{"id":4545,"date":"2020-01-03T09:58:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T09:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/?p=4545"},"modified":"2024-09-12T10:21:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T09:21:55","slug":"the-ford-puma-the-time-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/the-ford-puma-the-time-is-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ford Puma &#8211; The Time is Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is something utterly joyful about slipping behind the wheel of a car that is unexpectedly brilliant. For many motoring journalists back in the late \u201890s, that sense of joy was in abundance. It was a given that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/classic_cars.php?category=&amp;make=21&amp;region=&amp;country=&amp;era=&amp;type=&amp;price=&amp;keyword=puma&amp;S.x=0&amp;S.y=0\">Ford Puma<\/a> would be good, because Ford is, after all, brilliant at making hot hatches. However, nobody was expecting it to be quite so brilliant. It was nimble, it was direct, it was proper \u2018feel it through the seat of your pants\u2019 driving. It was a go kart for the road. It was, and still is, pure driving joy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And there\u2019s a lot to be said for that kind of pure, undiluted driving experience. The Puma is the sort of car you take out for a drive because you want to go <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for a drive<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not because you need to go somewhere. It\u2019s a car to put a smile on your face, and one that reminds you why you like driving. Have one of these as your daily driver, and you\u2019ll never be bored on the commute again. You might even make the commute longer, and with more interesting roads, just to get more time behind the wheel. It\u2019s remarkable really, considering that in essence, the Puma is nothing but a Fiesta in a sporty outfit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/043837600_1237912074-800x513.jpg\" alt=\"Ford. Ford Puma, Puma, Classic Ford, retro Ford, motoring, automotive, classic car, retro car, carandclassic, carandclassic.co.uk, coupe, Puma buying guide, classic Ford Puma\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/043837600_1237912074-800x513.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/043837600_1237912074-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/043837600_1237912074-2000x1283.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/043837600_1237912074-765x491.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/043837600_1237912074-1020x654.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/043837600_1237912074-1800x1154.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ultimate Puma would be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/car\/C1128527\">Racing version<\/a>, which featured more power, wider alumina front and rear wings, Alcon racing brakes, 17-inch alloys and a more than generous splash of Sparco trim. It was and still is the ultimate Puma, but alas, prices have skyrocketed for the little blue B-road warrior, with tidy cars being north of \u00a312,000. This is what happens when you have a car that everyone wants, but not everyone can have. Ford only built 500 Racing Pumas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/084825300_1235476421-800x680.jpg\" alt=\"Ford. Ford Puma, Puma, Classic Ford, retro Ford, motoring, automotive, classic car, retro car, carandclassic, carandclassic.co.uk, coupe, Puma buying guide, classic Ford Puma\" width=\"800\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/084825300_1235476421-800x680.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/084825300_1235476421-768x653.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/084825300_1235476421-2000x1700.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/084825300_1235476421-765x650.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/084825300_1235476421-1020x867.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/084825300_1235476421-1412x1200.jpg 1412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #036300;\">An introduction to the Ford Puma<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Puma harks from a time when Ford still knew how to have fun. It had the Fiesta, the new Focus was waiting in the wings, the Mondeo was on its second-generation was a decent bit of kit. Yep, Ford had all the bases covered. Well, all but one. You see, Ford had nothing sporty, nothing that was built purely for fun. That needed to change, so designers were sent to their drawing boards and a plan was hatched. That plan was the small but brilliant Puma.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ford based the Puma on the platform of the fourth-generation Fiesta, which made sense as it was a car lauded for being fun and engaging to drive. However, don\u2019t think the Puma is just a re-bodied Fiesta. It shared the floorpan, yes, and the dash, but that was about it. The suspension was heavily re-worked to be more fluid and responsive, the track was widened front and back, thicker anti-roll bars were fitted, and the Puma would roll on 195\/50 R15 rubber. Ford spent a lot of money on the Puma, but more importantly, it spent a lot of time on it. Richard parry-jones was drafted in to work on the handling and dynamics of the Puma to ensure it handled as well as it possibly could. Ford wanted the Puma to offer a drive befitting of the brave, striking exterior design care of Chris Svensson. The same man who designed the iconic Ka, as well as the current Ford GT before sadly passing away in 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ford-Puma-1999-1280-06-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Ford. Ford Puma, Puma, Classic Ford, retro Ford, motoring, automotive, classic car, retro car, carandclassic, carandclassic.co.uk, coupe, Puma buying guide, classic Ford Puma\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ford-Puma-1999-1280-06-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ford-Puma-1999-1280-06-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ford-Puma-1999-1280-06-765x574.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ford-Puma-1999-1280-06-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ford-Puma-1999-1280-06.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re looking at buying a Puma, the one to have is the 1.7. This Yamaha-developed engine boasted 123bhp and 116lb ft, which might not sound much, but remember the Puma is tiny and only weighs a mere 1,041kg. This, mated to the ib5 five-speed manual transmission (the only one available in the Puma), made for a heavenly mix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was a 1.4, but with just 88bhp it\u2019s not great, and nor is the 1.6 with 102bhp. Though today, you\u2019ll struggle to find either, given that the 1.7 is the most sought after.