<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/" rel="tag">Detroit Auto Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/" rel="tag">Minivan/Van</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/"><img hspace="0" border="0" vspace="4" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/00-2012-ford-c-max-detroit-1294662265.jpg" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2012 Ford C-Max - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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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. <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> firmly believes that it's time to bring the small MPV segment back to North America, and the <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/c-max">2012 C-Max</a> is its first foray into offering this sort of pint-sized family-hauling package here in America.<br />
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We've already <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/07/2012-ford-grand-c-max-first-drive-review/">driven</a> (and enjoyed) the European-spec <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/grand+c-max">Grand C-Max</a>, 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.<br />
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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 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/">2011 Detroit Auto Show</a>, so scroll through our high-res gallery of live shots to see the new MPV in the flesh.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/">2012 Ford C-Max: Detroit 2011</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766970"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/00-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766967"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/01-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766966"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/02-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766965"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/03-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766964"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/04-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a></div><br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max">2012 Ford C-Max</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/01-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/02-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/03-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/04-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/05-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a></div><br />
<em><strong><small>Live photos copyright (C)2011 Steven J. Ewing / AOL</small></strong></em><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/10/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/">Detroit 2011: 2012 Ford C-Max struts its mini-minivan stuff</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:08:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/10/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19794204/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/10/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2012 Ford C-Max - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
<br />
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. <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> firmly believes that it's time to bring the small MPV segment back to North America, and the <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/c-max">2012 C-Max</a> is its first foray into offering this sort of pint-sized family-hauling package here in America.<br />
<br />
We've already <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/07/2012-ford-grand-c-max-first-drive-review/">driven</a> (and enjoyed) the European-spec <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/grand+c-max">Grand C-Max</a>, 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.<br />
<br />
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 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/">2011 Detroit Auto Show</a>, so scroll through our high-res gallery of live shots to see the new MPV in the flesh.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/">2012 Ford C-Max: Detroit 2011</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766970"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/00-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766967"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/01-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766966"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/02-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766965"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/03-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#3766964"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/04-2012-ford-c-max-detroit_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a></div><br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max">2012 Ford C-Max</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/01-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/02-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/03-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/04-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-ford-c-max/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/05-2012-ford-c-max_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2012 Ford C-Max" title="2012 Ford C-Max" /></a></div><br />
<em><strong><small>Live photos copyright (C)2011 Steven J. Ewing / AOL</small></strong></em><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/10/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/">Detroit 2011: 2012 Ford C-Max struts its mini-minivan stuff</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:08:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/10/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19794204/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/10/2012-ford-c-max-detroit-2011/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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