Test Drive Ford S-MAX since 2010 Minivan

IN A TEAM

So as not to disappear one by one
Three years ago, Europeans have already voted with their blood with their blood for the minivans as a successful compromise capacity compactness-efficiency. To our consciousness, these arguments reached only now. The present buyers are no longer so polar in preference or insanely luxuriously, but hopelessly expensive, or absolutely utilitarian. Minivans just occupy a golden middle.
Who is something
A single-volume car is valuable, first of all, wide opportunities to use this very internal volume. Therefore, by placing our competitors in places, we paid attention not only to the movements of minivans, but also such parameters as the number of space for passengers of the third row, the convenience of transformation of the cabin and the rationality of the organization of the internal space.

Ford S-Max
Price of a car tested $ 36430
Max. Power 220 l. with. at 5300 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b230 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 7.9 s

Mazda5.
Price tested car $ 28700
Max. Power 145 liters. with. at 6000 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b196 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 10.1 s

Mitsubishi Grandis.
Price of a car tested $ 38750
Max. Power 165 liters. with. at 6000 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b200 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 10 s

Opel Zafira.
Price of a tested car $ 30490
Max. Power 150 l. with. at 5600 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b176 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 14.3 s

Renault Grand Scenic
Price of a car tested $ 33339
Max. Power 135 liters. with. at 5500 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b190 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 11.5 s

Hyundai Trajet.
Price of a tested car $ 25690
Max. Power 173 liters. with. at 5900 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b192 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 11.5 s
 
 
1ST PLACE
Ford S-Max
+ All our experts unanimously put on Ford first place, marking excellent driving qualities in combination with a rather spacious lounge and beautiful design. Having a version in the line with the engine from Focus ST, this car deservedly claims the title of hottest minivan
- S-MAX has failed to detect any serious misses. High-quality car for adequate money key success in the market

2ND PLACE
Mazda 5.
+ It is designed to pave a path to the heart of a very demanding driver. Excellent running qualities and such trifles, like sliding rear doors or the lack of aerodynamic noise put forward a minivan to a position closely approximate to the leader. This pretty long car practically does not require addiction and very close to the sensation to passenger cars.
- The main disadvantage of Mazda5 should be considered a fairly close third row, when using which in the seven-weemed version, inevitably you have to move forward even the front right passenger

3RD PLACE
Opel Zafira.
+ Pleased with a significant internal volume and, undoubtedly, a wonderful handle. Dynamic qualities could be recognized as good if not noticeable engine noise in the cabin
- The main disadvantage of the whole range of cars with lightning on the nose is not sufficiently thorough ergonomic study of many and many internal elements. A wide variety of buttons, handles and levers can be completely uncomfortable when used. This is especially felt on the go, when there is neither time nor the desire to understand, for example, with the confused algorithm of calling information on the central display
4th place
Mitsubishi Grandis.
+ Memorable design, large internal volume and simplicity of seeding transformation allowed Mitsubishi Grandis to climb the fourth place in the overall standings. With its size, this minivan has retained the share of passenger chassis
- Grandis, so you liked this at the first time two and a half years ago, with a full-time bet with five specific competitors suddenly seemed like little interesting. And in terms of manageability, he gave way to half of the test machines, and only the marks in satisfactory earnings
5th place
Renault Grand Scenic
+ Demonstrated a classic French approach to the construction of a car. Beautiful, memorable machine with a huge amount of intra-alone addicts will satisfy the automotive needs of a large family
- not too much space for passengers of the third row, due to which the seats can be attributed to full only with the stretch, and most importantly, quite mediocre driving quality and high price did not allow this simpaty to rise above the fifth place
6th place
Hyundai Trajet.
+ Korean car industry literally every month is increasingly happy with us and a responsible approach to the construction of the chassis, and a fairly well-worked interior. In addition, Hyundai is exclusively spacious. Places abound even for third-party passengers
- The most annoying this car completely refused to accelerate. Even with one driver to keep up with the rest of the trajet brethren could only with great difficulty. Still, the mid-sized minivan must have at least some intelligible dynamics.
 
Text Evgeny Hapov, Vladimir Smirnov
Photo Leonid Dedukh
 

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