Some items are extra ordinary in built, style, comfort, economy and practicality. Ford S Max is one of them. It is good in performance, extraordinary in comfort and agility, style wise its good enough to challenge any vehicle of its class and its practical approach is reasonable. It is considered as a hot cake of UK automobile market. It is prominent and dominant in its competent rivals. There are SEAT Alhambra, VW Sharan and Citroen Grand C4 Picasso in its competition. New Ford S Max is with some modifications in its exterior and welcomed by its customers.
Ford S Max is a practical MPV due to its built third row is little bit tight for the occupants but overall it is quite spacious and roomy from inside. Seating arrangement is good with plenty of practical holes for the passengers. Long nose at front means main pillars are more with more sliding than before. It offers wide space for dashboard that is flat and knitted well with all necessary equipments. Dashboard is open and wide in appearance along with good and handy centre console fitting. Front is covered with graceful and costly leather and gives a graceful look and appearance. Material used in the built of its interior is of good quality and standard. Interior is wide and airy in design.
Seats are hip hugging and comfortable but third row set is not for big adults but for teenagers and for children, it is best. Infotainment system is extra ordinary and handy. Front seats and driver seats are electrically adjusted. Driver seat is equipped with more than ten movements and adjustments to give the best driving position. Though its interior is good but some patches of cheap plastic look odd in such a fine interior. It is fitted with DAB radio, parking sensors with rear view camera. Interior lighting system is awesome and makes this stylish MPV glorious and gorgeous at night when the lights are on.
Ford S Max is a practical vehicle with good practical approach. Seating arrangement offers good sitting position with lot of head and leg room for all passengers except third row. Seat dropping system is great in Ford S Max. You can drop any seat down according to your requirement. Boot space is also good and reasonable of this MPV you can get more than 2000-litres of storage capacity when all seat are down and there is handy space of 300-litres with all seats are in their position.
Ford has used limited engines in its S Max but all is perfect in performance. Modern technology has been used in manufacturing of all parts of these efficient engines. Diesels and petrols are all equally good in work out. Diesels are good and efficient in progress and offers economical fuel average while petrols are brisk in performance.
Diesel range starts with 2.0-Litre TDCi unit. It is capable of 118bhp and 229lb/ft torque. Its top speed is 114 and from0-62m/h sprint it takes 13.0 seconds. Fuel average of this engine is 56m/g along with 129g/km of Co2 emissions. It is fitted with six-speed manual gearbox and front-wheel drive system as standard.
Second unit of this 2.0-Litre TDCi Ford S Max engine is capable of 147bhp and 258lb/ft torque. It takes 10.5 seconds to reach from 0-62m/h and top speed of this engine is 123m/h. Fuel average of this engine is 56m/g along with 129g/km of Co2 emissions. It is fitted with six-speed manual gearbox and front-wheel drive system as standard and six-speed automatic gearbox along with front-wheel drive system as optional.
Third version of this 2.0-Litre category is of 177bhp and 295lb/ft torque. It is a powerful diesel engine that takes 9.4 seconds to reach from 0-62m/h along with top speed of 131m/h. Fuel average of this version is 56m/g with 129g/km ofCo2 emissions. This is also fitted with manual and automatic mechanical combinations with front-wheel drive system as standard.
Fourth version of this economical and efficient diesel engine is capable of 207bhp and 332lb/ft torque. It takes 8.5 seconds to reach from 0-62m/h along with top speed of 135m/h. Its fuel average varies with different mechanical combinations. With six-speed manual gearbox and front-wheel drive system it gives 51m/g fuel average along with 144g/km of Co2 emissions.
1.5-Litre EcoBoost petrol unit is capable of 157bhp and 177lb/ft torque. It takes 9.6 seconds to reach from 0-62m/h along with top speed of 124m/h. its fuel average is not as impressive as its diesel engines offer but reasonable with the amount of 43m/g and Co2 emissions ratio is high than diesel engines with 149g/km. It is fitted with six-speed manual gearbox and front-wheel drive system as standard.
Second version of this engine is of 236bhp and 254lb/ft torque. Its top speed is 140m/h along with 8.1 seconds time frame for 0-62m/h sprint. It is fitted with six-speed automatic gearbox and front-wheel drive as standard. Its fuel average is also impressive with 35m/g along with huge value of Co2 emissions.
Ford S Max is equipped and fitted with all necessary and international safety features and equipments. Its safety equipments and kits are effective and more than enough but its reliability is not as good as an MPV requires. It has gained five star scores in Euro NCAP rating.
S Max offers a nice driving experience. Its ride is full of comfort and luxury. Its petrol engines offer relaxed driving experience but its diesel engines with manual gear assembly are perfect in use and gives true comfort of driving.
They are quiet and smooth in both low and high revs. Suspensions are good and flexible enough to give you smooth drive on an even road. Steering wheel gives nice control and its good handling is also note worthy.
