According to the data released by the Association of Automobile Manufacturers recently, in the mid-size car market, Toyota Camry and Honda Accord still have strong sales performance. Camry sales in January reached 24,950 units, up 21.3% year-on-year, while Honda Accord sales in January also reached 22,907 units, up 15.3% year-on-year. As two classic joint venture mid-size cars, Camry and Accord have also been selling well in the domestic market for many years, and aesthetic fatigue will inevitably occur over time. Coupled with the successive efforts of major domestic and foreign brands in the past two years, the author believes that it is time for Camry and Accord to cool down.
In the past two years, Ford Motor has been making continuous attempts in the domestic market to try to get rid of the current market predicament, although it has not made much progress, but the author believes that the arrival of the new Mondeo may change this situation. At last month's ford center online opening ceremony, Ford Motor was the world's first-generation Ford Mondeo, which is built on a new platform and is expected to be available in the second quarter of this year.
As a presence that entered the domestic market as early as 2007, Ford Mondeo can be said to be one of the representative models of the American family car in the domestic market, and it was once a best-selling model with monthly sales of more than 10,000. However, with the consumer's emphasis on economical and durable quality, Ford Mondeo, which has the characteristics of high-horsepower and high fuel consumption American cars, the market attention continues to decrease. As the first replacement of the current model after 9 years on the market, how does the new generation of Ford Mondeo perform? Let's take a general look.
First of all, the appearance of the face value part, the new generation of Ford Mondeo is the use of the latest design language, the front of the car uses a front face design similar to EVOS, dot matrix net and two side headlights integrated into one, but also equipped with a penetrating light strip and split headlight design, it looks full of technology at the same time, but also has a good sense of technology.
Body part, the new generation of Ford Mondeo lines smooth and full of power, the waist using a dual waist line design, but also equipped with a two-color body and hidden door handles, sporty, scientific and technological performance is also very good. In terms of configuration, the new generation of Ford Mondeo will be equipped with a maximum of 19-inch rims.
In terms of tails, the new generation of Ford Mondeo adopts a short tail design, with a back-like effect, the tail box lid has a small ducktail, the tail lights on both sides use the energy bar style, with a slight mustang mustang taste, the rear surround part is slightly thick, equipped with two sides of the double tail row, full of good power sports.
Interior part, the new generation of Ford Mondeo is also the use of the latest family language, the interior layout is basically consistent with EVOS, the tiled layout of the center console is equipped with a 1.1m large through the LCD screen, with a new style of three-frame multi-functional steering wheel, knob gear, etc., full of scientific and technologically exquisite driving atmosphere.
Size space part, the new generation of Ford Mondeo is reported to be larger than the current model, the length, width and height are: 4935/1875/1500, the wheelbase is 2945mm, has been very close to the B+ class sedan category, presumably the actual space performance will not disappoint.
Finally, in the power performance part, the new generation of Ford Mondeo according to the currently known declaration chart, it will be equipped with a new 2.0T high-power engine, which can have a maximum power output of 238Ps (175 kW), and the transmission is matched with an 8AT hand automatic transmission.
On the whole, as far as the currently known information is concerned, the new generation of Ford Mondeo can be said to be prepared, whether it is appearance, space, configuration, performance, etc., basically reached the current leading level of the mid-size car market. In particular, the powertrain of 2.0T+8AT is obviously more attractive than a number of competitor models with CVT transmissions. So what do you think about the new generation of Ford Mondeo? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.