Not long ago, the new generation of Mondeo opened pre-sale, pre-priced from 159,800 yuan, the whole series is equipped with a 2.0T engine, 1.1 meters ultra-wide area giant screen in addition to the entry model, is also the standard configuration. As soon as the news came out, I believe that the small partners who have been paying attention to the medium-sized car have screamed, and they can't imagine that the medium-sized car of the joint venture brand can give such a generous price; I can't think of such a thick price, and the configuration is so attractive.
What parts of the new generation of Mondeo are most attractive to you, I think in addition to the shape, size and power, this ultra-wide area giant screen in the cockpit must be the part you want to know the most, such a large screen looks really handsome, what new experience can it bring us? And what's innovative about it? This article will be detailed for everyone.
Key points of view:
1. According to the data source of "CC-1000T Intelligent Cockpit Evaluation Cloud Platform", the new generation of Mondeo scored a total of 749 points, of which the performance score was 691 points, and 58 points were obtained in terms of innovation, which was better than other fuel models, and the current total score (749 points) ranked first. It can be seen that it has completely broken the conservative practice of joint venture vehicles in terms of intelligent cockpit innovation this time.
2, ultra-wide area giant screen is the embodiment of the new generation of Mondeo core configuration, its size reached 27 inches, the resolution also reached the 4K standard. Compared with the 12.3 inches used in the SYNC+ system, it can be said that it is a qualitative improvement.
3. The SYNC+ 2.0 intelligent interconnection system used by the new generation of Mondeo has been comprehensively improved compared with SYNC+, providing Chinese users with a more realistic and practical voice interaction experience, and the fluency of voice interaction is more in line with the user's interaction habits. The navigation system is more in line with the navigation applications used by Chinese users, and the applications combined with navigation are more interesting and safer.
4. The new generation of Mondeo provides interactive function innovation, cockpit environment innovation and digital innovation around the large screen, bringing users a surprising and practical experience; at the same time, the light and video effect combined with the large screen, this immersive experience is also leading in the same level of models.
5, the new generation of Mondeo has a richer content service ecosystem, which meets the continuation of user habits, especially for young people who grow with smartphones, which is more important.
1. Intelligent performance:
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820A chip is blessed with excellent speed
In terms of intelligent performance, the achievements of the new generation of Mondeo are enough to make the new generation of Mondeo stand out among the best in fuel vehicles and become one of the models with the highest "IQ", whether in terms of basic hardware or interactive experience, they have the level of electric vehicles.
If I ask you what is the basis of the Smart Cockpit? Maybe you will tell me that it is the number of screens, the size of the screen, but in my opinion, the chip used is the most important. In this regard, the new generation of Mondeo is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820A processor. As we all know, qualcomm Snapdragon 820A processor is currently a high-level chip, it has a strong information entertainment, graphics and multimedia platform processing power, while it also adopts a modular design, supporting the later SOTA+ FOTA. Of course, you may compare with the latest Snapdragon 8155 chip, but the earlier Snapdragon 820A will presumably be more stable and more mature.
So what is the speed of the new generation of Mondeo cockpit equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820A processor, our measured results are as shown above. The new generation of Mondeo scored 42 points in this category, ahead of bmw's 530Li (35 points), which ranks second in the joint venture brand fuel model in terms of overall points. It can be seen that with the blessing of Qualcomm Snapdragon 820A processor, the 27-inch screen operation used by the new generation of Mondeo is very smooth. From the above table, we can also see that the new generation of Mondeo is very satisfactory in the navigation start speed, search speed, and speech recognition and wake-up speed.
Content biodiversity: an extension to meet user habits
If the Snapdragon 820A chip only allows the car system to be faster, it will seem a bit wasteful. To this end, Ford has prepared a richer content ecosystem for everyone. It's as if your phone is smart enough and fast, but wouldn't it be a waste if you just called and texted. The new generation of Mondeo provides users with a wealth of multimedia applications, such as audio and video, including QQ Music, Himalaya, iQiyi, etc., and through content aggregation and content access capabilities, it provides users with faster and more convenient services, meeting the continuation of user habits.
