The SMax and Mondeo are the same floor plan, just the SMax has a larger (height-wise) body on it. We have an 07 SMax.
The seats all fold flat but there is a 2-part pull on the lever to drop them…unless they have changed the seating layout, all seats are individuals i.e. no 60/40.
With the seats folded flat it’s a big space BUT the seats leave a flat area but for some reason they don’t drop (like the Vauxhall seats do) – so although they fold flat, it feels like a lot of the height is lost.
My 120mm Marin won’t go in without the seat removed and front wheel off – upright or upside down – my wife’s Stumpy D4W fits in with the rear wheel removed. I’ve not tried my 146 but I’m guessing everything will need to be removed.
If the bike can go sideways all I need to do is drop my saddle (which is easy with the Reverb).
It has been a very good car, the front tyres tend to wear twice as fast as the rears and I’m paying £100 per corner – it’s the 2ltr TDCI so it’s a heavy lump on the front wheels. Can’t recall exact size but they are 17s…it’s the 2.0 TDCI Titanium model and the tyres are Khumo KH31 (I think).
Apart from biking duties it has been a superb car – biking duties work but I do reckon the usable height in the back isn’t as good as it ‘should’ (subjective opinion) be, saying that, plenty space on roof so it hasn’t been a major issue.
Only 2 issues we have had with ours – the design of the bonnet release cable meant it was open to the elements so after 3 years use without much ‘maintenance’ it seized and eventually snapped – garage wanted £180 to replace it with the same kind…got a friendly Ford mechanic mate who did it for £50 – same design but he coated it in plenty of very sticky grease so it may be a dirt magnet on the outside but at least the cable is free of stiction. Apparently the 08’s onwards have an improved routing/design which means they don’t get all the salt spray and mank from the road.
Only other issue we had was it ran out of diesel and it doesn’t have any manual method of pumping the fuel through to the engine…so 20 minutes of turning the engine over and it kicked into life…took it to the garage to check it over and thankfully no damage but for some reason I thought all cars had a manual pump in case they ran out of fuel (be aware, I’m clueless about cars so my thinking isn’t actually based on any facts!).
Our needs have changed somewhat (daughter is getting older and we no longer need to carry another house around with us of kit) and the wife isn’t needing to shift the kind of musical gear she was shifting before…I think we are going to downsize later this year to something Focus-sized.
I’d have another even though the internal height isn’t as good as I think it should be.