Ford Kuga gets 200 PS 2.5L inline-5 engine

Ford Kuga Individual
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Ford is adding the 200 PS 2.5 litre turbocharged inline-5 engine from the Volvo T5 cars and the Ford Focus ST to its Ford Kuga SUV. The inline-5 engine producs 200 PS at 6,000rpm and 320Nm of torque between 1,600 to 4,000rpm, which can take the car to a top speed of 208km/h.

The new engine will be displayed at Paris 2008 in a special Ford Kuga Individual which demonstrates Ford’s new Individual styling program. It adds 20 inch wheels wrapped with 255/35ZR20 tyres, a new larger rear spoiler, new bumpers and skirts which extend lower by approximately 50mm for a lower look, body-coloured wheel arches, and the rear twin exhaust pipes integrate nicely into the rear bumper styling.

The Kuga also retains its Haldex generation 4 intelligent all-wheel drive and is mated to a 6-speed manual as standard, though a 5-speed Durashift 5-Tronic automatic sourced from Aisin is available as an option.

A hi-res gallery is available after the jump.

PHOTO GALLERY: Ford Kuga Individual
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Comments

  • mitlanevo (Member) on Oct 01, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    yet another nice Ford which we can’t get it in Malaysia…. sigh….

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  • ALPINA BMW (Member) on Oct 01, 2008 at 6:35 pm

    if i was the ford dealer, i would definitely bring this car to malaysia, its nicer than the tiguan, crv, rav4, murano , qashqai etc…probably the prettiest suv

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  • fcrealmadrid (Member) on Oct 01, 2008 at 7:37 pm

    yeah very true…I wish they could bring it here…But it still depends on whether Malaysians will regard it as cool.

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  • rodimus (Member) on Oct 01, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    If they can bring it here, do u guys think the price would be low n the badge can sell over here??? Hee hee……..

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  • mystvearn (Member) on Oct 01, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    Will see this pop up everywhere in UK soon

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  • _xXx_ (Member) on Oct 01, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    min 350k a piece if u can see it here…

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  • csv (Member) on Oct 01, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    NICE AND HOT!

    i love it.

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  • delos3nos (Member) on Oct 02, 2008 at 12:14 am

    when this ford kuga come to our shore, do you know what the problem with you guys later?
    1. no resale value and branding not good and all of you people excuse …………. 2. expensive lahhhhhh end up no one interested …………………..
    so there you go ford not bringing in this one

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  • Keepthepace (Member) on Oct 02, 2008 at 7:59 am

    Do u have 300k “free” money? If only 10% malaysians have it, ford will still bring in Kuga

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  • Capt Shopalot (Member) on Oct 03, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    This is SUV?
    But it looks so much better and cuter than the rest of so called SUV!

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  • ALPINA BMW (Member) on Oct 15, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    best suv after the land rovers

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  • hidrogentank (Member) on Nov 17, 2008 at 10:53 am

    nice, its got that japanese profile,short nose, sharp headlights. is this based on the mazda cx7???

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