7i 3dr)

Member Name: Sarash

Product:	Ford Puma 1.7i 3dr
Date:	09/02/09 (153 review reads)
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Advantages: Performance, Handling and Drive

Disadvantages: Insurance, rear passenger space.

I have owned my current Puma for 2 1/2 years. It is a replacement for my original Puma, which i had for 3 years.
Both cars have been extremely reliable and loads of fun to drive.
The lightweight bodywork, combined with the 1.7 litre engine, means that performance is excellent and also economical to run (in my opinion).
The sporty looking interior and stiffened suspension add up to a great handling and feeling car.
It has many features including heated front screen, electric mirrors and windows.
Having done many distant mileage runs, i have found the car to be very confortable and reasonably good on petrol consumption (going from Wolverhampton to Manchester and back on less than one tank of fuel).
The down side to the Puma is the lack of rear seating space and with the discontinuation of the model on 2002, the only available models are old and tend to have quite high mileage.
With my car being a 2000 (W reg), in 8 years of running, it is starting to develop small amounts of rust on the rear arches.
With it being a group 12 insurance motor, the cost of insuring is quite high, compared to similar sized cars.

Summary: Great little car.

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