These pictures, snapped by our spies in Germany, show an intriguingly undisguised Ford C-MAX undergoing testing, which can mean only one thing - it's a development mule for the all-new C-MAX, due in 2010.
The car will be based on the Focus platform and will share most of the hatchback's engines, though it's not certain whether the 2.5-litre turbocharged unit from the Focus ST will make an apearance. That said, the sucess of the Vauxhall Zafira VXR means Ford could be missing a trick by neglecting to provide a blue oval alternative for Daddy Cool!
The new C-Max will be available in North America for the first time too, and represents a key move in Ford’s new ‘shared technologies’ global engineering strategy, in which it plans to move the company’s European lineup into the floundering US market.