Ford C-max
Ling Kliment
Before we deal with the reasons why not a single one of the personal connections to whom I made the suggestion ever purchased or leased a C-Max, or the fact that the American car buyers are presently five times more likely to acquire a Prius than the C-Max, consider a handful of reasons why the C-Max is such a great pick.
Yet while the C-Max is an engaging on-road companion, is distinctly more comfortable than the Toyota, and is now spectacularly affordable, there are obvious issues with the Blue Oval Prius alternative.
In practice, the shape is not remotely as conducive to swallowing strollers, suitcases, and assorted detritus as our Prius tester did for a 500-mile round trip to Prince Edward Island and back. It would have been possible in the C-Max, but it would have been a pain.
Eight days ago I purchased a C-Max SE.Like many here I have owned far too many new cars.I bailed on my 11th new Honda when I picked up my new 2013 Accord Sport.I had enough of the noise and QC issues.I read enough semi negative stuff on the C-max but the price was unreal with the rebates. I had a 2010 Honda Insight prior to the Accord.There is absolutely no advantage on the Insight- none.People must drive like maniacs because after just 200 miles of use I always arrive back home getting 48-50 mpg and that is solely rural driving. And I always drive from 5-7 mph over the posted speed. You really have to here with the long rolling hills. I never use the Eco button because I think it hurts your mpg like it did on the Insight because you need to get your foot in it more because it dogs the car out too much.I drive briskly off the line and get up to speed and I play no hyper miling or any of that nonsense and I use the AC like any other car.The car has plenty of zip and the 2L puts my Honda motors to shame. All of this on real 225/50/17 tires and rims.Why no back up camera? Too many buttons and I think all of the dash hybrid play screens distract driving and the car is super smooth but the interior noise level is nice but not Lexus-Buick nice. I'm actually thrilled with the car but I haven't been without a tach since 1978- nuff said.The car drives a bit like a Golf- very nice and the out the door pricing is unreal. I no longer get thrilled too much as I buy cars like I buy burgers. I think this is going to stay. I did test drive the Prius and Prius V and a Jetta hybrid prior to buying.After my brief ownership with a car not broken in yet I can't understand the old MPG issue. If you ever been near Fairhill-Elkton MD. near the Delaware line and see our wide open hilly roads you can tell this isn't hybrid country and I go up those hills at 60-65 mph and I get bang near 50 mpg. crazy. BTW- That's Route 273...
I am a C-Max owner now shopping for a 2017 Prius as a replacement. Although I purchased the C-Max for its better acceleration and wanted to buy American (this is not my only Ford), I've never had a car with such profound problems with reliability. The C-Max is now in the shop for a transmission replacement which will take many weeks because the Ford dealer where the car sits has limited throughput on major drivetrain repairs. Since the car was delivered to the shop on a flatbed truck it isn't moving elsewhere.I now see there have been a few TSBs issued by Ford regarding drivetrain failure, and a Google search of CVT/transmission/drivetrain failure shows a good representation of this problem. Due to unreliable engineering, this is an unfortunate misuse of tens of millions of dollars donated by the US Gov't to develop the HF35 transmission under the Recovery Act. -press-office/2016/02/25/fact-sheet-recovery-act-made-largest-single-investment-clean-energyThis was the first car I've had break down in traffic in 3 decades. I dutifully made my NHTSB report on this unsafe vehicle, because of this experience I will never buy another Ford for personal or business use - and I have (soon to be had) been a supportive Ford shareholder for 25 years.
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