How does Ford’s all-new baby SUV stack up against the latest little hybrid from Australia’s favourite brand? Glenn Butler and Tom Fraser find out.

Australians love SUVs in all shapes and sizes, especially at the smallest end of the market where the Yaris Cross and Ford Puma play. This market is running hot, moving almost three times as many cars in 2021 as it did in 2020. Part of that could be the Covid effect, but the light SUV segment is also well ahead of pre-Covid 2019 figures, so clearly these cars deliver what more Australians want.
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