[dinu01]

http://europe.autonews.com/files/cutawaycmax.pdf

This is for the Focus C-Max and could POSSIBLY be the same for the regular Focus and by association teh M3 and S40...

Now does anyone know more?

 

[Ahura]

Yep, the new Focus and Volvo S40 will share the same platform

 

[mz6zoomzoom]

Yeah, C-Max is the NAME of the new platform, it isn't a special version of the Focus

 

[atl]

O, I thought that was going to be another version of the Focus.

 

[dinu01]

I do believe the C-MAX is another version of the Focus that will be sold in Europe, not in NA.

 

[mz6zoomzoom]

hmm... I keep reading different things. perhaps you are right.

 

[dinu01]

"he C-MAX has landed. Ford's eagerly awaited compact MPV is here"

"So how does the Ford fare? Well, considering it's based on the platform of the next-generation Focus - which is 25mm longer and 40mm wider than previously - its underpinnings are the best in the business. The stylists have done well, too - the dipping roofline means there's no boxy tail section and the C-MAX is decidedly better-looking than most of its class rivals."


http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/?http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/previews/previews_story.php?id=37650

 

[mz6zoomzoom]

Yeah well it seems like what that (and others I've read) are saying is that the C-MAX is a model, not a platform, and that the Focus/S40/MZ3 are all based on the same platform as it.

 

[dinu01]

Yeah well it seems like what that (and others I've read) are saying is that the C-MAX is a model, not a platform, and that the Focus/S40/MZ3 are all based on the same platform as it.

Correct! So the question for us M3 (or MZ3) fans is what components will be shared b/w the 3 cars and where they will be manufactured.

Does anyone know anything?

What I know so far:

Mazda - I4 engines
Ford - Chassis/Suspension
Volvo - Safety

 

[mz6zoomzoom]

That's about all I know as well. Other than the "60% shared parts" number.

 

[Ahura]

Dudes, the Ford Focus C-max is the midi-MPV based on the new Focus

5 years after Renault introduced their Scenic. The first succesfull midi-MPV

 

[mz6zoomzoom]

Yep, we figured that out already

 

[Ahura]

Sorry, I'm a bit slow......

 

[mz6zoomzoom]

Just a bit? j/k

 

[Ahura]

Different time-lines huh It is here about 6 hours earlier :lol:

 

[spek1098]

IT'S ALIVE!!

:slap:

 

[mica3speedy]

why did you bring this thread back :dunno: ? I guess we can do a little update. The volvo s30 is on the same platform, and the ms3 has the brakes from the s60.