For example, if you use iQiyi to chase a drama on your iPad, after you get in the car, you can also use the new generation of Mondeo's ultra-wide area HD giant screen to continue to chase the drama; you can use QQ music on your mobile phone to hear your favorite music, and you can also continue to enjoy it on the new generation of Mondeo's car. How, is not a sense of use without boundaries at all.
In addition to the content aggregation of the new generation of Mondeo in terms of multimedia, it also strives to give users a rich choice in terms of life service ecology. This includes meituan takeaway, hotel booking, movie ticket booking, flight/high-speed rail inquiry and other functions. Perhaps everyone will say that the above functions can be achieved through mobile phones, but if the mobile phone is occupied by other things at this time, then these apps on the car machine can solve these things very well. Imagine driving a new generation of Mondeo downstairs waiting for her to leave work, temporarily needing a mobile phone to handle work, but at this time you can use the new generation of Mondeo's built-in Meituan takeaway APP to order a supper for your family, which is difficult to achieve on other models.
Advantages of SYNC+ 2.0 Zhixing Interconnection System: Connect with mobile phones and machines
Behind such a rich content ecology, the Ford SYNC+2.0 Zhixing interconnection system is indispensable. In fact, as early as 2019, Ford began to cooperate with Baidu to create a SYNC+ system with an Internet ecology, and the Ford Mustang Mach-E, which was listed last year, has been equipped with a second-generation SYNC+ system. Sync+ 2.0 Zhixing interconnection system compared to the earlier SYNC+, in the multimedia aspects of richer content + form aggregation, its content sources (QQ music, Himalaya, iQiyi, Bluetooth music, USB, FM/AM, news, online radio, etc.) more, but also support more types of applications of the car and mobile phone to open.
For example, Himalaya and iQiyi can support the opening of favorites and historical records, which provides users, especially young people, with more choices for chasing dramas and watching movies. As mentioned above, the videos you enjoy on your phone and the new songs you hear can also be "seamless" in the new generation of Mondeo, and this ability to open up is not something that every model that advertises a smart car can do. Compared with our familiar Carplay, the editor feels that the advantage of the car machine and the mobile phone is more that when you need a mobile phone for office or entertainment, the two can not conflict with each other, and with a 27-inch large screen to watch video, the visual effect is also better than the mobile phone.
More practical voice interaction performance
In addition to the rich content ecology, the performance of the SYNC+ 2.0 Intelligent Walk interconnection system used by the new generation of Mondeo in terms of voice interaction is also comprehensively improved compared with SYNC+, which can be said to be a rare outstanding performance of the joint venture brand in terms of voice interaction experience. Compared with our measured performance, the voice interaction ability of SYNC+ 2.0 Zhixing interconnection system has increased by 38% compared with SYNC+, and the score distribution of 30 items of voice interaction ability has been compared, and the SYNC+ 2.0 Zhixing interconnection system has realized the transition from "medium and low score" to "medium and high score".
Compared with competing models, the new generation of Mondeo has a smoother voice interaction performance, but also more in line with the user's interaction habits, in addition to the new generation of Mondeo in the voice interaction response speed, emotional personalization in the forefront. In general, the new generation of Mondeo has more close to the daily life of human voice communication habits, the interaction method is more flexible, and the interaction logic and experience are closer to the real person.
2. Appearance and sense of technology:
Ultra-wide area HD giant screen: length up to 1.1 meters
All the flash points mentioned in the previous chapter, without the following hardware configuration, all the features will be much inferior. That's right, it's the focal point of the entire smart cockpit – the ultra-wide-area HD giant screen, a 1.1-meter ultra-wide-area giant screen. This screen consists of a 12.3-inch dashboard and a 27-inch central control screen, of which the 27-inch central control screen resolution reaches the 4K standard. It is conceivable that such a form of ultra-wide-area giant screen display will inevitably bring a very visual impact to the occupants of the car sensory enjoyment.
