late night oppo

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 09/06/2020 at 07:23 • Filed to: late night oppo, Ford, fomoco

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Ford Puma

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/06/2020 at 07:39

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Always liked the Puma! We got the Cougar over here, but never the Puma....good looking and fun little car :)

pip bip - choose Corrour > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/06/2020 at 07:42

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we never got the Puma either sadly.

phenotyp > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/06/2020 at 10:31

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Always dug  those. They were those super-exotic cars that I was so excited to see the first time I went to Germany. Europe had all the cool stuff in the 90s, compared to the blandmobiles we had in the US. 

onlytwowheels > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/06/2020 at 10:48

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This is the Puma you will get.

https://www.carscoops.com/2020/02/ford-puma-coming-to-australia-later-this-year-what-about-the-usa-and-canada/

Svend > onlytwowheels 09/06/2020 at 12:48

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They ruined the Puma name with that thing. 

Svend > phenotyp 09/06/2020 at 12:57

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Yet all it was, was a Ford Fiesta with a coupe body.

Friend had one. It was a Fiesta dashboard, etc... and drove like a Fiesta.

Late they made a performance version either based on the rally version or homologated to make a rally version by having to make so many road going cars to then be able to have a rally version.

From road to rally. 

onlytwowheels > Svend 09/06/2020 at 12:57

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Rings a bell...

phenotyp > Svend 09/06/2020 at 14:15

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I know! But forbidden fruit is always the sweetest. All we had were the US Escort (not at all cool) and square-ass Hondas and Toyotas.

This looked like the future I wanted. 

Svend > phenotyp 09/06/2020 at 15:59

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There was some nice cars around the time of the Ford Puma (1997-2001).

Nissan Skyline R34 

Vauxhall Calibra

Vauxhall Astra

Ford Puma

Peugeot 406 coupe

TVR Cerbera

TVR Tuscan

Astra and Audi cabriolet

VW Polo GTi

VW Lupo GTi

Ford Focus Mk2.5 RS

Ford Escort RS

Renault Clio 3.0 24v

Renault Clio, Williams Renault 2

Seat Leon Cupra

Daihatsu Charade DeTomaso GTi

Peugeot 106 GTi

Skoda Octavia vRS

Citroen Saxo VTR

Fiat Punto GT

and so many more.

zipfuel > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/06/2020 at 22:55

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I came across one of these while browsing Japanese import sites yesterday and thought “that’d be cool and unique to import”. Then I remembered they were a 90s economy “sporty” car from England and hence have 123hp and a 9.2s 0-60 and went back to looking at WRXs...