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Ford Kuga PHEV – Road Test, and Halewood plant news

18th October 2021

THE FORD KUGA PHEV PLUGGED-IN AND TESTED BY ROBIN ROBERTS, PLUS BREAKING NEWS ABOUT FORD’S HALEWOOD PLANS, FROM MILES BETTER NEWS AGENCY… Our road test this week is very topical as today - 18 October 2020 Ford has announced it is to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in its Halewood plant on Merseyside UK to produce components for electric cars. The investment will help safeguard 500 jobs.  … [Read more...]

Latest Ford Kuga – PHEV Road Test and Range Review

7th August 2020

NEW FORD KUGA RANGE INCLUDES A PLUG-IN HYBRID POWERTRAIN OPTION… David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) test drives this version and reviews the line-up. After the Coronavirus lockdown Ford in the UK is now in full delivery mode of their all-new third generation Kuga SUV 5-door range. That’s good timing as pent-up demand by UK customers saw overall new car sales increase by 11% in July but sadly … [Read more...]

Ford Kuga – Road Test

13th January 2020

OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW – FORD KUGA STYLE. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The very popular Ford Kuga mid-sized SUV first launched in 2008 is now in its second generation which was launched in 2012 and continues to be very popular with UK customers. It remained for 2019 the second best selling SUV of any size just behind the British built Nissan Qashqai and ahead of … [Read more...]

Ford Kuga – Road Test

21st May 2019

FORD KUGA MID-SIZED SUV STILL HOLDING ITS OWN FOR POPULARITY. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). The Ford Kuga five door mid-sized SUV was introduced in 2008, the second edition in 2016  and the third generation is due from 2020 with Mild Hybrid, Plug-In Hybrid and Full-Hybrid powertrains plus petrol and diesel engine options. But before the all-new Kuga appears with its new global C2 … [Read more...]

Updated Ford Kuga Road Test

5th June 2017

David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) assesses the latest (2017) version of Ford’s Kuga SUV. The demand in the UK, the EU and global markets for SUVs, Crossovers and 4x4s continues, and the surge in additional models from brands new to these sectors builds on their fashionable must-have appeal. In the UK last year there were 437,000 new car registrations for what the industry calls Dual … [Read more...]

Ford Kuga, Fiesta and B-Max

1st March 2013

Three new Fords appraised by Tom Scanlan There may be a recession, but it doesn’t seem to stop the motor industry from churning out endless new models. Just look at Ford. In the last three months, they’ve given us the B-Max, the new Fiesta and now the Kuga. That’s a compact SUV, a small hatchback and a further 4-w-d SUV (SUVs have now taken over the traditional family car in terms of numbers … [Read more...]

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