Ford_News
01-10-2011, 07:12 AM
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/), Minivan/Van (http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/)
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2012 Ford C-Max - Click above for high-res image gallery
Small MPVs are all the rage in Europe, but here in North America - the land of "bigger is better" - these moderately-sized people-haulers have never quite sold in droves. Ford (http://autoblog.com/make/ford) firmly believes that it's time to bring the small MPV segment back to North America, and the 2012 C-Max (http://autoblog.com/tag/c-max) is its first foray into offering this sort of pint-sized family-hauling package here in America.
We've already driven (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/07/2012-ford-grand-c-max-first-drive-review/) (and enjoyed) the European-spec Grand C-Max (http://autoblog.com/tag/grand+c-max), and the good news is that not much will change mechanically before the car arrives here in the States. A 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine will be the base powertrain with an all-new 1.6-liter EcoBoost inline-four being the up-level mill. The C-Max offers seating for seven (or "five plus two," as Ford says), and the latest crop of Blue Oval tech will be found inside.
The C-Max will go on sale later this year shortly after production begins at Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant. We've just finished perusing the new C-Max live at Cobo Hall during the opening hours of the 2011 Detroit Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/), so scroll through our high-res gallery of live shots to see the new MPV in the flesh.
Gallery: 2012 Ford C-Max: Detroit 2011 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/00-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766970)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/01-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766967)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/02-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766966)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/03-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766965)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/04-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766964)
Gallery: 2012 Ford C-Max (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/01-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/02-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/03-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/04-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/05-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/)
Live photos copyright (C)2011 Steven J. Ewing / AOLDetroit 2011: 2012 Ford C-Max struts its mini-minivan stuff (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/10/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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2012 Ford C-Max - Click above for high-res image gallery
Small MPVs are all the rage in Europe, but here in North America - the land of "bigger is better" - these moderately-sized people-haulers have never quite sold in droves. Ford (http://autoblog.com/make/ford) firmly believes that it's time to bring the small MPV segment back to North America, and the 2012 C-Max (http://autoblog.com/tag/c-max) is its first foray into offering this sort of pint-sized family-hauling package here in America.
We've already driven (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/07/2012-ford-grand-c-max-first-drive-review/) (and enjoyed) the European-spec Grand C-Max (http://autoblog.com/tag/grand+c-max), and the good news is that not much will change mechanically before the car arrives here in the States. A 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine will be the base powertrain with an all-new 1.6-liter EcoBoost inline-four being the up-level mill. The C-Max offers seating for seven (or "five plus two," as Ford says), and the latest crop of Blue Oval tech will be found inside.
The C-Max will go on sale later this year shortly after production begins at Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant. We've just finished perusing the new C-Max live at Cobo Hall during the opening hours of the 2011 Detroit Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/), so scroll through our high-res gallery of live shots to see the new MPV in the flesh.
Gallery: 2012 Ford C-Max: Detroit 2011 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/00-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766970)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/01-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766967)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/02-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766966)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/03-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766965)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/04-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766964)
Gallery: 2012 Ford C-Max (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/01-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/02-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/03-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/04-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/05-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/)
Live photos copyright (C)2011 Steven J. Ewing / AOLDetroit 2011: 2012 Ford C-Max struts its mini-minivan stuff (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/10/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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