Friday, August 24, 2012

2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid First Drive: Giving the Prius Line Some Competition

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2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid

After watching Toyota build itself a solid business with the Prius—more than 136,000 sold last year in the U.S.—Ford is one Detroit automaker finally getting serious about hybrids. It has plucked the C-Max people-mover from its European lineup, given it the twice-over to meet the U.S.’s strangely unique crash standards, and endowed it with a revamped version of the now-defunct Ford Escape hybrid’s powertrain. Two models are headed to dealerships, the C-Max hybrid in September and, a few months later, the plug-in C-Max Energi with a larger battery pack for more electric-only driving. READ MORE ››

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