The use of ultra-wide-area high-definition giant screens has also made the cockpit of the new generation of Mondeo simple and beautiful. You won't find a single physical button in the entire center console, and the few buttons are concentrated near the electronic gear, so it's easy to create a very technological and avant-garde style, with B&O echo wall speakers, 7-color mood lights, and a new generation of Mondeo's new UI design, it can be said that it is an inside-out, all-round design innovation. Imagine how pleasant it is to sit in the new generation of Mondeo Ri and enjoy the 4K video shock sensation brought by the 27-inch large screen when you wait for someone in the car, you no longer need to watch videos on your mobile phone.
Deliver an industry-leading immersive experience for passengers
One of the biggest advantages of the new generation of Mondeo ultra-wide area HD giant screens, I think, may be a better cabin immersion experience. Just like the TV at home will become larger and larger, when the screen in the cockpit becomes large enough, the sense of experience in the car will take a leap from quantitative to qualitative.
The new generation of Mondeo engineers and designers certainly knows how to take advantage of this screen, for example, The Secret of Freedom is a feature that I highly recommend for immersion. It currently provides users with a total of four scenes: forest realm, stars into the sea, summer night fireworks, and sky realm, through video, atmosphere lights, etc., showing the feelings brought by different atmospheres, such as forest, seaside, summer and ethereal, giving you an immersive feeling.
For example, in a summer night fireworks scene, the system will play a video with a summer feeling, music with clams and cicadas, and the atmosphere light will also be green. Just imagine, maybe it's the winter of the ninth, but in the scene of fireworks on a summer night, it will also make you feel as if you are in the illusion of being in summer, and the environment is tired for a day. If you are physically and mentally exhausted today, turn on the star into the sea mode, as if you are now on the seashore, "there is a sea in your heart, in fact, everywhere is the Maldives".
Around the ultra-wide area high-definition giant screen, with the music playback APP, the new generation of Mondeo also hopes to give the full car users the greatest sense of immersion. If you like to sing, be sure to open its own QQ music, the 27-inch screen at this time can not only display a gorgeous album interface, but also playlists, lyrics interface, etc. will also be presented to you, at this time you will definitely understand the visual enjoyment brought by the 27-inch screen. At this time, through this large screen, not only the front row passengers can sing together, the display effect of the large screen is also convenient for the rear passengers to participate in it, and the K song on the car can really become a reality at this time.
More cabin ritual elements
Life needs a sense of ritual, such as a cup of coffee every morning, a running gym in the evening, or a fairy tale before going to bed, will the car bring a sense of ritual to our lives? The sense of ritual of the new generation of Mondeo can be said to have begun before you even touch it. For example, when you approach the car, the daytime running lights will be lit and the hidden door handles will be unfolded; after entering the car, the start-up animation, mood lights and welcome seats will be like a slowly opening curtain, slowly showing you the charm of the new generation of Mondeo.
However, I think the most ritualistic function of the new generation of Mondeo is its time-space secret message function, and I believe that it will definitely give you a bright feeling. Time and space MeSince can set some anniversaries such as birthdays and festivals in advance in the car machine, just like the alarm clock, when a specific time comes, you can show a sentence you want to express to your relatives, lovers or friends through the ultra-wide area giant screen. For example, today is the Goddess Day, when your lover opens the car door at night, in addition to seeing the gifts you have prepared, you can also see the time and space secret message prepared by the new generation of Mondeo for her - Happy Goddess Day, will this make your unchanged life and add some small surprises?
