Speaking of Ford Mondeo, I think most people in the car circle will not be unfamiliar, especially the fourth generation of Mondeo released in 2013, which is impressive with a front face that resembles "Aston Martin", and it has been popular all over the country for a time. But unfortunately, in the 8 years since then, the fourth generation of Mondeo has rarely changed/upgraded, so it seems to be a bit old in the ever-changing car market, and falls behind in the competition with old rivals such as Camry and Passat.
At the same time, with Ford announcing the withdrawal of Fusion (the American version of Mondeo) from the two major markets of North America and Europe in 2020, it seems that everyone feels that Mondeo is about to usher in a final song. However, on March 18 this year, the new generation of Mondeo debuted in China and opened pre-sale, and a total of 4 models were released this time, with a pre-price range of 159,800-219,800 yuan. Combined with the starting price of the previous model of 192,800 yuan, it can be seen that this new generation of Mondeo can be described as full of survival, and it is iron-hearted to save the previous weak situation.
In addition to the "ultra-low" pre-sale price, the new generation of Mondeo's product strength has changed greatly from the inside out. Specifically, in terms of appearance, Mondeo adopts the potential energy aesthetic design used by EVOS, the front face is much different from EVOS, and the design aesthetic is still online.
On the side of the body, the new car adopts a segmented waist line, with a strong layer design, and the Ford Mustang has a slight resemblance, giving people a visual sense of muscle sports car, very classic. At the same time, the whole vehicle adopts a double color block design, and the roof is blackened, creating a floating roof look and feel, which is very personal.
In terms of size, the new car is 4935/1875/1500mm in length, width and height, and the wheelbase is 2945mm, so the overall interior space performance will never be too bad, and such data can be regarded as a more prominent presence in the same level of B-class cars.
In terms of the rear, the new car still adopts the current popular through-type taillights, which widens a certain visual width. The segmented taillights on both sides echo the front lights, and the overall recognition is very high. However, the small ducktail above, although more athletic, is placed on a more rounded tail shape, but it looks a little abrupt.
In terms of interior, the new generation of Mondeo also follows the 1.1-meter-long huge 4K screen used by EVOS, the visual effect is very shocking, the car machine system will use Ford's latest SYNC+2.0 zhixing system, according to the previous EVOS car machine performance, the new car this time the human-vehicle interaction experience should not be too weak.
In the central control part, the new car adopts a very simple design language, in addition to the knob gear handle and some configuration buttons, the rest are mostly some storage slots, which is still very convenient for daily use. In addition, the whole car also uses a large number of soft wrapping materials, supplemented by exquisite sewing process, with mood lights, the entire cockpit is quite grade.
In terms of power, the new generation of Mondeo is equipped with a 2.0T turbocharged four-cylinder engine, the maximum horsepower is 238 horses, the peak torque is 376 Nm, matching the 8-speed manual transmission, this powertrain has been equipped on many models, has already passed the precipitate of the market, whether it is tuning and power performance are relatively mature, and placed in the same price, the same level of models also have a lot of advantages.
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Although Ford Mondeo's sales performance in the market in recent years has been gradually marginalized, the new generation of Mondeo has shown a very high level of product strength, coupled with the competitive strategy of low price and high matching, it is not difficult to awaken the love of the Chinese people for it. After all, even the Citroën Versailles C5X can lead the French car to turn over, not to mention the American car with a deeper user base. So do you think that the new generation of Mondeo can return to the peak this time?