Ford Kuga 2.0 TDCi (2008) CAR review

Thanks for your comments Si70. I'm realizing I did ride a little harshly over this one, and my handling could have been better balanced. I guess I'm more Mustang than Puma sometimes! Time to change my Focus, and think about upgrading my architecture after all :) That's what blogging is really for..... I love this site!

This must look much better in the metal than in these photographs. To me this looks like the worst of the "kinetic" design forms. I'd much prefer the new look of the Volvo XC60. And while goatboy bemoans the lack of handling in SUV's, most buyers don't care. Manufacturers manufacture for profit, full stop. Those with the biggest profits win (eg Toyota).

Sorry Areader, did I miss a meeting? So the fact that Ford has stopped making interesting, well handling sports coupes and is now following the herd in producing pointless SUV crossovers is a good thing? Personally, I’d rather have a Puma than yet another identikit 4x4 or people carrier. And what exactly is good about the S-MAX? Apart from it’s size/practicality? And was the Puma such a slow seller anyway? Odd then that I still see so many on the road. As nicely realised as the Kuga might be, it offends me that this is what passes for a sporting concept these days. Soon nobody will make an affordable coupe because all people want these days are crossovers and since few can afford or indeed justify a full-sized 4x4, they’ll go for one of these jumped up hatchbacks instead. I am clearly in the minority on this subject, so I’ll just go off and mutter to myself for a while..