FORD RACING PUMA

摘要

Puma may be the oddest of the bunch. It never technically raced, for starters, and while its body was significantly pumped up over standard, it used the same 1.7-litre engine as standard Pumas, with only the lightest of upgrades. It also didn't sell particularly well. Ford planned to make 1,000, cut that to 500, then still had to sell some of those internally to make sure every Racing Puma found a home. The reason? A £23k asking price. That would seem extortionate for a 153bhp hot hatch now, never mind in 1999. Especially when a 30bhp-lighter Puma 1.7 sold for £10k less. Now, the price difference is even more stark. While you can pick up a scruffy but usable Puma 1.7 for under £lk, you'll pay six or seven times that for a similar Racing Puma.