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April '14 C-Max sales ...ouch


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I agree with some of the comments about Ford not marketing the C-Max now.  I suspect they are planning a re-launch with updated sheet metal.  Interestingly, the Escape outsells the C-Max by 10:1 YET they have almost the same dimensions, the interiors are identical and except for the nose they look very similar.  The Escape has a bit more interior and storage room and probably heavier duty underpinings.  In fact, I think the C-Max is really a hybrid version of a FWD Escape.

 

And they might even call it an Escape Hybrid...

 

I got my Cmax in part because a friend bought a used Escape Hybrid after her car was rear ended and totalled, and she was happy with it.  Better for hauling bikes around than her old Malibu, and better gas mileage. 

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One thing that was interesting about the Fusion is that I could jump in it and run 2 miles to the store and back and get 35+.  Do that in a CMax and, as you know, you'll see around 20-25.

 

I am also clueless as to why your C Max would get < 25 mph on short trip.  I have never, ever gotten less than 30, even from a cold start.  I wonder in that 2 mile trip how much EV distance you work in?  My three-month average mph is 44.7  This includes a 900 mile road trip where I set the interstate cruising speed at 63.

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One thing that was interesting about the Fusion is that I could jump in it and run 2 miles to the store and back and get 35+.  Do that in a CMax and, as you know, you'll see around 20-25.

 

I am also clueless as to why your C Max would get < 25 mph on short trip.  I have never, ever gotten less than 30, even from a cold start.  I wonder in that 2 mile trip how much EV distance you work in?  My three-month average mph is 44.7  This includes a 900 mile road trip where I set the interstate cruising speed at 63.

 

I would think the ICE ran the whole time. So the next trip you would get great mileage. :)

 

Paul

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