Ford Kuga Titanium 2012 review. Ford Kuga 2012 review. Starting at $38,990 the midrange model comes with your expected tech and design features. There’s Bluetooth connectivity, voice control, a Sony CD 8-speaker system, keyless start/stop, cruise control, leather wrapped steering wheel, front foglamps, roof rails, follow-me-home lighting and While Ford claims the Kuga burns 5.2 liters/100 km on the combined NEDC cycle with corresponding CO2 emissions of 134 g/km, during my rather short time with the car I managed to get as low as 7 l/100 km and I reckon even lower figures are possible. That's decent fuel consumption for an all-wheel drive, automatic model. Action 1: Find the Recommended Pressure. First, you need to know how much air needs to be in your tires. To discover this, you can examine your car’s owner’s handbook or view the inside of the driver’s side door jamb. It’s like looking at a map to know where you’re going. Despite such a fierce market, the Ford Kuga is one of the best-selling family SUVs you can buy. But does it deserve its illustrious place in these car sales charts? Having run the Ford Kuga PHEV for a good four months now, I thought it would be a good point to take stock and look it how it's coped with what we've thrown at it as a family. Ford predicts that most buyers of the all-new Kuga will go for the 138bhp or 161bhp 2.0-litre diesel models. We drove the latter last year, but a 1.6-litre EcoBoost petrol engine is also available The 2012 Kuga was competitively priced in each market it was sold. Here in the U.S. the 2013 Escape (the first year for the refreshed model) carried base price of $22,470 and rose into the lower Most new cars are lighter than their predecessors – not necessarily good news for tow car drivers. However, the Ford Kuga bucks the slimming trend by having grown considerably since its first generation. The car on test has a kerbweight of 1707kg, which is a few kilos more than the equivalent model in the original Kuga line-up. CAR magazine's independent long-term test of the Ford Kuga. We live with VW's Ford's SUV to see how it performs. rightly that the Kuga is more about rakish good looks than decent packaging The car will slot into the range between the dreary Ford Ecosport and the Ford Kuga and it shares a platform with Ford Fiesta, which, as you may have heard, is easily the dynamic benchmark in the On top of that, it is sluggish and not so reliable. Overall, it is an excellent car and a good daily driver. History of the Ford Kuga plug-in hybrid. The Ford Kuga plug-in hybrid is a compact crossover SUV made by Ford. Ford Kuga has been in production since 2008 to date. However, the Ford Kuga plug-in hybrid was introduced in the third Y8ODC4.