i just dont understand mazda why would they give one of there best selling mini vans to ford.. thats going to hurt mazdas dealers on sales . i called mazda of USA its true ford will be selling a there C max (mazda 5 van ) it gets a 7th seat power sliding side doors and a better cargo handling the frount does not look as good as the mazda frount end you can see one on.. you tube i saw it under 2012 mazda 5 spencerfvee

 

yes Ford is also releasing another model based on the CX-9... although I can't remember the name of it... it is already released in the UK... I want to say it's called the S-MAX but I just can't remember

 

just googled it and yes it's called S-MAX. my brother-in-law in London has one with a turbo diesel getting 40+ miles to the gallon, though they probably won't release the turbo diesel here in the States

 

also the C-MAX does not have sliding doors, but, the grand C-MAX does, for any that we're wondering