Roar of the Puma

From the archive, first published Wednesday 19th Jan 2000.

FORD has officially launched the new Ford Racing Puma in the UK, priced at £22,750 on the road. Developed from the UK's best-selling small coupé by Ford's specialist motorsport engineering division, the Racing Puma has wider wheel arches, larger alloy wheels and distinctive front end design.

The sporting appearance is completed with a Ford Racing Blue paint finish, first introduced on the Ford Mondeo ST200.

The car is powered by an uprated 1.7-litre engine developing 155 horsepower. Only 1,000 Ford Racing Pumas are planned and the car will only be sold in the UK.

Story date: Wednesday 19 January

Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.

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