the S-Max in white, with tinted rear windows with nice alloys is one of the best looking cars ever! it looks extremely smooth!

OK so I have 2 of these. The older one has just turned 10 years old and been serviced every 12000 miles for all its life. It’s now covered 205000 miles. It’s on its original engine, gearbox, EGR, DPF, Injectors, Turbo, clutch and DMF. Just had the starter motor replaced and the job cost £189. It handles like a well sorted hatchback on a B road, refined on a motorway and returns 50mpg. Fold down the seats and it’s like a van. With them up it’s a mini bus. The Swiss Army knife of cars

Very cool to see Mat has been active for so long!

The s-max looks better than most sportscars including the ferrari f12

had our s max for about 3 weeks now and love it. Fast 2.0 TDCi, better than any of the other diesel 7 seaters. The kids love the 2 back seats and in their boaster seats they fit great. I keep the middle middle seat and middle drivers side seat folded down and use that area for any extra shopping if we can't get it in the boot. Tons of space in the front and is super comfortable with height adjustment on the drivers seat. Loads of room for my partner too. Titanium has a fair few features, I would have liked the Titanium X 2.2TDCi but I only had my area to buy in and S Max's seem thin on the ground in the for sale market round here. Great car and I would recommend over the competition every time. If you really need big with full size seats all round then go with the Galaxy which is a master of space.

After watching this video we decided to buy a 2013 S Max. We love it, and so do the grand children. In fact they argue who is going to sit in the rear most seats! As stated in the video the rear most seats are probably not so good for anyone over 5 feet tall? The large wide opening doors are very good and the under floor storage in the boot and the left hand floor inside.

The suspension on that thing and fuel consumption makes it to be one of my favorites!Good power ,elegance and comfort ,all in one!I believe 5 seats is enough for S max .After that you have enormous boot and enough space for everything.Is a vehicle with allot of automation ,computers etc.Helps allot in traffic difficult situations .All you need is good maintenance !

Sick looking MPV it's almost race ready.

Our family bought an S-Max today. Strongly recommended :)

nice video as always mat!

Nice, entertaining, informative review as usual, by far the best car reviewer out there in KZfaq land :o)

the other day i drove s max 2.0 tdci 140ps, that is excellent car

The handbrake is at 1:09. Amazing how they created that.

Wish we got this in North America! I love Euro Fords! Maybe it can replace that ugly refrigerator we get called the Flex!

para mi fue un auto muy lindo

My favorite SUV is a ford smax we had one and they are so smooth and easy to use

fantastic car! i love it!

Loving it!

Very good finish quality!

This is probably the best car Ford has ever made!

It's handsome indeed, and at last a video/picture that shows the boot space with the rear two seats folded. A good dog owners car that enjoyable to drive. Shame Ford Europe don't use better stronger automatic transmissions like Aisin. The standard 6F35 ford/gm auto box is probably just about OK but the Getrag Powershift sounds like a nightmare that you cannot rely on. And dual mass flywheels on all the manuals no doubt.

quite funny when you mentioned the airbag for the knee... often, in a crash with this car, it is the only airbeg that goes off! pushing the drivers feet off the pedals aswell as protecting the knee

I have the 2.2 200 brake model, not a bad car but suffers with a little bit of spluttering now n again

Nice looking MPV

Is looking better then any bmw that i ever see and .... i'm a bmw fan god job ford :)

me parece que el smax mejoro un montón de algunas cosas del modelo pero el que mas me gustó mucho fue el smax por modelo nada mas

In 2019 my father had this s max and we going to roadtrip with this s max but in 2020 my father bought a citroen car man i miss s max

Built like a Mondeo and I love my Mondeo so that's a good thing. :) How something that weighs 1.6 tonnes can turn in so well staggers me each and every day.

It's been 9 years... #flashback #memories

It's a very nice car I have also ford s max 2.0 tdci 180 ps

My favorite sport MPV still is Citroen Evasion/Peugeot 806.

@datboiwes333 Wooo!!!! Make sure to get a Polestar power upgrade from Volvo! It comes for the C30/S40/V50/C70/S60/XC60/XC70/S80!!! The 5 cylinder T5s get 23 more HP and 30 extra pound feet, the 6 cylinder T6s get 25 more HP and 30 extra pound feet. T5+250 HP & 273 pounds feet of torque and T6s= 325 HP and 355 pounds feet of torque. All without messing up warantee and not reducing MPGs!

My mum has one. It is BRILLIANT!

Matt, I love you!!!

@aakeister The navigation system still has DAB.

I like the new swooping side windows combined with the understated rear wing, the small fins on the sides too, nice design touches. it's certainly the best looking mpv out there imo. but the front skirts are far too big and shouty, it makes it look weird, I hope thats an extra.... afterall it's still an mpv and not a supercar.. there are limits.

3:25 they should extend the chhrome trim under the rear view mirror too .

I have the titanium 2.0 ecoboost with powershift and 240 ps. Let me tell you, after the wife and kids are off the car and im all alone, it becomes an amazing sports car, with endless power and torqe. The only downside to it is on slow speeds the gear vibrates a little, but i got use to it after some time. Very recomended for a familty guy that still loves driving!!!

smax lo amo

Hi I’m Matt Watson and welcome to car-wow😂

Awesome Car.

Long time reliability? How does it match up to the Touran?

great review Mat!

