Ford Puma ST | PH Used Buying Guide

The Puma ST couldn't quite live up to the Fiesta - but the older manual was much better than you might think...Quite a few niggly issues but none of them majorGuess what was the best-selling car in the UK in 2023, and is more than likely going to top the sales charts again in 2024? You may or may not be surprised to learn that it is the Ford Puma.

Anyway, as stated a minute ago we’re not looking at that one. We’ll be sticking with the full-fat all-petrol no-hybrid 1.5 which was available to order from October 2020. Ford did also build a limited-run Gold Edition, which was voted into existence in mid-2021 by 275,000 Ford fans on social meeja.

The one-cylinder cutoff system allowed you to get something like the WLTP fuel consumption figure of nearly 43mpg on a run, but that could easily drop to the high 30s in spirited use, giving a potential real-world range of 300 miles from the 45-litre fuel tank even if you were caning it. That was something you could easily find yourself doing.

It pays to check the status of a used ST you’re thinking of buying because a lot of the earlier cars with the standard three-year/60,000-mile warranty will be running out of cover in 2024. That basic warranty was extendable to five-years/100,000-miles, which put the Ford nearer to Korean rivals like the Kona or Stonic. Puma ST road tax, or VED as it’s called these days, is £180 a year. The insurance group for one of these – 22 – is lower than the Fiesta ST’s.

Creaking or a ‘ching’ noise when applying steering lock has been noticed on some STs. At least one owner was told that they needed new steering rack bolts. We couldn’t find any evidence of a recall or tech bulletin on this. If you can’t find the right used Performance Pack car with the Quaife LSD there are outfits who will retrofit one to a non-Quaifed ST for around £1,350. Mean Green was a popular colour for these Puma STs. Contrast black roofs looked good with any main colour.

The digital instrumentation was sharp and good to view although some owners have experienced flickering issues. The ST got a 10-speaker 575-watt B&O audio system instead of the basic Puma’s 7-speaker setup but there wasn’t much else to rave about in the cabin, other than the presence of physical control knobs that were about to disappear in the ’24 refresh but of course you wouldn’t have known that at the time.

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