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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Ford C-Max - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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This week's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/frankfurt-auto-show/">Frankfurt Motor Show</a> marks the beginning of a new generation of Ford's new C-segment platform with the debut of the new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/03/ford-teases-new-five-seat-c-max-people-mover-ahead-of-frankfurt/">C-Max</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/ford-grand-c-max-coming-to-north-america-in-late-2011/">Grand C-Max</a> MAVs. According to Ford, over the course of the next few years this new global compact platform will spawn as many as 10 different vehicle variants around the world. In addition to the two C-Max variants, the next Focus will be available as a four-dour sedan, three- and five-door hatchback and convertible. That still leaves a number of other possibilities that Ford hasn't announced yet, which means we'll probably be seeing some crossovers and perhaps even sports variants coming over the next few years. With the increasing importance of the compact segment, all of these variants will play a big part in Ford's future. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/">2010 Ford Grand C-Max</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/fordgrandcmax---01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="fordgrandcmax---01" title="fordgrandcmax---01" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/fordgrandcmax---02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="fordgrandcmax---02" title="fordgrandcmax---02" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/fordgrandcmax---03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="fordgrandcmax---03" title="fordgrandcmax---03" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/fordgrandcmax---04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="fordgrandcmax---04" title="fordgrandcmax---04" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/fordgrandcmax---05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="fordgrandcmax---05" title="fordgrandcmax---05" /></a></div><br />
[Source: Ford]<br /><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/embargo-9-15-09-5am-edt-ford-to-eventually-have-10-models-on-ne/">Ford will sell 10 models on new C-segment platform</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/embargo-9-15-09-5am-edt-ford-to-eventually-have-10-models-on-ne/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19160853/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/embargo-9-15-09-5am-edt-ford-to-eventually-have-10-models-on-ne/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Ford C-Max - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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This week's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/frankfurt-auto-show/">Frankfurt Motor Show</a> marks the beginning of a new generation of Ford's new C-segment platform with the debut of the new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/03/ford-teases-new-five-seat-c-max-people-mover-ahead-of-frankfurt/">C-Max</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/ford-grand-c-max-coming-to-north-america-in-late-2011/">Grand C-Max</a> MAVs. According to Ford, over the course of the next few years this new global compact platform will spawn as many as 10 different vehicle variants around the world. In addition to the two C-Max variants, the next Focus will be available as a four-dour sedan, three- and five-door hatchback and convertible. That still leaves a number of other possibilities that Ford hasn't announced yet, which means we'll probably be seeing some crossovers and perhaps even sports variants coming over the next few years. With the increasing importance of the compact segment, all of these variants will play a big part in Ford's future. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/">2010 Ford Grand C-Max</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/fordgrandcmax---01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="fordgrandcmax---01" title="fordgrandcmax---01" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/fordgrandcmax---02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="fordgrandcmax---02" title="fordgrandcmax---02" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/fordgrandcmax---03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="fordgrandcmax---03" title="fordgrandcmax---03" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/fordgrandcmax---04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="fordgrandcmax---04" title="fordgrandcmax---04" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-grand-c-max/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/fordgrandcmax---05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="fordgrandcmax---05" title="fordgrandcmax---05" /></a></div><br />
[Source: Ford]<br /><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/embargo-9-15-09-5am-edt-ford-to-eventually-have-10-models-on-ne/">Ford will sell 10 models on new C-segment platform</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/embargo-9-15-09-5am-edt-ford-to-eventually-have-10-models-on-ne/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19160853/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/embargo-9-15-09-5am-edt-ford-to-eventually-have-10-models-on-ne/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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