{"id":433,"date":"2020-01-17T13:11:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T13:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/?p=433"},"modified":"2020-01-17T13:11:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T13:11:40","slug":"all-new-ford-puma-crowned-what-car-car-of-the-year-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/01\/17\/all-new-ford-puma-crowned-what-car-car-of-the-year-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"All-New Ford Puma Crowned WHAT CAR? Car of the Year 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/new-cars\/ford\/new-puma\/\">all-new Ford Puma<\/a> is car of the year according to renowned motoring magazine and website What Car?.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unveiled last year and now on sale, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/new-cars\/ford\/new-puma\/\">new Ford Puma<\/a> combines mild-hybrid fuel efficiency, best-in-class luggage space and advanced driver assistance technologies in a stylish crossover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Huntingford, What Car? editor, said: \u201cAs a small SUV, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/new-cars\/ford\/new-puma\/\">Ford Puma<\/a> competes in one of the fastest-growing sectors of the car market. And crucially, it excels in all the areas that are important to buyers, according to our research. Thanks to its sharp handling, gutsy engine and clever mild hybrid technology, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/new-cars\/ford\/new-puma\/\">Puma<\/a> offers a mix and fun and frugality not previously seen. Plus, it\u2019s very well priced and equipped, and as practical as it is stylish. In short, it\u2019s truly outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The consumer magazine and website, attracting over 1.95 million monthly users, chose the well-equipped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/new-cars\/ford\/new-puma\/\">Puma ST-Line X Mild Hybrid 1.0 EcoBoost 155PS<\/a>, priced at \u00a323,645, as their best recommended model. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On receiving the award, Roelant de Waard, vice president, Ford of Europe Marketing, Sales and Service,\u00a0said: \u201cIt\u2019s a great honour for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/new-cars\/ford\/new-puma\/\">Ford Puma<\/a> to be named as What Car?\u2019s Car of the Year 2020. We\u2019re all excited to see\u00a0the return of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/new-cars\/ford\/new-puma\/\">Puma<\/a> name on a stylish and dynamic crossover that reflects today\u2019s customer aspirations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/new-cars\/ford\/new-puma\/\">Puma<\/a> blends practicality with performance and fuel-efficiency with its choice of a 1.0-litre, 125PS or 155PS hybrid options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo receive such high praise from\nindustry experts like What Car? kicks off the year to a great start. This is\nFord\u2019s sixth What Car? Car of the Year win, and we are thankful for the\ncontinued support.\u201d &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The all-new Ford Puma is car of the year according to renowned motoring magazine and website What Car?. Unveiled last year and now on sale, the new Ford Puma combines mild-hybrid fuel efficiency, best-in-class luggage space and advanced driver assistance technologies in a stylish crossover. Steve Huntingford, What Car? editor, said: \u201cAs a small SUV, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[54,86],"class_list":["post-433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ford-news","tag-ford-puma","tag-what-car-of-the-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}