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly, being a Ford of the \u201890s, it had all the rust protection of a salty shipwreck. As such, a great many of them have dissolved over the years. Being sporty little numbers, a lot have been wrapped around street furniture, while others have been modified into oblivion by people who think self-adhesive chrome is a good thing. On the flip-side of all that, it does mean that the cars that survive today tend to be enthusiast owned, and as such, cared for. Though of course, cars at the cheaper end of the scale should be taken with a pinch of salt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #036300;\">What are prices like?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bargain basement at the moment. You can pick up a Puma with plenty of MOT for a grand, though that will almost certainly be a bit rough around the edges. Instead, aim for a couple of grand and you\u2019ll be into the territory of clean, honest, un-abused examples.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you up that budget to \u00a32,500 &#8211; 3,000, you\u2019re in the arena of the best of the best. Being a Ford, there are chancer out there who will be asking more for exceptional, low mileage cars. However, unless that low mileage is delivery mileage, a Puma is not currently worth anything over \u00a33,000. \u00a33,500 absolute tops, but the car would have to be exceptional. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ford-puma_814_8-800x525.jpg\" alt=\"Ford. Ford Puma, Puma, Classic Ford, retro Ford, motoring, automotive, classic car, retro car, carandclassic, carandclassic.co.uk, coupe, Puma buying guide, classic Ford Puma\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ford-puma_814_8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ford-puma_814_8-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ford-puma_814_8-765x502.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of trim and spec, a normal 1.7 model will do you fine, and will have ABS, low-speed traction control, electric windows and so on. Limited editions like the Thunder or the bright yellow Millennium will offer different spec, including leather and different alloy wheels. For us though, it would be a nice, clean, 1.7 in silver and on the \u2018propeller\u2019 alloys wheels. Honestly, that\u2019s the Puma at its best, outside of the Racing version, of course.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #036300;\">Why should I buy one?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re brilliant fun to own and drive, and they\u2019re a looker to boot. But more than that, the Puma is a desirable and exciting Ford, and that means there is a world of enthusiasts and clubs out there that will help you get the most out of what is not a 23 year-old car. And on that note, because it\u2019s largely Fiesta architecture underneath the skin, parts availability is excellent but it also not going to torture your wallet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.co.uk\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/050087700_1237912070-800x513.jpg\" alt=\"Ford. Ford Puma, Puma, Classic Ford, retro Ford, motoring, automotive, classic car, retro car, carandclassic, carandclassic.co.uk, coupe, Puma buying guide, classic Ford Puma\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/050087700_1237912070-800x513.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/050087700_1237912070-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/050087700_1237912070-2000x1283.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/050087700_1237912070-765x491.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/050087700_1237912070-1020x654.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/magazine\/app\/uploads\/2020\/01\/050087700_1237912070-1800x1154.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, because it\u2019s a Ford, there is the aftermarket to consider. If you want to lower your Puma, or upgrade the brakes, whatever you want, you can. There\u2019s a huge selection of aftermarket parts available to the Puma owner to push what is one of Ford\u2019s best even further. In a past life, our Editor had one as a track car. Nice exhaust system, new suspension and brakes, sticky tyres and a re-map. All a doddle to find, and it all contributed to making the Puma an even better car.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #036300;\">How long until I see a return?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fords are funny old things when it comes to increasing in value. One minute they\u2019re just old cars, and then in a heartbeat they\u2019re desirable old classics. The Puma is very much on the overlap at the moment, as demonstrated by the market offering plenty of sub \u00a31,000 examples. However, there are \u2018top end\u2019 cars out there, too, so once those cheap ones dry up, the only way to get one will be to drop some serious coin. We reckon, looking at the data gathered from Car &amp; Classic, that if you buy a good one and keep it in original fettle, you could see a return in as little as twelve months, though more realistically you should be looking at around 18 months to two years to make a decent, worthwhile profit rather than just a few quid. As of 2019, there were around 10,000 Pumas still known to exist, though half of those are declared SORN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Ready to experience pure driving joy? Here's where you can find a Ford Puma for sale.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Ready to experience pure driving joy? Here&#8217;s where you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carandclassic.com\/list\/21\/puma\/\">find a Ford Puma for sale<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is something utterly joyful about slipping behind the wheel of a car that is unexpectedly brilliant. For many motoring journalists back in the late \u201890s, that sense of joy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":4548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[85],"tags":[15,12,13,11,189,1410,533,1407,14,1408,1409,16,188],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Ford Puma - The Time is Now - Car &amp; Classic Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ford has released a new Puma, but it\u2019s a silly SUV. 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