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| Manufacturer | Ford Motor Company |
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| Also called | Ford Escape (United States) |
| Production | 2008-present |
| Assembly | Saarlouis, Germany |
| Predecessor | Ford Maverick |
| Class | Compact crossover SUV |
| Body style | 5-door SUV |
| Layout | Front engine, front-wheel drive / four-wheel drive |
| Platform | Ford C1 platform |
| Engine | 2.5 L Duratec turbo I5, 200 PS (197 hp/147 kW) 2.0 L Duratorq, 136 PS (134 hp/100 kW) 2.0 L Duratorq, 163 PS (160 hp/120 kW) |
| Transmission | 5-speed automatic 6-speed manual 6-speed dual clutch automatic |
| Curb weight | 1,613 kg (3,560 lb) |
| Related | Ford Focus Volvo C30 Volvo S40 Volvo V50 Mazda 3 Ford C-MAX |
The Ford Kuga is a compact crossover SUV designed and produced by Ford. The car is based on the C1 platform that also form the underpinnings of the Ford Focus and Ford C-MAX. Both front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive are offered, each with a choice of 2.5-litre petrol or 2.0-litre diesel engine.
The Kuga went on sale in the first half of 2008, and is built at Ford's plant in Saarlouis, Germany. In the UK, emphasising the car's premium market aspirations, only high-end Zetec and Titanium specifications are offered. The combined fuel consumption is 44.1 mpg-imp (6.41 L/100 km; 36.7 mpg-US) and the CO2 emissions is 169 g/km.[1]
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Kuga is the Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovenian and Montenegrin word for the plague. However, the name of the car was not changed for these markets. [2][3][4]
A July 20, 2007 report indicated Ford executives were considering the prospects of sales in North America.[5] This idea was later scrapped after it was determined the car could not be sold both competitively priced and at a profit in the US due to the current dollar-euro exchange rate. On July 24, 2008, WDIV-TV had announced that Ford is reconsidering bringing the Kuga to North America after all. On October 22, 2009, news leaked that Ford will build the Kuga at its Louisville plant, possibly as the 2012 Ford Escape.[6] On June 23, 2010, Ford announced it will end production on the second generation Escape in 2011 in anticipation to the Kuga's North American launch as the next-generation Escape.[7] The Ford Kuga is now also available in Argentina since 2010, in Japan, South Africa and New Zealand since 2011, and in Australia since March 2012.
A facelift was released in late 2010.[8]
That redesigned Kuga will form the basis for the 2013 Ford Escape sold in the U.S. Both vehicles will likely offer a hybrid option, as Ford announced in May 2010 that it would build unspecified hybrids at a plant in Valencia, Spain. If built, the Kuga Hybrid would be Ford's first hybrid to be sold in Europe, though it has sold over 100,000 Escape Hybrids and Mercury Mariner Hybrids in the U.S. since 2004.[9]
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10. ^ "2012 Ford Kuga compact SUV here in March" CarAdvice. Retrieved 2012-04-28
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