The first vehicle based on Ford's new global Focus platform, the new C-MAX will drop cloth later this month at the Frankfurt Motor Show. But, you say, why should we care? Well, because we're told it may wash ashore here.

The C-MAX, based on the iosis Max revealed at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year is the first vehicle based on Ford's new Focus platform. Thus, expect the new global Focus to reflect the same design attitude and panache — but hopefully the new Focus will be more of a "dynamic passenger-car" rather than just exhibiting more of a "dynamic passenger-car look" as the C-MAX apparently does.

But, why, you may ask, should you care about a Focus-based MPV in Europe? Probably because our sources tell us we may actually see the C-MAX — or some derivative — wash onto our shores. We're told we'll find out more in Frankfurt.

Full press release in the gallery below.