We also have the Smax 180 diesel. Car has been faultless and its been a good car to drive despite it’s size/heft. Cavernous space inside and the 3 older kids (21/15/14) sit comfortably. (slight worry that the new X1 replacement will be a be tighter on space for them – the girls are small thou and we don’t really drive to far with all 3 in!)
Part of me doesn’t want to give the car back in once sense, it was tempting to buy outright, but then its approaching 5yrs at which point things can start to break down quickly.
I did notice on a loaner galaxy (150 diesel) that the gearbox engine was considerably laggyier than ours. Ford look like they have moved over to PSA engines/auto’s, so it was a relief to get ours back.
Our previous gen smax (private) was a better handling car than the current gen, but its a shame there won’t be a 3rd gen model given that MPV’s are a dying trend.