
Ford S-Max Dark Grey Metallic Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Ford
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 400085400-P1
- Year
- 2006
- Era
- 2000s
- Body Type
- MPV & Minivan
- Vehicle Class
- Special & Unique Models
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
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About the Ford S-Max Dark Grey Metallic Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 Ford S-Max reproduces the 2006 MPV in Dark Grey Metallic, a sealed diecast body with tight panel lines and correct minivan proportions. Filed within the catalog's special and unique models group despite being a genuinely everyday subject, worth noting for collectors who sort by such classifications.
Grey is the color most MPVs actually wore on real roads, which makes this S-Max feel closer to daily life than its Black Metallic sibling. Minichamps builds the same honest, well-regarded 2006 MPV underneath, and the catalog files this particular finish among its special and unique models, a small quirk worth knowing before buying.
The S-Max Underneath a Practical Finish
Ford's Genuinely Car-Like MPV
Launched in 2006 on the EUCD platform shared with the Galaxy and Mondeo, the S-Max earned praise for handling that outclassed the typical minivan of its era, contributing to it and its Galaxy sibling winning European Car of the Year honors in 2007. That's a genuine engineering story hiding inside an ordinary-looking shape.
Sealed Diecast Build at 1:43
Minichamps casts this S-Max as a sealed one-piece body, the tight door and tailgate lines reflecting standard mass-market diecast construction at this scale rather than a hinge tolerance working against the shape.
Dark Grey Metallic and a Special-Models Classification
A Quieter Metallic Than the Black Variant
Grey metallic flake reads more subtly under a display light than black, showing off the S-Max's rounded surfacing without the higher-contrast gloss its darker sibling carries.
Filed Among Special and Unique Models
Despite the everyday subject, the catalog groups this specific release under its special and unique models heading rather than the standard urban runabout category its Black Metallic sibling occupies, a distinction worth flagging for collectors who sort a collection by catalog grouping rather than by the car alone.
An Honest Everyday Companion Piece
This Dark Grey Metallic S-Max pairs well with the Black Metallic edition for a two-tone display of the same practical subject, and it reinforces a simple point: entry-level everyday subjects have real value on a themed shelf even without a racing pedigree behind them.















