After the listing of Ford Mondeo, the price of 159,800 came out, making many people feel "value-added". After Ford's full withdrawal from the U.S.-European sedan market. As a special model for the Chinese market, the new generation of Mondeo can be said to be the last hope of Mondeo. If sales in the Chinese market are not good, then it is estimated that this is the last generation of products.
Coupled with Ford's performance in the Chinese market in recent years and Toyota's, the gap between Volkswagen and Volkswagen is getting wider and wider. Therefore, after the listing of Ford's new generation of Mondeo, it showed great sincerity. The price of 159,800 yuan has the most direct competitiveness in front of Maiteng, Camry, and Accord.
In fact, the joint venture brand mid-size car market has long begun to roll in, not to mention the new generation of Mondeo, Hyundai Sonata, Kia K5, Buick Regal, Chevrolet Mai Ruibao XL, Skoda Speed, these second-tier joint venture brand models, the cost performance is very high.
And as a Vermeer racing owner, after seeing the new generation of Mondeo go public, I can't help but feel that I am selling expensive. But in fact, after a careful comparison of the configuration table, you can find that the focus of the new generation of Mondeo and Versailles is completely different. To sum it up in one sentence, Mondeo is useless except for motivation. Versailles was balanced in every way!
In terms of price, the lowest-equipped model of the new generation of Mondeo is priced at 159,800, the lowest model of Versailles is 143,700, and the lowest-end model is 158,700. So from the price point of view, the price of Versailles is lower.
In terms of power, Mondeo's core strength lies in power, and the power of the entire series of 2.0T is indeed very strong, 238 horsepower, 376 Nm. This is not only Versailles can not be compared, even camry, Accord these best-selling cars, can not be compared. Versailles' 1.6T power 175 hp, 250 Nm household is also enough. All are 8AT gearboxes used. Mondeo's 8AT was developed by Ford itself, and Versailles' 8AT was Aisin's 8AT.
Mondeo's strong motivation means high offers. Versailles also had enough power and low fuel consumption. In terms of vehicle warranty, Mondeo is 100,000 kilometers in 3 years, and Versailles is 150,000 kilometers in 5 years.
It may be that Dumondeo uses a 2.0T engine, which is relatively expensive. Therefore, in terms of other configurations, trade-offs have to be made.
In terms of safety, we found that the safety configuration of Mondeo is very low, and passive pedestrian protection is not to protect passengers, but to protect pedestrians. In terms of passenger protection, Mondeo has no lane keeping, no active braking, no radar, no cruise control. And these configurations are available at Versailles, which also has advanced driver assistance features at the L2+ level.
Mondeo has a multi-link independent suspension and Versailles, although it is a torsion beam suspension, is equipped with Citroën PHC adaptive hydraulic stabilization technology, so it also performs well in terms of suspension comfort.
In terms of comfort, the configuration of Mondeo is also relatively low, there is no leather seat, the main driver, the co-pilot have no waist support, the main co-pilot has no electric adjustment, and the central control screen does not support Apple Carplay, Carlife. These are the configurations that Versailles has. And Versailles also has 8 speakers, automatic headlights, automatic wipers, dual-zone air conditioning, which Mondeo does not have.
If you use a simple sentence to describe the two cars, then Mondeo is like a rough villa, the bottom is good, but the configuration is too low, there is nothing. Versailles is more like a well-decorated house, with good trade-offs in terms of power performance, safety configuration, and comfortable configuration.
I don't think these two cars are aimed at the same user group, Mondeo is aimed at young people who have a rigid need for power, in addition to power, do not care about the configuration. Versailles may be aimed at people who, after having a family, need to be comfortable and able to take care of their family passengers.
So who would you choose for Mondeo and Versailles, two models with similar prices and such a huge differentiation?