Bill Pierre Ford
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May12No Comments
The Ford Galaxy in 2.0 TDCi Ghia trim has a 2-litre diesel engine that only produces 141bhp, but backs this up with 251lb.ft of torque. On the road, this engine feels punchy. Combined with a typically Ford slick six-speed gearbox, the Galaxy can be rowed along at quite a pace.
With the 2008 Car of the Year, the Ford S-MAX taking all the headlines and new, it’s easy to bypass that Ford also makes a more conventional people-car, the Ford Galaxy. Where the S-MAX is low, sporty and stylish, the Galaxy is tall and conventional, an old-school MPV.
Ford’s current advertising campaign for the Galaxy makes a big play on its seven-seat capacity, and indeed the Galaxy seems to be sufficiently spacious in all three rows (in 2-3-2 configuration) ensuring that none of the seven passengers feels too hard done by. The big problem is that seven passengers invariably means luggage for seven people; you just can’t have it both ways.
The boot space just simply isn’t big enough if all seven seats are in use. Carry less passengers, and that all changes. All the rear seats can be folded individually and all fold completely flat, creating just about any combination of seating/luggage compromise imaginable.
Ford originally likened the Galaxy to air travel. The simile still works, certainly the full length roof storage reminds one of an aeroplane, even if it’s not quite that capacious. Up front, the pilot and co-pilot have a commanding view even if the nose of the Galaxy completely drops out of sight, but with the base of the windscreen already a long way out front, it’s anyone’s guess where the front bumper finishes.
The tall shape of the Galaxy pays further dividends than the roof storage, as headroom is simply massive good for passengers, good for access to the rear row of seats too, as you don’t have to stoop so far to climb in.
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Apr3No Comments
Thanks to Ford CEO Alan Mulally’s “One Ford” global strategy, the automaker has made it clear that models once deemed European only will soon be booking boat rides across the Atlantic. For example, we already know the new Fiesta and European Focus are set for U.S. shores. Several other vehicles in Ford’s overseas portfolio, such as the next-generation C-Max compact minivan — a mule of which was recently captured testing in Germany — are also a distinct possibility. The most notable detail of the C-Max mule in the spy shots is its longer wheelbase, which probably means Ford is planning a seven-passenger version of the vehicle (at present the C-Max is available only as a five-seater). North America would likely get the seven-seat model to battle competition such as the Kia Rondo and Mazda5, the latter of which performed well last year for Mazda despite the terrible market conditions. The C-Max is built on the same C1 platform as the Mazda5 and European Focus, among others. A variety of engines are available for the present C-Max, including three gas and four diesel engines ranging from 1.6L to 2.0L, mated to either five and six-speed manuals or a four speed automatic. The C-Max was recently freshened for the 2007 model year, so the European debut of the next-generation model probably won’t happen until 2010 at the earliest. If the C-Max were to make it to the U.S. — which isn’t a stretch considering the Focus is expected to converge back into a global model at roughly the same time — it’ll probably be sometime in 2011 or 2012.
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