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M260 PUMA ST

Having already got to grips with the Mk8 Fiesta ST very early on, we knew it wouldn’t be long before Mountune started offering similar upgrades for the Fiesta-based Puma ST. And sure enough, as soon as the first deliveries began, a fresh Frozen White example rolled up outside Mountune’s HQ ready for some development work to begin.

With the Puma sharing much of its platform with the Mk8 Fiesta, Mountune could quickly get its tried-and-tested software working on the mini-SUV too. We’ve already driven the development Mk8 ST with similar software installed (see our May 2019 issue), but things don’t stand still long in the tuning game, and that (M225) upgrade has already been replaced by).

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