FORD B MAX 2012 FULL REVIEW - CAR & DRIVING

Is there any point in a People Carrier if it's a really small one? It's a fair question that supermini-MPV models in the Nissan Note, Citroen C3 Picasso and Vauxhall Meriva segment have often struggled to answer. When Ford's B-MAX was launched in 2012, we at last got a credible response to that query, its unique design and unrivalled versatility offering more ways to use a car of just 4m in length than you might ever have thought possible.

[@davidwallace8937]

Well, here I am, 9 years after purchasing my Bmax in 2014. Purchased with about 3000 miles on the clock, and now at 46500 miles, I feel I have been very well served by this car. With me being a retired person, the mileage is below the typical average mileage. We purchased this car for the higher ride height of the seats, and the model being the Bmax Titanium Turbo 998cc 125. The original owner/user (a Ford Manager) had specified a high spec level car, with just about all the additional optional features. so we get the benefits of all those features, (too many to mention) making the car a joy to use for the last 9 years. The car's performance in driving terms leaves me wishing for nothing better -- short or long runs. The three cylinder engine is truly remarkable. It spins up to speed with surprising pace, and never ever disappoints in any type of road driving. This last year has seen the fuel pump in the fuel tank fail. I think that failure was most likely an unusual early failure, and I suspect I am just unlucky with that occurring relatively early in mileage terms. It was a labour intensive job to replace the pump, so rather costly overall. To sum up, I rate this car very highly, in all departments, and it is interesting to find they my 9 years of driving this car pretty much matches the comments made by the reviewer in this video back in 2013.

[@1966MrAlex]

Often offered with a defective engine.

[@greigshearer5614]

Great wee car, mines brilliant

[@ka5269]

Avoid the eco-boost boost engines, with its reported problems?