Ford is showing off the new European version of the 2011 Focus CMax at the Frankfurt Auto Show this month. If you like the Fiesta 5-door, think of this as the same car only scaled up by a factor of 20%. It comes in between the Pontiac Vibe/Toyota Matrix and the Mazda 5. Tallish, roomy, efficient and with all the cool looks of the Fiesta.

Ford is mum on whether it is coming to the States, but it is strongly believed that it will when the next generation Focus is built here. There is a plant that is scheduled to build the new Focus next year. Intriguing is that another plant is also scheduled to build a car off the same platform, but what that car is has yet to be announced.



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Press Release:

Ford of Europe has released the first official images of the all-new Ford C-MAX, which will make its global debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The show opens to the public between September 17 and 27, 2009.

The new Ford C-MAX takes its design cues from the stunning iosis MAX concept car unveiled at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, and brings new levels of style and desirability to the compact multi-activity vehicle (MAV) market.

Departing from usual MAV thinking by using Ford's 'kinetic design' styling language to adopt a more dynamic passenger-car look, the new model features a coupé-like, sweeping roofline while still retaining the established Ford C-MAX hallmarks of comfort, space, and practicality.

The new Ford C-MAX will introduce a host of new technologies to the Ford range, including an all-new 1.6-litre Ford EcoBoost direct injection petrol engine and other advanced features to enhance convenience and safety such as semi-automatic parallel parking and a blind-spot detection system.

The Ford C-MAX will be launched in the second half of 2010 and is the first in a new generation of global vehicles developed from Ford's new C-segment platform, scheduled for introduction over the next several years. The global range will also include the all-new Ford Focus coming in late 2010.

Further details about the new Ford C-MAX will be released at Ford’s Frankfurt press conference at 11.00 hrs on 15 September.