Sales of the Ford C-Max have down as of late, with lowered fuel economy figures cited as the reason.
Autoblog reports sales of the hybrid from January through march 2014 were 42.5 percent from the previous year as 5,566 — 2,295 of which were sold in March alone — have left the lot.
After a number of lawsuits alleged the C-Max couldn't meet the initial fuel economy numbers in the real world, Ford lowered the numbers to 40 mpg city, 45 mpg highway and 43 mpg combined, down from the 47 mpg throughout the range originally proclaimed.
Ford Americas chief Joe Hinrichs is aware of the decline in sales, and says his company needs to "reinvest in the product because [the C-Max] is a great car," while Ford itself believed sales would remain strong despite the controversy surrounding the fuel economy figures.
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