On March 18, Changan Ford downplayed the next sentence on its official website, "Let's order it."
The new generation of Ford Mondeo officially opened pre-sale, which is also the first major replacement model since the listing of the "Martin Face" Mondeo in 2013, and the expectation value is undoubtedly full. Ford also gave full love to the new Mondeo, a new "potential energy aesthetic" design, a full range of 2.0T engines, super sci-fi central control, BlueCruise active driver assistance system, all on the car.
Presumably to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Ford also did something that stunned all the joint venture rivals, that is, to set the price of the new Mondeo at 159,800 yuan.
What kind of impact will it have on the market? Let the kung fu car take everyone to see it together.
The value of the face is bursting
It's also bigger than The Magotan
In mid-January this year, Ford made its debut with the new Mondeo, and its super high appearance was particularly eye-catching, which caused a big wave of rendering at that time. Ford's design for the new Mondeo is explained in this way, drawing on and paying tribute to the classic design elements of the Ford brand, deeply understanding the preferences and insights of Chinese consumers for beauty, and perfectly integrating the aesthetic accumulation with the trend trends of the Chinese market.
And judging from the results, Ford really did not renege on his word.
Let's take a look at the contrast between the new Mondeo and the new Magotan, its through-strip is noticeably more fashionable, and the polygon grille looks more three-dimensional. In terms of the overall type line, The Magotan is a flat and stable, typical mid-level car silhouette. The new Mondeo adds more elements, the slightly concave lines on the sides greatly elongate the visual effect, making the new car look very slender and atmospheric, and the sneaky rear adds a sense of sportiness. The concealed door handle blends perfectly with the two-tone bodywork, and the cocked ducktail gives it a bit more of a coupe feel.
The new Mondeo also designed a welcome ceremony, when the owner approaches the vehicle, its headlights will be lit sequentially from the inside to the outside, the 3D scale grille will also actively undulate, the hidden door handle will automatically talk out, the atmosphere lights in the car will be on, and the whole sense of ceremony will be full. This makes its technological texture and sense of luxury greatly enhanced.
In short, with the two cars together, it is obvious that the new Mondeo has a stronger sense of grade and is more eye-catching.
In terms of interior design, the new Mondeo is also a new look, using the super long Dalian screen that the new forces like, which allows the owner to share the infotainment system with the co-driver, and when necessary, can greatly reduce the wife's nagging.
Of course, there is Also Ford's classic knob shift, combined with excellent materials, the overall texture is quite prominent. Comparatively speaking, the interior design of The Magotan is a bit unwatchable in this era, especially the mechanical gear lever, which looks full of the taste of the last decade.
The Danish national treasure B&O audio can bring quite excellent listening enjoyment to the new Mondeo, further improving the sense of grade of the whole vehicle.
In the past, The American mid-level cars were often not known for their space, but after the new Mondeo integrated more Chinese elements, it was also more in line with the preferences of the Chinese people in terms of space design.
The body size of the new car is 4935 * 1875 * 1500mm, the wheelbase is 2945mm, this size is close to the C-class car level, which makes its rear space luxurious, not only can sit in four adults, but also achieve Ge You lie, in the home compared to Magotan also has more advantages.
Performance rolls up
Continuation of the manipulation myth
When The Magotans took pains to divide the power configuration into three power segments, high, medium and low, the new Mondeo did not choose to follow, but chose to directly stud, and the new car was equipped with a 2.0T EcoBoost 245 high-power engine as standard.
This engine is more familiar to everyone and has applications in many Ford and Lincoln high-end models. Its maximum horsepower reaches 238 hp and the maximum torque is 376 Nm, which has a great advantage over Magotan. Combined with the ultra-low wind resistance of the new car 0.293Cd, its acceleration time from 0-100 km to 6.5 seconds is absolutely fast.
Compared with the 280TSI version of The Magotan and the 330TSI version, it has absolute advantages. In contrast, the starting price of the new Mondeo is 159,800, and the starting price of the two versions of Magotan is 186,900 and 219,900, respectively, you can know how determined Ford is this time. Paired with the engine is Ford's latest 8AT gearbox, which also has advantages over the 7DCT gearbox in terms of reliability and is more suitable for long-term use.
Of course, the new Mondeo is slightly higher than The Magotan in terms of fuel consumption. But considering that it has more space, crushing grade performance, and can add 92# gasoline, the 7.1L/100km performance is not a disadvantage.
In terms of handling, the new Mondeo has not had any setbacks, still continuing the usual advantages of American cars, with precise steering and excellent body following. After all, its chassis is only made of steel for the rear cantilever, and the rest is all aluminum alloy, which makes it not only more difficult to deform, but also has a more excellent watertightness and wind pressure performance, which is enough to ensure that the vehicle can be efficiently served in 8-10 years, and will not be like some models, the chassis is loose after a long time.
Overall, performance is still the strength of the new Mondeo, which is better than the same level, and if it is at the same price point, there is no opponent.
Smart and brilliant
Justifying the joint venture?
In the past, when it came to joint venture cars, many people's first reaction was that the intelligent configuration was not as good as domestic cars. Even many joint venture car fans have to take care of themselves to "justify", and those "fancy" configurations are useless. After the new Mondeo comes out, maybe everyone does not have to fool themselves, and the joint venture car can also be highly matched.
The new Mondeo is equipped with Ford's latest SYNC+2.0 Zhixing interconnection system, which supports more than 70 semantic voice interaction functions, has a recognition rate of up to 98%, and can accurately identify the owner's commands even in noisy urban areas.
In addition to voice control, the new Mondeo also supports gesture control and face recognition, which is absolutely second-to-second to understand the needs of the owner. The new car also joins the "Ford Blue Basin Friend" VPA Zhixing Partner, which is a virtual artificial intelligence assistant that will give voice and expression feedback to the owner's instructions, and truly concentrate on driving and not move.
The new Mondeo's continuous screen allows co-drivers to share driving tasks, such as viewing navigation, road sign information, and real-time vehicle information. The large screen can also do the switching of the whole screen and the split screen, so that everyone can perform their duties with their wives when driving. The AR real-life navigation of the new car can directly view the real-life navigation information in the driving road, such as navigation pointing arrows and real-time road traffic information can be displayed, which is equivalent to an old driver navigating and telling everyone how to go.
In terms of intelligent driving, the new Mondeo also has a very good performance. After all, it is equipped with 6 cameras, 12 ultrasonic radars, and 5 high-performance millimeter wave radars, new cars can achieve 0-130km/h speed range "quasi-automatic assisted driving" in specific sections, ACC automatic follow-up function is full speed domain, can make driving more relaxed.
Kung Fu shoots
As the first major replacement in 9 years, Ford has given the new Mondeo a super boost. Including the shape, interior, performance, intelligence and other aspects, it has achieved the same level of leadership, and it also gives a price that cannot be rejected. The starting price of 2.0T+8AT is nearly 30,000 lower than the starting price of Volkswagen's 1.4T+7DCT, which is simply not wanting to let opponents play.
At this point in time, the new Mondeo is definitely a good choice. Of course, what we hope more is that with its emergence, the joint venture cars will be rolled up, and only by giving greater sincerity can we truly occupy the market.