Ford Focus C-MAX (03-10) - Review

Review by David Ross on
Last Updated: 24 July 2008
Ford was a little late in launching a compact people carrier but the Focus C-MAX (rebadged as just the C-MAX in 2007) made a big impact in the market. Neatly styled, well built and comfortable, it's based on the excellent Focus and shares its keen driving prowess. However, the big drawback is that it's not available with seven-seats - a feature that many compact people carriers offer. It's not particularly flexible either and lacks features such as fold-flat chairs. That doesn't prevent it from being useful family transport though and the diesel engines are particularly good.
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Buying used

There was a mid-life facelift in the summer of 2007 that included a new front-end and re-designed headlights with a look that's more in keeping with the S-MAX. There's also improvements to the design and quality of the interior plus the option of a panoramic glass roof and LED rear lights . The name also changed subtly from Focus C-MAX to just C-MAX.

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Selling

C-MAX models that sell easily have good specification and are usually diesel. That means buyers are most keen on cars with Zetec and Ghia specification and with 1.6 and 1.8-litre TDCi diesel engines.