The gearbox is a complete bag of worms unreliable and very expensive to repair hence the very low trade price of this model in fact many traders refuse to handle them I would steer very clear of this model even when running correctly mid 20's is the best you will get round town.The gearbox has since been dropped and replaced with a much more reliable unit

Had a 1.6TDCi manual for 5 years before selling it a while ago, one of the best cars we have ever had. In the 5 years other than fuel, tyres and servicing we only had an alternator belt replaced, it had started to crack. The bodywork was still A1 and the interior had held up brilliantly.

runboy is correct, the rubiish auto box was the CVT fitted to 1.6 diesels, 2.0's had a propper auto box.

Economy will never be brilliant ona tall, petrol, 2 litre, auto but most of that applies to all makes and not just a C-Max. Guess 35 mpg would be pushing it overall, quite a bit less in town though.

Have heard ex Motability cars can be hit and miss, some owners abuse them badly since they don't own them and don't have a fleet manager breathing down their necks, others are well looked after, guess its buyer beware.