2015 Ford Kuga: Price & Features For Australia, New Petrol & Diesel Options

Ford Australia has given its 2015 Kuga SUV a light shuffling on price as the newly updated range begins to hit showrooms.

For the new model year, the Kuga line-up will kick off from $27,490 plus on-roads, marking a $500 price drop.

Elsewhere in the range, the auto-equipped Kuga Trend AWD and Titanium AWD diesel models both drop $750, for new $38,490 and $46,990 prices.

There’s a $250 increase on auto Trend AWD and Titanium AWD petrol models at $36,490 and $44,990 respectively, while the auto Ambient AWD petrol remains unchanged at $31,490.

And, for 2015, the range is joined by a new auto Ambiente FWD model, priced at $28,990 plus on-roads.

The Kuga’s 2015 price changes are joined by a number of key revisions to both its petrol and diesel Kuga lines, along with the addition of a reversing camera accessory (to be replaced with a factory-fitted camera in Q3, 2015).

Petrol And Diesel Engines Updated

Petrol

On the petrol side, there is Ford’s 2.0 litre turbocharged EcoBoost four-cylinder engine, replacing the earlier 1.6 litre mill in all-wheel-drive Trend and Titanium models.

The change marks a significant boost in power, up from 134kW/240Nm to a new 176kW/340Nm - an increase of 42kW in power and 100Nm in torque.

The swap makes the Kuga one of the most powerful offerings among Australia’s volume-selling medium SUVs, with only Subaru’s 177kW/350Nm Forester XT bettering the Ford.

With great power, in this case, comes a noteable impact on fuel consumption, increasing from 8.0 l/100km with the old 1.6 mill to 8.6 l/100km with the 2.0 litre engine.

Ford has also introduced a pair of 110kW/240Nm and 134kW/240Nm 1.5 litre EcoBoost petrol engines, replacing earlier 1.6 litre options that offered identical figures.