@MacGyver920 In Australia we have a mix of european, american and australia designed fords. We have the fiesta, focus, mondeo, escape, territory(australian built 7 seater suv) and falcon (australian built sedan) we dont get the smax or cmax people movers because we have the territory

I drove one of this, but the 2.0tdci engine... Very nice car, lots of power, and sometimes you don't even notice how powerfull it's because It's so quiet.,Ups! I'm doing 85mph..

Question, where is the handbrake? Or is it that handle like the Megane?

You said BMW M5 review will be online soon on Facebook but I can't find it.

@ 3:09, you plonker Matt, they do fold neatly, but you just did it wrong, you forgot to fold down the seat squabs first, then you drop the seat backs, they go flat to the floor. Hence why it is called the fold flat system. Also, stop comparing the larger Alhambra to the S-max, the Galaxy comptes with Alhambra and Sharan.

please make a B-Max review!

My family bought a ford smax 2 days ago for £6300 it was worth the money.... :p

pregunta lo pones en venta el smax

I own an s- max 2007 .1.8 tdci.the only complaint i have got is the cheap plastic inside. This one newer model looks better... otherwise car is perfect and drive is top nosh

Ford forever!

this just makes me happy i dont know why.

para mi y a vos que lindo pregunta cuantos km tiene

@Atheistprimate You've misunderstood my fried. You see, some Fords are made in Europe for the European market, and some are in the US for the American market. Cars like the Ford Mondeo, the Ford Focus, Ford Fieste and these MPV's are made in Europe, and they're mainly for the European market. Cars like old Mustangs, and large pick-up trucks, are made in the US. But there are also European cars that are made in the US. BMW X3, X5 and X6 (all their SUV's) are some examples.

can't wait for ford climax

@Atheistprimate While I REALLY agree with you about Ford in general, the Mustang is a steal for the price. It has a 300hp BASE V6 engine, 36 (imperial) mpg, with great new updated looks. Yet Mustangs start at $22,500 (14,400UK) and a nicely equipped one goes for $25k (16k UK pounds). Note that a Focus in Britain STARTS around 14k UK. Mustang > Focus.

@Poler777 All right.

@Poler777 Uhh like I said... just google the top selling luxury brand in the US, it has been BMW since 2008. The 1 & 3 series have helped a lot with that.

Very nice car

@MacGyver920 In the middle part of America you are correct. Most people in the mid-west buy either American cars or Japanese cars. But on the coastal cities of America (NYC-LA-Seattle-Miami-ect.)we wouldn't be caught dead in an American car. American cars have very low status amongst us "Blue State" people. I can personally say that there are a shitload of new Audi A4's and A6's in NYC right now. The new 5 series is also selling really well over here.

Ford

Best mpv ever 2,5 t volvo engine other feeling when u driving langue way ❤️

Hey guys... Does anyone ha e experiance with 2.0 petrol 204hp? How is comparing to a diesel version reliability vise?

@pigpots that's sad, where im from it is not recommended, unless it's not so dark :)

matt made the move to carwow

Love Britian

lo quiero tener el smax cuantos pedis

@alek908 Yes

European Fords are "German Fords". They are (mostly ) designed and engineered in Germany (Köln). They are more expensive then the US counterpart too.

@MacGyver920 Like I said I actually live in the US and I see European cars everyday, and have family members that own Euro cars. I'm trying to have my next car be a Volvo, so yeah that's how it is and end of story.

The newer American Fords are pretty decent, too. Like the Taurus, Mustang and Explorer.

@zaccy12341 ah how I miss my Ford Fairmont! Your next Escape i think will be the Euro Ford Kuga

very good car

Remember kids, condoms prevents minivans

...because there are many divisions of the Ford Motor co.

They will sell it here in the US. But, only in an electric, that sucks....

So, what exactly happened?

dizil ludshe arba benzinas, ir jei dizil ką?

I'll say this is a nice looking car but I have a Mazda 5 and the back seats are a little bit better than this S Max. Plus I get Sliding doors instead of regular doors which makes it easier to load when in tight spaces. But again this is nice and if I have the money maybe I might consider getting one to complement my Mazda5.

do all chairs recline

@MacGyver920 Have you even been to the US? If you have or will, you'll see lots of them.

Any particular reason?

1.6 d is good on fuel?

Whenever there's a Ford video, there's bound to be arguments.

Looks better made then new..

You is this carwow

@Atheistprimate You must understand that Ford is a very unique company in that its split into more divisions... like american division, australian division and european division. And even though all cars share the ford brand, they develop their cars separately (american and australian division share some parts like engines, but european is completely separate), thats why european fords are nothing like american fords, its like looking at 2 completely different, separated car companies.

I've been in one before.

Yeah.. but I wanna see it drag raced against a Citreon C4 & a Seat Alhambra!!

this or the ford grand c-max? Or is there any other 7 seater car that is good for a reasonable price?

cuanto pedia

me queda comodo

I get more annoyed when you can download ad-block programs that block ads for you, yet people still complain about adverts....

@Atheistprimate Those 3 divisions have always been completely different in philosophy of car making. American and Australian Fords have always been slightly leaning towards muscle cars and/or trucks. European ford on the other hand has always been related to motor sports, rallying, racing, etc., they always made great driving cars....that why new european fords drive so well, because their engineers have experience with making rally and racing cars. And looks / quality are on european standards.

How much is it ??

03:10 doesnt look like the 2nd row is folded all the way flat.

Citroën C4 Picasso Renault Scenic or Peugeot 5008

Why would that be?