Ford indicated that CES was simply the right place to debut the Ford Focus Electric , and we’d tend to agree given the company’s history of showing off cool stuff at the show. But, perhaps part of that reason is because the company wasn’t done with the new car announcements. In Detroit Ford has announced two new flavors of its C-MAX, both coming to the US: hybrid and plug-in hybrid. The C-MAX is a European market compact MPV, basically a tall station wagon that’ll comfortably seat five and still leave room for luggage, dogs, or ’70s era mainframe systems in the back. More details on both versions, plus the full PR, after the break. Gallery: Ford C-MAX models Continue reading Ford announces C-MAX Hybrid and C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid cars for 2012 release Ford announces C-MAX Hybrid and C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid cars for 2012 release originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink