You might have seen the Ford B-MAX on this website before, since it was shown at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month, but the B-segment MPV is making its motor show debut at Geneva.
Based on Ford’s global B-car platform, which of course also underpins the popular Fiesta, the B-MAX is billed as a premium compact multi-activity vehicle (MAV). The MAV is just over four metres in length, only 11 cm longer than the five-door Fiesta and a full 32 cm shorter than the C-MAX MPV.
Ford reckons that it’s perfectly placed to meet the fast-growing demand for downsized cars, suited to congested urban conditions without making any compromise on space or passenger comfort.
One of the main highlights here is the Ford Easy Access Door System. Entry and exit is made easy with hinged front doors and sliding rear doors integrating the central body pillars. Note the lack of traditional B pillars. When both front and rear doors are open, there’s a clear aperture of more than 1.5 metres wide. This is around twice the width offered by competitors with alternative door concepts, Ford says.
Also highlighted is the B-MAX’s class-leading fuel economy and the lowest CO2 emissions for both petrol and diesel engines with ECOnetic Technologies. It groups Electric Power Assisted Steering, Gear Shift Indicator and Ford Eco Mode driver information system. Smart Regenerative Charging, which charges the battery at the most economical point in a journey, also features on selected engines.
The petrol engine line-up is led by the three-cylinder 1.0L EcoBoost, available in 100 PS and 120 PS versions. Equipped with Auto-Start-Stop, the 120 PS unit achieves class-leading CO2 emissions of 114 g/km and fuel consumption of 4.9L per 100 km. Two Duratorq TDCi diesels are available – a 95 PS 1.6L (104 g/km, 4.0L/100 km) and a 75 PS 1.5L delivering 109 g/km and 4.1L/100 km.
The B-MAX is the first European car to offer SYNC, Ford’s voice-activated, in-car connectivity system featuring Emergency Assistance, which is designed to assist occupants in the event of a crash.
Besides that, users can connect to mobile phones and music players by Bluetooth or USB, make hands-free calls and control music and other functions using voice commands. It can also read text messages aloud from phones.
Finally, the B-MAX also the first vehicle in its segment to offer Active City Stop. This pretty much works like Volvo’s City Safety system that helps prevent low speed bum kissing collisions.
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for me, i like ford fiesta than this
it is not the same class. this is MAV and more premium.
er, you’re comparing a “hot hatch” vs an “MPV”, no?
Correction: Warm suam2 kuku hatch vs MAV!
wow… what a comparison… good job bro
You better chose Ferrari instead of Fiesta or B-Max
KESIAN..
that’s for you… ;)
for me,i like this than nissan g. livina xgear…
OMG..u should compare this with H.Freed. To me,i prefer this against the H.Freed.
Wow, small MPV pack with decent feature and power. Nice FC figure. If the diesel power variant can reach our shore at Fiesta price. I definitely going to get one.
too much small buttons on the dashboard
How big of a button do u need? unless your fingers r as big as your toes. or else u can wait for another car with buttons as big as what you’ll find in 1st gen non SE no 2-din myvi.
Hahaha!! That will be.
come lah to malaysia with or without paddle shift.
lol…SONY music player??? =.=
without b-pillars, i wanna see how much stars can it earn in euroncap. usually b-pillar is the strongest ( and thickest ) steel in car skeleton to prevent side collision.
Well, Ford expects 5 stars. http://ae-plus.com/news/ford-wants-five-star-rating-for-b-max I too expect no less, after all they want to sell the car.
No torque figure? this type of car need a good torque figure…
plate no 181!!
must be belongs to the member of Hai-O group 181
Personnally I hope if Ford B- Max come to M`sia, should be either 1.5L or 1.6 L for petrol and with option of manual transmission. 1.0 L maybe underpower.
The Diesel price in M`sia is not encouraging. only very slide different . Prefer petrol la, of course, cleaner and power.
My dear,
Ecoboost from Ford is turbocharged engine, where 1.0L Ecoboost = 1.6L petrol
Read up here for more information:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_EcoBoost_engine
WOW.. just WOW.. you sir are so wrong at so many levels.. I’m amazed and sad at the same time for people like you.. obviously everyone will say 1.0L is underpowered for a car that size.. except if it is an ECOBOOST engine a.k.a turbocharged.. what an old school mentality you have dear sir.. big engine means more power.. oh you don’t really care about the road tax do you?
And petrol is cleaner and more powerful than diesel? really? in current standard or your old standard? WOW.. just WOW..
120 hp underpowered?
B-pillarless MPV? Hmm.. a point for practicality but a point minus for safety.
b pillar at the rear door..
You should perhaps get your facts right. It has a 5 Star Euro NCAP rating. http://www.euroncap.com/results/ford/b_max/481.aspx
where got MPV? this is 5 seater only right? Malaysian gov already set MPV term only for 7 and above seater. Nice design…practical with good engine…economical…