Ford Ireland has just introduced the C-Max Flexi-Fuel, a bio-fueled version of its compact mpv to sit alongside the Focus FFV hatch and estate in its burgeoning eco-friendly car line-up.
Like the two Focus models (and the Volvo S40 and V50 Flexi-Fuel) the C-Max FFV runs Ford's familiar 125bhp 1.8-litre petrol engine, which has been tweaked and modified to run on E85 bio-ethanol, regular unleaded or any combination of the two. When running on E85, and when taking the whole-life carbon cycle into account, the C-Max FFV emits around 80% less CO2 than a conventional petrol-engined car.
Ford is pushing hard to make bio-fuel vehicles more desirable. Ford Insure, it's insurance arm, is promising 20% reductions in premuiums to FFV drivers, and thanks to a 50% VRT rebate on eco-friendly cars, the list price of the C-Max FFV is just €21,921 (the Focus FFV hatch costs €20,710) compared to a basic C-Max 1.6-litre petrol model, which costs €22,520. Currently, Maxol is Ireland's only supplier of E85, with 14 filling stations around the country selling the fuel. That number is expected to rise to 24 by the end of the year.
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