Latest ST Powershift variant gets most most powerful version of award-winning three-pot yet ⚡️
, and the rest of the industry electrifying anything that moves, you could be forgiven for thinking that there isn’t too much room left in the middle for those of us unable to lavish six figures on a car - or unwilling to go battery-powered. Well, this isn’t necessarily going to have you jumping around the room, but Ford has today announced that it will bring together its 1.0-litre Ecoboost engine and ST badge on a new Puma variant. heart rate.
What it will not be, of course, is neck-troublingly fast. Thanks in part to more efficient energy recovery and a faster charging lithium-ion battery pack that has claimed an additional 10hp from the hybrid gubbings - and to ‘unique software tuning’ on the turbocharged three-pot - this 170hp derivative of the 1.0-litre Ecoboost is the most powerful yet. But at 7.4 seconds to 62mph, it still lags behind the 200hp ST by the better part of a second.
Amusingly, Ford points out in the bumf that the ST Powershift ‘produces exactly twice the power-per-litre of a 2002 Focus ST170’ which is an odd claim to fame given that model’s famously anemic performance.
“The Ford Performance team called on all of its experience developing the original Puma ST to deliver ST signature fun-to-drive without losing the practicality of our compact SUV, and our new Powershift derivative is even more versatile,” remarked Stefan Muenzinger, Ford Performance manager, Europe. “The multi-award-winning 1.
Offering an ST-badged Puma with two-pedals was clearly the priority here, and Ford deserves some credit for taking the time to tweak its now venerable Ecoboost motor for the application - it would likely have found buyers with only the pre-existing 155hp to call upon. But the Powershift model is an additional reminder that more power is needed if you hope to live up to the badge when dealing with even small SUVs.
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