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This is the new, improved Ford Mondeo, now with added ‘zing'.
The freshly baked Mondeo gets a lightly altered face (new grille), a lightly altered side profile (chrome window surrounds) and LED daytime running lights. Each of which is not astoundingly obvious to the casual observer, but looks smart nonetheless.
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Of chief importance for the new Mondeo is the addition of two new engines to the dizzying range - a 235bhp 2-litre turbo petrol unit that'll hit 62mph in just 7.5s - and likely to appear in some form for the next Focus ST - and a 197bhp 2.2-litre oil burner which will do the dash in 8.3s while returning 47mpg.
Ford's white-coat specialists have also introduced higher-quality materials for the Mondeo's interior, and have redesigned it to make it more ‘premium'.
Which is all fine and dandy. And we like the Mondeo lots. It's a well-executed family car which is fun to abuse on a B-road, spacious enough to swallow children and assorted stuff, and doesn't require you to sell a kidney on the black market to buy.
There is one niggling thing however...the name. Mondeo is not a sexy name. It doesn't make women swoon with a heady fever and instantly want to mate with you on the spot. Rather, it gets a knowing nod from knowledgeable car types. And you definitely don't want to mate with them.
There's also another thing...the more lusted-after BMW 3 Series. Which would you choose?
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What do you think?
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JohnBoyTKD commented on this article
at 12:55 pm on 27 August 2010
Wow... amazing.... just incredible.... Such brave and imaginative work by the Ford design crew. A leap into the future..... Or not, as the case may be.... Pity, because for the standard family car, I quite like Ford's stable....
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Rudyyy commented on this article
at 01:09 pm on 27 August 2010
I love the Mondeo, and a new grill, bit o' chrome and some LED daytime runners are a nice little addition to it ... It will be awhile before they bring the new fiesta/ focus design language over to it and maybe then they will change the name, like Vauxhall did
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LastOnSunday commented on this article
at 01:46 pm on 27 August 2010
another stunning example of Ford's Kinetic* design! *The kinetic energy of an object is the energy which it possesses due to its motion.
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n00kz commented on this article
at 01:51 pm on 27 August 2010
I would take the mondeo , All I see in 3-series are cocks and cockettes
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TopgearTim commented on this article
at 02:42 pm on 27 August 2010
Love those Ford wheels....
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