Ford Puma 1.7i 3dr Reviews

I always fancied one and when a friend was selling a 1.7i in red, I had to have it. It replaced a 25 year old XR3i, which believe it or not was noticabally quicker accelerating. The Puma drives like a go-cart, just turn the wheel and its there. No messing unless the road is wet, then it suffers like all front wheel drive cars. The ...

Well i have had the 1.7 16v Puma for two years now on leasehire and it is due to go back. No, not back to the garage where it has been 6 times in its first year, no not to the bodywork shop where it went after the smallest of contacts by a silly moron in a car park led to £1000 worth of damage, but back to the lease company. Apart from falling to ...

As some of you may already now, I am lucky enough to work for a company that gives me the opportunity to drive many and varied vehicles?from the sublime to the ridiculous! Recently, on one of those spring days when Mother Nature seems to be busy painting the trees and bushes in varying shades of acid green, I had a Ford Puma 1.7 Thunder delivered. ...

We bought a puma 1.7i 6 months ago as a car for my girlfriend and I to share, she to do her daily commute, and I for fun at weekends, and the occasional run to the office. As we bought the car the salesman told us "don't go home on the motorway take the scenic route" this is singularly the key piece of advice for any Puma ...

Just over four years ago I was fed up with my friends having the best cars etc etc, and jealousy took over. You see they were all older than me but I wanted to be the blonde in the convertible so I considered buying a Renault Megane (Umm). I couldn’t afford the £20k they wanted and didn’t want to go for the cheaper version so ...

Unless you have more than £15,000 to spend you really cannot do better than this peach of a car. Hook - my first sight of one driving past. It was racing green and loked amazing from the front. But I was a poor student and was just about affording to run a clapped-out Metro at the time... Line - my first ride in one. Two years ...

Help, help, I’ve fallen in love with a Ford! When I was very young, I used to drive a Ford Anglia Estate (remember them? Like the slanty-back ones, but the really boring version – sorry, Anglia fans!). It had a huge steering wheel and rattled and banged and slid around when it was icy. I looked at other manufacturers for my ...

Ford haven't had a great time in creating coupe's. Remember the Probe? The Capri was the last great coupe so how pleased was i when the Puma burst onto the scene in 1995. Its aggressive looks and soft lines and its zippy engine made it stand out in a mundane car world. So imagine my shock to hear the Puma is to be no more when the ...

The look is unmistakable. The driving experience truly unforgettable. I have owned a Ford Puma 1.7 for nearly a year now and am not disappointed. The Puma is a car set-up for those of us who just like to drive fast. Nothing does the Puma like more than to be driven quickly around old country roads with those dangerous tight bends on a ...

First off I have to say that in the year that I have owned a puma, I have been more than happy with its performance. It grips the road like a dream and has managed to get me out of many a sticky situation (although I'm not strictly sure this is what it was designed to do!). The only trouble that I can see with this car in the future is that is ...

We purchased a Puma 1.7i with Lux pack three months ago for my wife to use on her daily 60-mile commute. It has proved to be as reliable as any new car should. Its obvious strengths are the looks of the car, which despite being a relatively common site these days still raise comments from friends. It handles like nothing else for the money (except ...

When Ford eventually ended the Probe saga a few years back, I thought to myself " They should concentrate on what they know best". Cheap reliable cars that suit either new drivers (Fiesta's), small families (Focus) and larger families (Mondeo's). Leave the sportier hot hatch type cars to other manufacturers. They ...

This car has to be one of the nicest cars around. It has the acceleration that will snap you neck. The handling must be fords best so far. The interior is good and sporty. The lights at the front of the car are really good looking. It makes the car look as if it has spider eyes. The big alloy wheels grip the road and give really good ...