2012 Ford C-Max Review - Ford thinks its diminutive people mover can shake the uncool reputation of the minivan, and we’re tempted to believe it. The C-Max coming here in early 2012, our C-Max is called the Grand C-Max in Europe; over there, the plain C-Max name is applied to a shorter, five-seat version, which we won’t be getting. Both share underpinnings with the 2012 Focus, but the wheelbase of the Grand is stretched by 5.5 inches, to 109.8.
The Ford Grand C-Max, a seven-seater with sliding doors and a roomy interior, coming to the U.S. in 2012, is not a minivan. Heard that one before? We took the European model for a test drive in the hills of France to find out how not-minivan-like the new C-Max family is.