Ford to Debut C-Max

Company will show five-seat and seven-seat wagons in Geneva.

Ford will debut production versions of the new C-Max and Grand C-Max wagons at the Geneva auto show.

The wagons will be shown alongside the new Focus, which was unveiled at the Detroit auto show in January and gets a European debut in Geneva.

The five-seat C-Max and seven-seat Grand C-Max will go on sale in Europe later this year. Ford plans to sell the Grand C-Max in North America, starting in late 2011. It will be sold as the C-Max in the United States.

The C-Max has a coupe-like, sweeping roofline that falls off to the rear. The seven-seat model has a higher roofline to accommodate the additional row of seats. It also has twin sliding doors.

"The launch of the new C-Max range is highly significant, and shows customers worldwide that they can expect some truly exciting designs as we roll out our new global range of medium cars," said Ford of Europe CEO John Fleming in a statement.

Ford plans to sell the Grand C-Max in North America starting late 2011. It will be sold in the United States as the C-Max.

The C-Max wagons and the latest Focus are based on Ford's new global platform created to underpin 10 new and redesigned small cars.

Ford's European engineers developed the new Focus and, unlike the previous two generations they created for Europe, it will be sold in the United States. Both North American and European sales of the Focus start early next year.

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