“A great performance-driving experience here in time for the summer holidays,” says Chris Masterson, marketing manager Ford New Zealand.
“The Kuga is popular in Europe. In New Zealand it will be hard to beat. It’s an attractive, well-designed and fully capable crossover.”
The Ford Kuga is based on Ford’s C-car architecture used in the Ford Focus.
It has a proven powertrain and full-time AWD, the maker says.
“It’s perfect for drivers looking for style, presence and AWD. Driver assistance technologies standard in the Ford Kuga include electronic stability with anti-rollover mitigation and ABS with electronic brakeforce distribution.
Its style and charisma are typical of Ford these days, the maker says. The Kuga’s high seating position, intelligent AWD option and large stowage volumes make it attractive.
Exterior features are practical: ‘liftgate’ tailgate has separate access via micro switches to either the upper section only or both sections together.
Kuga interior has fine Napoli leather and gloss finishes. Colour-matched details of the interior design and integrated trim colours highlight the instrument panel and door trims.
Seating is for five adults. Second row seating has a 60/40 split and folds flat. Underseat storage beneath the second row and further storage under the floor of the luggage compartment offer maximum practicality.
A luggage compartment sill height of 758mm helps loading of heavy items.
Luggage capacity is 1355 L in two-seat mode; the enclosed luggage space is 360 L.
Power comes from a 2.5 L turbo I5 petrol engine (147kW 320Nm) through a 5-speed auto transmission. Fuel use is 10.3 L/100km, using the combined fuel consumption figures and a figure of 244 g/km of CO2.
