When many people have not yet come out of the rumor that "Ford EVOS is a substitute for Mondeo", Ford has been grinding a sword for nine years and ushering in the sixth generation of Ford Mondeo. However, now Mondeo is no longer a Martin face, nor is it a stable business style, nor is it a global strategic model of the past, to be precise, we should call it the sixth generation of Changan Ford Mondeo.
Exterior design
Like ford EVOS, which plays an outpost in the SUV market, Mondeo now has a new generation of design language, the slender engine compartment structure gives it a European coupe flavor, and the grille with through the light strip cover adopts an irregular open grille, and the regular stereo reflector constitutes an all-black net inside, and the light and shadow changes are very rich. The headlights have become split, and although there is no matrix, adaptive near and far light can still bring good environmentally friendly lighting.
The ST-Line kit version will also connect the light cluster to the bumper with a black decorative strip, and the enclosing formed on the outside will also play an aerodynamic role.
From the side view, although the Mondeo is not a hatchback, it achieves a natural transition between the tailgate and the roof through the slender C-pillar, and the all-black roof structure will bring a certain suspension visual effect above the segmented waistline. At the same time, the wide black scratch-resistant panel, the independent sports side skirt brought by the ST-Line kit, and the hidden electric door handle will all combine sports with a sense of technology and practicality.
Of course, the small duckling tail at the tail end can also get a real independent small tail wing through the ST-Line, and the through taillights, bumper diffusers and hidden exhaust pipe structures, etc., will make us think of some pure electric performance cars created by new forces.
Interior design
Three through-the-bay structures became the most alluring thing in the cockpit, with the first layer running through the top of the center console, in addition to the hidden sensors, which also included the B&O Premium Sound Combination speakers, forming a surround sound layout at the top.
The second layer runs through the natural horizontal wide-area LCD display, the 12.3-inch digital dashboard will be combined with the 27.0-inch full LCD touch screen, and the 4032x756 HD resolution and 4K picture quality will make it look very technological. As an important part of the FNV intelligent network architecture, SYNC+2.0 infotainment system will allow the car machine to have real-time road information navigation, remote controllable car networking, voice recognition interaction with sunroof and FOTA online upgrade covering the whole vehicle, which in addition to updating the car machine, will also realize the ECU electronic control unit upgrade including engine and gearbox, so as to achieve overall performance improvement. In addition, the presence of sensors will also allow vehicles to achieve gesture control and face recognition.
The third layer of penetration is decorative through, especially the ST-Line version, which covers the red decorative belt in the air outlet of the central control air conditioner will enter the side through the high decorative section on the door panel, and the carbon fiber style trim panel, the leather soft bag with stitching, etc. will be integrated across the area, with the sport-style seat with fur material, the zone control air conditioner, the multi-colored atmosphere light, the induction tailgate, etc., the class sense in the cabin will be higher than that of the same class B class car.
In addition to these three layers of penetration, Mondeo's in-vehicle intelligence also includes intelligent assisted driving.
The new generation of Co-Pilot 360 Intelligent Driving Assistance System has reached L2 level or above, through the BlueCruise active driving assistance function supported by 23 sensors, the vehicle can achieve smarter assisted driving on closed high-speed and open urban expressways, and the vehicle-road coordination connected to the urban transportation system will make Mondeo drive more "simple".
Powertrain
Of course, the EcoBoost series 2.0T turbocharged engine + Ford 8AT transmission equipped with the whole series, 175kW (238Ps) / 376N·m power parameters, will bring the vehicle a very comprehensive performance performance. Although Ford has not yet announced the 0-100km/h acceleration of the vehicle, in terms of Ford EVOS's 6.6 seconds to break the hundred, Mondeo, which starts at 159,800 yuan, will also be a "6-second" player. This acceleration ability is not to say that it is not a luxury leader Accord, even if the BBA has a four-wheel drive luxury car is not necessarily a rival.
At present, we do not know whether this generation of Mondeo can keep the control ability of its predecessors, at least in the former McPherson + rear multi-link suspension combination can not see anything, about this should wait until the real car on the road to have an answer.
Write at the end
In fact, the "Ford EVOS as a substitute for Mondeo" is not entirely a rumor, because ford EVOS is a product of Mondeo's completion of SUVization, and it does enter the mass production consumer market earlier than Mondeo. And whether it is Ford EVOS, or Ford Mondeo, they are produced in the Ford C2 platform collinearly, the relationship between the two is subtle and significant, from the appearance of the vehicle and interior design, powertrain and body size data, we can understand their relationship. The sixth generation of Mondeo, which insists on iterating in the car market, has shown itself to be a B+ class identity higher than that of the current same level of fuel vehicles, and with the "new power" electrical architecture brought by Ford's new generation of core powertrain and FNV, it may really be able to grab a way to survive.