AAH #183 - Inside the 2013 Ford C-MAX Energi

Just as you could get the Ford Model T in any color, as long as it
was black, when the company brought the C-MAX stateside, it
declared you could get any powertrain, as long as it was a hybrid.
This week the C-MAX Energi rolls into the Autoline studio with John
Davis, Chief Program Engineer, in tow. We'll be asking him all
about the car and about what challenges Ford faces in trying to
sell a plug-in. We'll also want to know why the C-MAX struggles, in
testing, to meet the fuel economy ratings on the EPA label. And,
yes, we will also get to the top news of the week. GM earnings are
disappointing; 2013 just may be the year of the diesel as Ram and
Subaru both announce new entries; and Federal Mogul says goodbye to
spark plugs while Chevrolet says hello to shape memory alloys.
Joining John McElroy in studio to talk about all that and much
more, is Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist, and Todd Lassa from
Automobile.