I American yemoto inkxalabo Ford, alandelayo omgaqo yayo ukwandiswa ngokuqhubekekayo kwimveliso kunye nokukhululwa iimodeli ezintsha ezibekelwe lwezindlu yoyilo lobunjineli umsebenzi onzima, ukudalwa imoto emidlalo ukulungiselela yaseYurophu kubathengi. Le projekthi ekuqaleni wafumana ezintsonkothileyo enyanisweni, ngokuba eYurophu ixesha elide waya Ferraris kunye Lamborghinis, yaye aba matshini sportiness kunye nomlinganiswa racing akuthethi kuthi. Sekunjalo, Ford wagqiba ukuzama luck wakhe umsebenzi onzima ukhuphiswano olufanelekileyo. AmaMelika baba inqala ukulungele - ixabiso olufanelekileyo emotweni yakhe.
Kwaye ukubala ilungile, njengoko Italian umdak ukubaluleka ayikho nje imali eninzi, kodwa kuyabiza kakhulu. Kwaye ukukhwela imoto lezemidlalo fast ufuna yaseYurophu zonke entsha, iprojekthi Ford lula ukusebenza. Ngoko ke, uphuhliso imoto zemidlalo yeklasi encinane yaphehlelelwa ngowe-1993, umnyango ezimbini coupe nge wheel drive ngaphambili. Uphuhliso eyakhayo ulwalathiso evela Ford baye, kodwa imveliso isampuli imarike yaseYurophu kunye umatshini yeklasi encinane ukwenza kwixesha lokuqala. Kwaye, kunjalo, umsebenzi wahamba. Okokuqala kube yimfuneko ukuchaza ngeqonga ikamva emotweni, sasicinga isiseko ifanelekileyo Ford Fiesta. Imoto lezemidlalo elitsha ekuthiwa Ford Puma.
chassis Kakade ke, umzimba sele ngokutsha ngokupheleleyo ziguquke ngeendlela ezifanelekileyo, enika ukunqunyanyiswa ngaphambili emidlalo ngakumbi, yaye banzi kakhulu cross-icandelo somfanekiso. Ingaphandle umatshini omtsha wenza abangaboniyo okukhawulezayo kunye neguquguqukayo ngenxa njengotyekelo ifestile kunye nezixhobo zokukhabela umzimba zanda. I-injini yafumana ingqalelo kakhulu. motor standard Zetec SE iye yasetyenziswa, nto leyo enyanisweni ngenkani, okwenza yazala isilinda 76 ukuya kuma-80 mm. I-injini laba ngenxa a torquey kakhulu, 125 HP, kuba coupe umnyango-mbini, njengoko kwakunjalo Ford Puma, kwanele. Kwi imoto kumisa gearbox ngesantya ezintlanu-gear elifutshane uhlobo lever kwezemidlalo.
Ford Puma wadalwa phantsi kolawulo olungqongqo lwe ulingano, oko wagqiba ukuba agcine imeko ukwenzela uzinzo olukhulu koomatshini-high speed. I lokuqala semi-axis olinganayo drive phambi-wheel. Iinjineli kulindeleke amafutha ebalulekileyo motor ngenkani, Noko ke, Ford Puma walidla iilitha 7.5 kuphela ngalinye 100 km. Le meko bandisa amathuba yeemoto yaseYurophu. Inkqubo magorha ye kwase Ford Fiesta e abathungi isuti mgaqo ngokunxulumene coupe lezemidlalo kwi ukuthembeka kunye nocikizeko elekhtrons, ngoko ke efakwe kwi imoto yemidlalo ngaphandle nayiphi na inkqubela ebonakalayo.
Ekupheleni konyaka-1996, imoto Ford Puma wayekulungele, kwaye ngo-1997 bekubonakalisiwe e Geneva Motor Show. Ngelo xesha, iYurophu ezinengxaki uhlobo eyenza kwemfuneko amancinci-ukubana encinane ubukhulu imoto. E Melika, isidingo esinjalo ayizange yaye, ngokunjalo, amava othengisa imoto encinci wayengekho apho. Ngoko Ford kwafuneka afunde intengiso enjalo eYurophu umzekelo yayo ezemidlalo ezintsha njengoko iimoto Ford Puma, ixabiso apho, ngokuzenzekelayo, kwakunzima afikelelekayo. Nantoni na, kodwa ke ukusasazeka zehlabathi imoto American eYurophu alikayifumani. IBrithani iye wayioda 500 Ford Puma, drive lasekunene-lesandla, kwaye ukuba ukuziswa imoto kwezemidlalo kwicandelo yaseYurophu yaphela.