Great TopGear review of the new Mondeo
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Great TopGear review of the new Mondeo
It's feels equally as well-built as the Beemer - if not better - and it comes close as an all-round dynamic package. The ride is bordering on magical, especially with the Interactive Vehicle Dynamics Control system switched to the softest of its three settings, and it steers, stops and handles with the élan we now expect from a Ford.
Quality and reliability will be high. Customer satisfaction will be high. The car's overall ability is extremely high. I just want it to cut into the Big Three German brands and steal some of their biased drivers. It really does deserve to.
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Did you read all the comments afterwards? People lamenting the fact that they can't buy it in North America...just like the responses on Autoblog.
Hello, Ford...get a clue.
Hello, Ford...get a clue.
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Do market researchers and strategists at Ford still think that all engines below 2.5L should stay in Europe? Do they really think there is no market in the US for a high-quality, great-performing sedan with 200+HP just because it doesn't have a big displacement engine?!
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The GTO and Contour/Mystique were both perfect examples of the problems this scenario can lead to. Neither did very well here with both owing a great deal of their woes to high production costs. To be fair both suffered from styling issues as well which many seem certain wont plague the new Mondeo, but the GTO had the benfit of the blogs and fan sites just as this car does and there was never any serious indicator that styling would be so troublesome. Even when placing any subjective styling analysis aside we cannot realistically place such sweeping failure on the shoulders of styling alone.
which brings me back to cost and pricing .The problems high cost brought to the table have simply never gotten their due in either of the above cases IMO. Put bluntly this isn't an Accord, it's a Passat, and as such a Mercury badge makes far more sense than the blue oval.
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I had one as a rental car two weeks ago. When it was delivered to my house, it had 27 miles on the clock. It was the TD model. pretty quick, and the build quality seemed to be excellent (you would hope so on a brand new car). Best thing? on a 400 mile journey, it returned 55mpg (46mpUSg). Not bad for a car that size.
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I also rented the current model last summer when I was on holiday (TD model too) and I was impressed with it, especially compared to the 1st generation Mondeo and my dad's 2001 Passat TDI. I don't think the new one will reach the refinement levels of the 3 Series or the C Class, but it will surely be right up there with the A4 and the Volvo S60 in terms of quality and performance. And the best part is, it will be cheaper than those two.
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Louie,
I stand corrected.
Here you are chaps, here's what you could have had!
http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/allnewmondeo/-/-/-/-/-/
I stand corrected.
Here you are chaps, here's what you could have had!
http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/allnewmondeo/-/-/-/-/-/
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Louie,
I stand corrected.
Here you are chaps, here's what you could have had!
http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/allnewmondeo/-/-/-/-/-/
I stand corrected.
Here you are chaps, here's what you could have had!
http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/allnewmondeo/-/-/-/-/-/
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