Hi, I'm from Monterey, California, and as of yesterday I'm a brand new 2020 XL TC wagon owner! I've been musing about a van for three years now, and yesterday I decided it was time to part with my 2015 C-Max, so I traveled over to my Ford dealership. Earlier I had looked at a Chrysler Voyager and Pacifica, but, well, the Chrysler reputation for questionable reliability influenced me to look elsewhere. I've owned Fords for years, happily (well, there was the 1993 Taurus SHO - that's another story). When I got to my Ford store, I looked at an XLT (absolutely loaded) and an XL (also very well equipped), and settled on the XL. She's a golden tan color, black interior with the vinyl everything. Added are aluminum wheels, backup sensors, fog lights, heated blind spot mirrors, Sync III with Nav and XM, dual zone climate control, center console, rear overhead storage bins, and some features and things I haven't discovered yet. The one thing that really tickled me is FordPass, with the remote start and unlock from my phone. Now, that was cool, and how handy is that. She has almost everything the XLT had, save for the cloth and carpeting, and adaptive cruise control. I'm adding a receiver hitch next week. I'm going to remove the rear seat row, I don't need those seats. I carry around bicycles with riding gear, as well as other "stuff", all of which I routinely crammed into my poor C-Max! Removing that third row will give me all the room I need, without cramming. So far I am absolutely delighted with this little van. I'm used to 39 MPG with the C-Max, I know the XL won't get anywhere near that, and to be honest that's something that I'll need to get used to. Other than that, it drives so much like the C-Max (except that it shifts gears) that I already feel right at home. I should have purchased one of these vans ages ago!
