Some time ago, Ford officially released a new generation of Mondeo has received widespread attention from the outside world, the reason is that Mondeo, as Ford's most classic B-class sedan, has not been replaced for 9 years on the market, which can be said to be nine years of grinding a sword. The new generation of Mondeo not only adopts a new design language, but also another embodiment of Ford's efforts to reverse the decline in the domestic automotive market.
In 2020, Changan Ford ended three consecutive years of negative sales growth, achieving a significant year-on-year increase of 16.78% with a record of 213,700 units. In 2021, Changan Ford once again ushered in a year-on-year increase in sales, with annual sales reaching 304682 vehicles, an increase of 20.29% year-on-year, outperforming the market.
If the EVOS, which went on sale last year, is the first model of Changan Ford's "Ford China 2.0" strategy, then the new generation of Mondeo is a further sublimation of this strategy. In 2022, in addition to the new generation of Mondeo, Changan Ford will also have three new cars to help Changan Ford achieve a comprehensive revival in the domestic automobile market.
The four-cylinder Fox was revived and strived for the crown status
In the domestic A-class car market, Fox definitely has a pivotal position, and its annual sales at its peak once exceeded 400,000 units, making it a veritable A-class car sales king.
However, in 2018, after the Fox replacement, the whole series was equipped with a three-cylinder engine, which is also the beginning of changan Ford's decline in domestic sales. As we all know, the three-cylinder engine in the country is a very tragic death, last year Buick Yinglang replaced the four-cylinder engine after the sharp increase in sales has already shown that the three-cylinder engine has no way out in The country.
Apparently, Changan Ford also discovered this. To this end, the new Focus will also return with a four-cylinder engine in the second quarter of this year. It is reported that the four-cylinder Fox will supply a 1.6-liter Dragon TiVCT self-priming four-cylinder engine and a 1.6-liter Dragon GTDI four-cylinder turbocharged engine, the former matching a 6MT/6AT transmission and the latter matching an 8AT transmission.
However, this news has not been confirmed by the official Changan Ford, if the four-cylinder Focus really uses a 1.6T+8AT powertrain, it will undoubtedly have super competitiveness in the A-class sedan market. After all, in the joint venture A-class sedan, even the Civic is only 1.5T + CVT, sagitar is 1.4T + DCT, the performance of the AT transmission is very rare, and the four-cylinder Fox with a 1.6T +8AT powertrain is back to the peak, it is not impossible.
The 350,000-level medium and large SUV sales trump card ushered in a facelift
In addition to the return of the four-cylinder Fox in the second quarter of this year, the sixth generation of Explorers, which went public last year, will also usher in a makeover in the second quarter. On the first anniversary of the launch of the sixth generation explorer, sales have already exceeded 33,000 units, ranking the ace of 350,000 joint venture medium and large SUV sales.
Judging from the declaration information of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the redesigned explorers have made great changes in the appearance design, and the new car does not use the current sharp front face, but is equipped with a more rounded grille, and the interior also uses a longer chrome trim. On the fierce, the current adventure is definitely more dominant, but on the exquisite, the new model is obviously better.
And in terms of power, the explorers after the redesign will still be equipped with a 2.3T engine as standard, which has a maximum horsepower of 276Ps, and can reach a staggering maximum torque of 425N·m at 3500rpm, and the transmission is still equipped with a 10AT gearbox as standard. A sufficiently sincere powertrain is the key to the sixth generation of explorers to become the ace of 350,000-level medium and large joint venture SUV sales.
As for the specific configuration information, the official has not yet been announced, because it is only a modified model, so it should only make some small optimizations in the configuration, and there will not be much change.
A new generation of sharp edge is coming, the market disruptor of mid-size SUVs
Finally, in the fourth quarter of this year, Changan Ford also finally replaced the sharp world. In 2015, when Ruijie was just domestically produced, it once competed with Highlander, and there was definitely a sharp world on competitiveness. It's just that with the passage of time, the current Sharp World has no longer the courage of the past, so the new generation of Sharp World is also a thousand calls to come out.
At present, the specific information about the new generation of sharp circles has not been officially revealed, and even the road test spy photos have not been exposed, and it is still in a highly confidential stage. Judging from Ford's recent changes to the replacement model, the author personally guesses that the new generation of Sharp World may also adopt a design language similar to EVOS and the new generation of Mondeo, after all, this is also Ford's latest family design.
In other words, the new generation of sharp circles will also change from a hard wind to a high-tech wind, which is also in line with the design trend of the current automotive market. As for the power, the author personally speculates that the new will continue to provide 2.0T engines, or will launch a pure electric version of the model in the future, after all, the main battlefield of major car companies in the future is in the field of new energy, and the early layout can preemptively gain a foothold in the new energy market.
Write at the end:
From the new cars listed by Changan Ford this year, it can be found that almost every model has a pivotal position in various market segments, especially the four-cylinder Focus and the new generation of sharp circles, which makes many consumers look forward to it. Changan Ford in 2022 is worth looking forward to!
(The image comes from the Internet, if there is infringement, please contact to delete)