Comments on: 2010 Ford S-Max facelift spied

By: Chappers

Chappers — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:43:04 +0000

I’m so reluctant to leave our s-max in the UK when we move to Australia that I’m considering taking it with us. Best car for a family by far. No idea how we’d get it serviced but as it’s basically a mondeo perhaps there is a chance of ford in Australia being able to work on it? 2.2 TD 2010 before the facelift.

By: Red Thunder

Red Thunder — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:30:41 +0000

Just drove an S-Max around Provence, France. Fantastic car. Bring it here, Ford!

By: swannnyy

swannnyy — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:29:46 +0000

Unfortunately, too many Aussie drivers bought into the “bigger is better” school of thought and loooove their gas-guzzling SUVs. We went the same way as the Americans, rather than the Europeans, which is really bad news. Yanks go with dinosaur engineering (want to go fatser? Get a bigger engine), the Europeans go smarter (want to go faster? Build better engineering, better gearboxes, better handling systems, better …)

Ford Aus will never bring in the S-Max, becasue of the local jobs that would go, and I don’t think Ford Europe would allow produciton of the S-Max to go offshore to us (even if we only made right-hand steer vehicles). We’ll just have to suffer with the second-rate cars they decide to sell here!

By: Mato

Mato — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:21:28 +0000

Can anyone compare s-max and new grand scenic? Driving? Quality? Thanks.

By: Car Fanatic

Car Fanatic — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:17:35 +0000

In all honesty,those photos don’t do the S Max Justice. In the flesh or metal to coin the correct phrase, it is a better looking vehicle and they drive nicely.

First hand experience from Car Rental in the UK.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:08:43 +0000

This is a great car that should be sold in this country.

Hjalle is on drugs.

By: Hjalle

Hjalle — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:19:40 +0000

Australian cars are so boring, we need to bring European cars out here. Personally coming from Europe we have a pretty high standard when it comes to cars and the cars one sale in AU at the moment arent really up to it. Ford bring on the S Max!

I also find that the cars in Europe are nicer, we have alot more Estates/ Wagons than SUV’s. Aussie buyers should take a look at the Euro market and learn from it!

By: Phill

Phill — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:00:38 +0000

Didn’t the S-Max win a car of the year award in Britain???

By: Frontman

Frontman — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:50:32 +0000

Shak the cues to Mondeo are no accident, they both run EUCD platform. Same platform as Volvo’s S80, V70 and XC60 so handling wise it’ll be right up there. They are a very well respected little jigger in Europe and the UK. A people moover that can actually go around corners.

By: adam (aka mada)

adam (aka mada) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:47:44 +0000

Yes the mondeo wagon will be sold here, Frontman is correct.