New Mondeo: Nine years of grinding a sword, returning to be a teenager!

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Determined to be strong, success is not fast in the long run.

- "On the Governance of the Body"

In August 2013, Changan Ford's fourth-generation Mondeo, which is known as "Martin's face", debuted in the Chinese market, with avant-garde styling and sharp control, strongly broke the B-class car market pattern formed by German and Japanese brands at that time, letting Chinese consumers know that the original huge B-class car can also be sporty.

And today, 9 years later, Changan Ford has finally brought a new generation of Mondeo, but today is different from the past, "away" from the long-term Mondeo, in the face of the vagaries of the automobile market and the car consumers who are no longer so satisfied, whether the new generation of Mondeo can successfully break the established pattern of B-class cars is one of the biggest "troubles" it will face, and how to solve this trouble, after the test drive of the complete new Mondeo, cut through the clouds and see the sky, keep the clouds open and see the moon.

"Potential Energy Aesthetics"

The best master of controlling "oil"

Mr. Li Zongsheng, a well-known musician, once said that he has been feeding the audience to eat nutritious garbage, so over time, the audience has become a pig. For car consumers, this sentence is also true here. When consumers are accustomed to being played by manufacturers as monkeys and obedient to manufacturers, then even if the best products appear, they will be treated as alternative, and the new Mondeo is determined to be this "alternative".

04 Mondeo

I believe that friends who have learned about Ford's history should know that design has always been a plus for Ford, whether it is the third-generation Mondeo driven by James Bond in the 007 movie "Casino Royale", or the fourth generation Mondeo with a "Martin face", without exception, they are on the front line of the trend.

13 Mondeo

The new Mondeo uses the design concept of "potential energy aesthetics" to refine and innovate the design elements that Ford has precipitated for a hundred years, creating a more "different" Mondeo in terms of visual senses.

Regarding design, I don't think I need to elaborate too much, the so-called wen wu first, wu wu second, aesthetics is not a standardized thing.

At the design level of the new Mondeo, controlling the "oil" is its top priority this time. And to accomplish this task, the best way is to carry out the movement to the end. The effect brought by the concept of "potential energy aesthetics" directly breaks the boundaries of the design of B-class cars of traditional car companies.

Revolutionary technological upgrading

Brand new Mondeo or into a fuel car ceiling

Compared with the new forces of car manufacturing, intelligence seems to have not been the advantage of fuel vehicles. For Ford, entering intelligent technology and competing head-on with new car-making forces has become the goal of its struggle in recent years, from "vehicle-road integration" to "car-city integration", from EVOS to the new Mondeo, Ford did not directly copy the new forces of car-making, but opened up an "unimagined road" outside this track.

The interior of the new Mondeo completely abandons the style of the former European Ford, and adopts the same design as the previously listed EVOS, and the 1.1-meter ultra-wide-area display is absolutely unique in its class. It is true that the traditional fuel models of the joint venture brand adopt such a radical design, which will still bring a lot of controversy, but the rich content of this screen, the clarity of resolution, and the smooth operation have conquered potential consumers. And it is worth mentioning that the new Mondeo is also equipped with B&O brand sound, the bass effect is good, but the high note is a little thin.

Although this screen has many functions, it requires a certain time cost to learn, and first-time players like me will most likely be confused.

In addition to intelligence, the new Mondeo has also been sublimated at the level of assisted driving, and the new Mondeo is equipped with Ford's new generation Co-Pilot360 Intelligent Driving Assistance System. The so-called do not look at the advertisement to see the efficacy, from the actual experience, in the complex road, traffic congestion of the mountain city of Chongqing expressway and highway, the new Mondeo can basically achieve "quasi-automatic driving".

While competitors are still "squeezing toothpaste" bit by bit intermittently providing consumers with intelligent configuration and driving assistance functions, the new Mondeo chooses to be in place once. A revolutionary transformation of fuel vehicles has been achieved.

Home or sport

How does the new Mondeo find a balance?

In this era when even BMW is compromising on comfort, those who continue to insist on sports are the "lone braves"!

The word sport has always been engraved in Ford's bones, from Fox to Mondeo, and even SUV models are unswervingly taking this road. Of course, the new Mondeo is no exception. For test drive activities, the static experience in front of the mat is an appetizer, and the dynamic performance of a car is a feast that fills the stomach.

