Now we'll see if the C-Max Hybrid lives up to the hype Larry Vellequette / Auto News Last weekend, I agreed to buy a new 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid, replacing my six-passenger 2007 Ford Freestyle (derisively known as the "Stylefree" among some of my colleagues) crossover with the much-smaller and brand new five-passenger C-Max. I did so for one reason -- or, more accurately, 47 reasons: the impressive 47 mpg fuel efficiency rating that the C-Max earned from the EPA, and the fact that the rating was the same for city, highway or combined driving. Read More Here [/left]