Ford Motor Company is taking on Toyota in a market the Japanese automaker once dominated - fuel efficient passenger vehicles. The 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid and Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in Hybrid are going on sale this fall.
Ford announced today that the 2013 Ford C-MAX can go further on a tank of gas than the Toyota Prius v.
- 570 miles for the C-MAX vs. 450 miles for the Prius v.
The 2013 C-MAX hybrid gas-electric vehicle has an mpg rating that is the same for the city and the highway - 47 mpg. Ford notes that is 7 mpg better than Toyota Prius v on the highway.
AOL's Auto Blog notes that the standard Prius Liftback version gets 51 mpg in the city, 48 mpg on the highway and 50 mpg combined.
Here's more from Ford's press release on the C-Max Hybrid:
“The all-new C-MAX Hybrid is a great symbol of how Ford has transformed into a fuel-economy and technology leader with 47 mpg across the board and a highway rating 7 mpg better than Toyota Prius v,” said Ford Vice President of Powertrain Engineering Joe Bakaj. “We’ve done this with innovation – represented by nearly 500 hybrid patents – while driving costs down 30 percent so we can bring these fuel-saving vehicles to more customers.”
The Detroit News reports the C-MAX Hybrid "is available for order at Ford dealers nationwide."