First of all, the most important power system of the whole vehicle, the new Mondeo is equipped with an EcoBoost 2.0T turbocharged engine, the maximum power is 175kW, the peak torque is 376N·m, compared to the main competitors on the market, this power system is remarkable in terms of parameter performance and technical content.

In terms of transmission, the new Mondeo is mated to an 8AT gearbox, but since our test drive is not a version of the ST-Line, it does not offer manual mode and paddle shifters to improve playability.

Chongqing's steep mountain road is the best test place to test whether the new Mondeo control is qualified.

First of all, in terms of power perception, in the standard mode, this 2.0T engine has almost no turbo delay, and the throttle feeling is neither as calm as the German car nor as channeled as the beginning of the Japanese car, and the overall feeling is relatively linear. Coupled with the 8AT gearbox, there is almost no frustration throughout the whole process. However, in standard mode, the response of this 8AT is significantly slower, and when the throttle is stepped on, there will basically be a downshift delay of about 2 seconds, but this is also a sacrifice for smoothness.

How can the hot-blooded youth be so Buddhist, adjust the driving mode to the burning engine track (sports mode), and then go up the mountain to "split a bend". In the sport mode, this 8AT is a bit neurotic, although it can not lock the gear, but it will basically maintain 3500 rpm before shifting gears, and in the sport mode, the power of the engine is almost completely released, any movement on your feet, will show you in the body dynamics.

The aluminum alloy front suspension system effectively reduces the under-spring mass, but also improves the vehicle cornering limit, even if the test drive is equipped with the main economical and wear-resistant Hankook tires, it is difficult to drive it to the head of the tire, Ford's tuning skills, had to serve.

Slowing down, bending, downshifting, giving oil out of the bend, playing a lot, in addition to parking, I have gradually overlooked that this is a B-class car close to 5 meters. Like the throttle, the braking of the new Mondeo is quite linear, completely free of vacancies, and the deceleration effect is excellent, driving up and down the mountain road for an hour or two, and there is no obvious thermal attenuation.

But if you have to find a disadvantage for it, then I think the biggest regret of the new Mondeo driving level is the steering wheel. First of all, the steering wheel size of the new Mondeo is the same as EVOS, it is larger, and there will even be an illusion of driving a large truck, when driving intensely, the large-size steering wheel will not be so controllable; secondly, the steering wheel of the new Mondeo in order to take care of daily driving, the steering wheel steering feels a little too light, and there will even be a sense of nothingness, but fortunately, the steering ratio is more reasonable, and the directionality is very precise, so as not to make it an ordinary "grocery cart".

According to common sense, a car that overemphasizes sports will often perform poorly at home, but the new Mondeo really breaks the shackles of this tradition.

How to skillfully balance home and movement, the new Mondeo suspension system is still the biggest "hero".

Choosing to be on a variety of roads in Chongqing that resemble "shell craters", this suspension system provides comfort that exceeds everyone's expectations. The first thing that needs to be explained is that it is not blindly "soft" that is comfortable, and many people have been brainwashed by this concept in recent years, thinking that as long as the suspension is soft enough, then the car will be comfortable enough, which is completely fallacious.

The new Mondeo suspension system usually provides enough support to actively rebound when the ditch is too small, while filtering out the fine vibrations that affect the sense of premium, and when driving on the badly damaged road surface of the "shell crater", the suspension system can provide strong long-wave support. Coupled with the overall excellent NVH performance, daily driving or riding, the new Mondeo has achieved business-class comfort.

The same car, in different road conditions, can have two very different performances, in this price range, such a suspension system, I am afraid that only Ford can adjust.

Write at the end:

Like the poem at the beginning of the article, the frequency of Ford's iterative updates has indeed not kept up, but success has not been fast for a long time, and since the day of its birth, every change in Mondeo has been earth-shaking. As Ford's blockbuster new car this year, the new Mondeo has too much hope on its shoulders, and whether it can fulfill Ford's wishes can only be tested by the market.

However, the new Mondeo, who has sharpened a sword for 9 years, returns from this renovation, or that maverick teenager! It is not only a lonely "game breaker", but also a new benchmark setter in the industry!

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