Focus on the MAV. When a young designer Daniel Polina entrusted the development of a new car company Ford, he can hardly believe in the reality of the situation. Shutka whether to trust the project in the first avtoistorii the company and the prospective student car yesterday.

Two junior year and to mutual satisfaction of 100 years of «Ford» and successful debutant became clear that they, as they say, they found each other. Formation of the technical task to develop the new car was preceded by a great analytical work. We can say that multi-Ford Focus C-Max was born from the calculator. The explosive growth of the market cars in the category MAV segment with six and to increase their sales in Russia almost did not leave the management company of choice in the definition of technology policy for the coming years.

Need a car worthy of the golden jubilee and the ability to eliminate the backlog has been emerging from the neighbors on the market, indicating its ambitions in this segment. The new car, it was decided to lay on the platform of Focus, a generally accepted authority in its class.

The machine is designed as an indispensable assistant in the household, while not without panache, and sporting character. It has markedly increased front and rear suspension, used 16-inch wheels, brake disc diameter increased to 300 mm and the width shoes brought to 25 mm. Track widened by 40 mm, increased the base. Normal electric-assisted steering was replaced by a hybrid electro. The body of «new» - a clear design success. Potential buyers were able to get-working assistant for quite reasonable money (as we still talk).

In order not to take with them redundant, we decided to do five seats away from semimestnoy layout - the standard size MAV bring the same comfort with seven passengers, it still does not work, and pay for two seats, «registered» garage unreasonable.

Found design and technological solutions, in the words of the Communist front, «permeated cares about good customer». Thanks to excellent sound mind at the present under the hood of the engine draws only because nesmelogo noise somewhere in the vicinity of 4000 rpm. Ergonomics and layout of the driver's seats sverhratsionalna - right hand itself is a lever CPR.

High «City» landing, as amended by an excellent review and «access» of side mirrors, provides easy maneuvering in an urban stream on a mountain road in the yard or garage. If we add informative steering with electrohydraulic amplifier, it becomes obvious that the maneuverability and control - one of the key «trumps» in the sleeve C-Max. The main but not only. Potential transformation salon allow vengeance play fantasy owner.

The machine can be easily turned into a nearly universal standard, the march cover a small table for two passengers in the rear seats, an easy hand movement to move the rear seats in the 100 mm back, if the increase in the passenger does not fit in any standard. And you can simply remove the detachable salon chairs, weighing only 16 kg (significantly less than that of major competitors), and turn the car in a normal van.

It seems that C-Max surprised alert customs: rationality in the approach to the use of hidden cavities of the body has reached a level of virtuosity. Office for the storage of road there are things under the seats, in the sidewalls of the luggage compartment under the passenger's feet in the front seat, the cover of the dashboard.

Under the hood of C-Max can be installed gasoline injection 16-valve Duratec engine volume of 1.8 liter capacity 120 hp at 6000 rpm and torque 185 Nm at 4000 rpm and the diesel power units Duratorq TDCi. The power of smaller (volume 1.6 liters), which makes 109 hp with maximum torque of 240 Nm, more (dvuhlitrovogo) - 136 hp with a torque of 320 Nm.

When driving on flat highway motor Duratec 1.8 liter capacity 120 hp with five mechanics seems somewhat «strangled» norms Euro IV - with an ideal, in terms of ecology, the exhaust, there is a clear shortage of gasoline in the working mixture. But diesel Duratorq TDCi 2.0 liters. with «shestistupkoy» shown nothing less than miracles frolic. Turbo has done their job properly: in the range of 2000-3500 rpm machine excellent speed, and it is quite enough of four of the six to confidently bypass «snail» at speeds greater «hundreds». Maximum speed of vehicles with gasoline engine - 193 km / h and with a diesel - almost 200 km / hr.

Smaller rises cars struggling in the third or fourth transfer of almost one mode. As the steep rise significantly, there is a difference in the torques of petrol and diesel engines. Speaking objectively, on the mountain road diesel behaved more confidently. The Russian set the environmental characteristics of the engine Duratec with omit environmental promise heaven on earth, and it simply must become more tyagovitym.

A bit of a different behavior and gearbox. «Five», together with the injection engine requires more frequent manipulation of a lever, «shestistupka» paired with a diesel engine works in a more lax regimes and, by and large, the demand for higher transmission occurs infrequently.

According to the controllability of Ford C-Max, there can be no claims. During a test-drive, held recently in the foothills of the Austrian Alps, has had the opportunity to verify that the upgraded suspension «Focus» is still doing its work of sufficient quality.

If I managed to do without the comments to the C-Max, I would have suspected of blatant bias and hidden advertising. There are problems, though not very serious. The point is that the C-Max, some characteristic roughness. Drive clutch, especially in the gasoline version, is so soft and «reflective», that takes a while to get used to that it features.

If it is an affordable basic version ($ 15,500), the company has produced two more models - Ambiente and Ghia, different equipment and cabin interior design, larger 18-inch wheels with Ghia, improved appearance, and plastic false weight in the sporting style. Thus, the entire range of C-Max is able to block requests from almost any category of owners - from the careful housewives to executives of companies wishing to get comfortable mobile office.