3. Ease of use:
Navigation apps that are more in line with the habits of Chinese users
In the early years, it was "foreign monks chanting the sutra", but now, our Chinese brands are more aware of the preferences and usage habits of domestic consumers. Ford obviously understands this better, SYNC+ 2.0 Zhixing interconnection system uses the navigation system is baidu map car machine version, the new generation of Mondeo navigation system due to the use of more localized function customization, so the navigation basic capabilities are at a better level, there are more in line with the habits of Chinese users.
From the actual experience of our use of navigation, the new generation of Mondeo cold start speed is faster, the ability to navigate and search is more diverse, in terms of service ecology, it can smoothly carry out the navigation of the gas station, as well as the recommendation of POI content, and the most important thing is the ability to open the car navigation and mobile phone navigation, that is to say, you can search for the mobile phone and the address you collect, as long as you log in to your account, the collection address can be synchronized.
Highly customizable around the screen for a more interesting experience
Around the ultra-wide area HD giant screen, in terms of navigation, what interesting configurations will the new generation of Mondeo bring us? The first is the visual sense of the map brought by the 27-inch central control screen, the first is the shock of the visual effect of the map, and the second is the richness of the display content. It is no exaggeration to say that the ultra-wide area HD giant screen map allows you to "see" the sixth ring from the second ring of Beijing, and this "God perspective" really cannot be provided by other models.
Of course, the 27-inch large screen is only to display navigation on the "big use", for this reason, the new generation of Mondeo engineers introduced AR real scene navigation + widescreen navigation function, especially AR real scene navigation, which is still very rare in the industry, at the same time for the driver, the display form is also very novel, it can integrate the actual road conditions and navigation information, feel like playing computer games, follow the corresponding instructions to complete the navigation route, so that navigation becomes more fun, At the same time, it also further enhances the user's convenience and sense of security when using navigation.
In addition, the split screen mode also supports the distinctive "joint driving fun" function, which allows the co-driver passenger to view navigation, vehicle status, road signs and other information, and also allows the co-driver passenger to switch the navigation address and manually draw the screen to the main driver. This allows the co-pilot to also participate in the driving, and there is a feeling of a rally navigator.
4. Trustworthiness:
In the reliability project, the new generation of Mondeo performed well in terms of "quality and reliability", but during the test, it was found that Bluetooth could not be turned off, so it lost 1 point, but it could be used after restarting. It scored 41 points on the "safety" side, slightly behind models such as the BMW 530Li (51 points). However, it should be emphasized that because we are testing or testing the car, there are cases such as the inability to automatically close the window after locking the car, not supporting the long press of the physical key to close the window, etc., and these bugs should not exist on the mass production model after debugging, which also leads to the new generation of Mondeo losing some wrong points in safety.
In our testing process, the car machine system has not crashed, navigation, voice and other applications are used normally, and no problems have been encountered, which has a lot to do with the mature SYNC+ 2.0 Zhixing interconnection system. The problem is concentrated on the "iQiyi" app, and there have been several inaccessible situations in the interval, but this can be solved by software debugging, and this time it may also be due to the status of the vehicle.
5. Innovative performance
According to the CC-1000T Intelligent Cockpit Evaluation Cloud Platform, the new generation of Mondeo scored 58 points for innovation. Only BMW 530Li (69 points) and other models ranked 3rd; in terms of "interactive function innovation", ultra-wide area giant screen, AR real-life navigation + widescreen navigation, and V2X vehicle-road collaboration and other projects, it scored 26 points; in addition, content projects such as Freedom Secret, Time and Space Mechat, intelligent Xinfeng system and rear seat heating, focusing on cockpit environment innovation, got 27 points in the sub-item; shocking giant screen music playback, was selected as a project in digital innovation.
Below we focus on the "CC-1000T Intelligent Cockpit Evaluation System" version 3.0 of the car journey, for everyone to briefly sort out the performance of the new generation of Mondeo in terms of innovation, this time we mainly focus on the seating in the car, vehicle driving, parking nap, travel again and vehicle arrival, these 5 parts.
