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10 things we learned about the Ford S-max this week

Date: 06 May 2016   |   Author: Alisdair Suttie

Category: MPV
Key rival: VW Sharan
Model tested: 2.0 TDCI 180 Titanium
Price as tested: £33,520

Can a full-size MPV be flexible, frugal and fun at the same time, wonders Al Suttie

1 - The S-max is pitched as the athletic one in Ford's MPV line-up and it certainly handles well.

2 - Optional 18-inch alloys on our test car add to the sporty looks, though they did make the ride a little firm in town.

3 - With 180hp 2.0-litre diesel, the S-Max is brisk rather than a sprinter. More importantly, it pulls well through the gears.

4 - Let's drop the sporty pretence, though, this is a seven-seat people carrier and it works brilliantly as a five-seat family wagon.

5 - There's loads of space up front and for the three middle row seats, which slide fore and aft and have tilting backs.

6 - It's a little snug in the third row pews, but there's enough room in there for a couple of kids to confer in comfort.

7 - Still, you can keep a beady eye on back seat passengers with the pop-down passenger compartment mirror. Handy.

8 - Ford has the practical thing sorted with the push-button seat folding set into the left rear of the boot wall.

9 - Tumble away the third row chairs and the S-Max has a humungous boot with a conveniently low loading sill.

10 - Under the protective boot mat



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