DUNTON, UK – Ford’s award-winning Puma added two new pieces of silverware to the trophy cabinet at last night’s 2023 What Car? Awards.
What Car? crowned Ford Puma ST 'best car' in the sports SUV category, and also named Ford Puma mHEV as ‘best to drive’ in the small SUV category.
What Car? said of Puma ST: “You’ll struggle to have as much fun in any other sports SUV when the road starts to get tight and twisty. You see, the Puma ST weighs less than pretty much everything else in the class, making it much more nimble through corners. Add to that the fact that its firm suspension gives it excellent body control, and that the steering is wonderfully accurate, and you have a recipe for something that’s predictable and easy to place on the road, making it very easy to drive quickly.”
Commenting on Puma mHEV, What Car? announced: "It’s by far the neatest-handling small SUV, too, yet for all its sportiness, the Puma is also a very practical proposition. Its generous boot includes a handy well below the boot floor, with a removable plug so you can wash away deposits from the kids’ muddy wellies.”
The prestigious What Car? awards celebrate the best cars currently on sale in the UK. Puma’s success comes just a month after E-Transit was named What Van?’s Van of the Year, one of six awards that Ford scooped on the day and the 11th award for E-Transit in the UK since it was launched last April.
E-Transit was named Large Van of the Year, in addition to the overall Van of the Year, while Transit Custom – the UK’s best-selling vehicle year in 2022 – was named Medium Van of the Year and Used Van of the Year.