Ford Grand C-MAX Titanium 1.0 EcoBoost
What is it?
THE Ford Grand C-MAX is a compact seven-seater MPV – the larger version of the five-seater C-MAX MPV – for company car drivers that need those occasional rear seats for carrying small further additions to the family or friends.
It’s also highly practical with sliding rear doors on each side to make getting to your little treasures easy.
Company car tax is as little as £53 a month
The Grand C-MAX we’re reviewing here is powered by Ford’s brilliant three-cylinder EcoBoost engine.
It’s only 1.0-litre, but the petrol turbo engine, which has a wonderfully seductive sporting engine note, is an engaging and characterful performer.
We’re great fans of the 1.0 EcoBoost here at Business Car Manager. And we’re not the only ones – for the second successive year the engine has been voted International Engine of the Year.
And just because it’s a petrol engine, that doesn’t mean you can’t run it as a company car. CO2 emissions are just 119g/km giving the Ford Grand C-MAX a company car tax band of 15% in the 2013/14 tax year.
In fact, you’ll find this 100PS 1.0-litre EcoBoost version of the Grand C-MAX has the lowest CO2 emissions in the range – the nearest diesel is the 1.6 TDCI with 124g/km CO2 – and a company car tax band of 19%.
The high end Titanium version reviewed here costs £21,245 on the road and featured the following optional extras: metallic paint (£545); Driver Assistance Pack – Active City Stop and Blind Spot Information System, etc, (£900); and Convenience Pack – Active Park Assist, Power Fold Mirrors (£275). We wouldn’t disagree with any of these choices. They are all worth having.