First of all, after we get on the bus, we can open a new generation of Mondeo's intelligent xinfeng system, enjoy the clean air brought by air conditioning; ultra-wide area giant screen comes into our eyes, it can be said that the combination of technology and forward-looking with one, but also for you to earn enough face. If there are relatives and friends in the back row, I will heat them in the winter and let the new generation of Mondeo's comfortable cabin environment accompany them all the way.
In the process of "vehicle driving", the ultra-high-definition screen began to play its role, the first thing to enjoy is the "AR real-life navigation + widescreen navigation", widescreen navigation visual effect is very shocking, AR real-life navigation increases the fun and safety of navigation, so that drivers love it. In the process of "parking and taking a nap", the ultra-wide area giant screen once again shows its strength, the screen can not only bring better immersion, but also when playing music, the visual effect is better, because the content of the display song is more comprehensive, the visual effect is better, so at this time, if you want to K songs with the front and rear passengers, it is easy to be on the new generation of Mondeo, it is simply social magic. If someone wants to rest at this time, through the co-driver's exclusive Bluetooth system, you can also quietly enjoy a movie, so that the passengers in the car do not interfere with each other.
When we "travel again", the new generation of Mondeo's V2I vehicle-to-road coordination system can make our trip all the way to the green light, at this time the split-screen function also comes in handy, the driver while watching the navigation, the co-pilot through the car machine's own iQiyi, watching the morning has not finished the drama. At this time, the boyfriend's booking of the "time and space secret letter" was launched, at this time, the ultra-wide area giant screen typed the words "Happy First Wedding Anniversary", and the husband also presented the gifts that had been prepared to his wife. The happiness of life is not through these little things, slowly accumulating and sprouting, and eventually becoming a towering tree with "white heads and old age".
The vehicle has finally arrived at its destination, and it's time for the "Secret of Freedom" to appear. Although it is already early spring in Beijing, the temperature is still very low. Turn on the summer night fireworks scene in the new generation of Mondeo Freedom Secret, the system will play a video with a summer feeling and cicadas, and the atmosphere light will also be green, feel the summer in advance.
summary:
Looking back at the CC-1000T test, Ford's new generation of Mondeo scored 749 points, and in the list of joint venture brand models, the new generation of Mondeo achieved the top three results. As a medium-sized car with a pre-price of 15.98-219,800 yuan, such a performance is worth paying attention to. Such outstanding results seem to be the credit of the 1.1-meter ultra-wide area giant screen, but behind it is inseparable from the participation of SYNC+2.0 Zhixing Interconnection System, which brings a more innovative and immersive interactive experience, while cooperating with a navigation system and voice system that is more in line with the habits of the Chinese people, so that the entire car machine system becomes smart and humanized, which has left a deep impression on us.
For editors, what impressed me more was AR real-life navigation + widescreen navigation, for friends who are not familiar with the route, AR technology has greatly increased friendliness and security, and it is foreseeable that this should be a technology that will gradually popularize in the future. Time and space MeSince and Freedom Secret Realm are definitely two innovative configurations, which may not be difficult for Ford engineers to develop, but it can really increase the immersion of the cockpit and the sense of ritual of life, and I hope that such a configuration will become more and more perfect and richer in the future.
With the announcement of the new generation of Mondeo pre-price and configuration, I can see the full sincerity that Ford brings to consumers. Our test this time is the pre-priced 219,800 yuan top-equipped EcoBoost 245 ST-Line model, compared with the same price of Toyota Camry 2.5S Fengshang Edition and Honda Accord Hybrid 2.0L E-CVT Sharp Collar Edition, the new generation of Mondeo has the largest central control screen in the same class, the intelligent voice configuration behind it is more difficult to compare with the same level of car, and the performance in intelligent assisted driving, its equipped with full-speed adaptive cruise, parallel assist, etc., are making the competition nervous, A configuration that delights consumers. The performance of the new generation of Mondeo will surely be recognized by consumers, and we look forward to the market performance of the new generation of Mondeo.