Comments on: Mr. Green Car: C-Max — Ford’s answer to the Prius-v http://rockrivertimes.com/2012/12/12/mr-green-car-c-max-%e2%80%94-ford%e2%80%99s-answer-to-the-prius-v/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:09:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ronald Kramer http://rockrivertimes.com/2012/12/12/mr-green-car-c-max-%e2%80%94-ford%e2%80%99s-answer-to-the-prius-v/comment-page-1/#comment-7508 Ronald Kramer Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:54:09 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=41962#comment-7508 I recently leased a C-Max and love the car. Rides like Mercedes! Awesome riding car! The bad news is the gas milage is approximately 32.5 MPG. I leased this car with expectation of getting 40 + MPG. I also lease a 2010 Prius and Insight both of which have far superior MPG performance (40-51 mpg). I thought this would be a Prius Killer? As a cross over buyer I feel deceived. I want to support US companies and US jobs. What was Ford thinking when they published 47 / 47 estimates? I would have been ok with low 40's but low 30's is not even in the ball park. Mark my words there will be no fix for this. Ford will have to offer to take the cars back or offer cash compensation to offset the milage claims. The EPA estimates will have to be adjusted to the mid 30's and sell the cars as is. Which is ok as long as the consumer knows what they are buying. A wonderful car which has truly underachieved in the milage department. Fess up Ford and put this behind you. This is not a Prius killer. They are plenty of people who will buy the C-Max with mid 30's EPA numbers. But you need be honest with the milage estimates. My dealer's sales and service department have been great! There is only so much they can do. Ronald Kramer Yankee Ford Customer South Portland, Maine I recently leased a C-Max and love the car. Rides like Mercedes! Awesome
riding car! The bad news is the gas milage is approximately 32.5 MPG. I
leased this car with expectation of getting 40 + MPG.

I also lease a 2010 Prius and Insight both of which have far superior MPG
performance (40-51 mpg). I thought this would be a Prius Killer? As a
cross over buyer I feel deceived. I want to support US companies and US
jobs. What was Ford thinking when they published 47 / 47 estimates? I
would have been ok with low 40’s but low 30’s is not even in the ball
park. Mark my words there will be no fix for this. Ford will have to
offer to take the cars back or offer cash compensation to offset the
milage claims. The EPA estimates will have to be adjusted to the mid
30’s and sell the cars as is. Which is ok as long as the consumer knows
what they are buying.

A wonderful car which has truly underachieved in the milage department.

Fess up Ford and put this behind you. This is not a Prius killer. They
are plenty of people who will buy the C-Max with mid 30’s EPA numbers.
But you need be honest with the milage estimates.

My dealer’s sales and service department have been great! There is only
so much they can do.

Ronald Kramer
Yankee Ford Customer
South Portland, Maine

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