Ford Performance, the product development team behind cars like the Ford Focus RS and Mustang, has never made a performance SUV before. The new Ford Puma ST is their first half-attempt at one, which effectively puts the 197bhp three-cylinder turbo engine and a lot of the front-drive running gear from the popular Fiesta ST into a jacked-up Puma crossover hatchback body. But there’s more to this car than that, as Matt Saunders explains during our first drive along the rolling – and unexpectedly bumpy-feeling – Sussex Downs.
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