Following Ford's welcome to a new generation of mid-size sedan Mondeo, Ford's new generation Taurus official map has also been exposed in recent days.
According to this set of official latest trailers, the new generation of Taurus will adopt the style of the new Mondeo, which is simply the same car, but the latter has a new name and is sold in overseas regions.
At the same time, it also means that the domestic cash Taurus will face the possibility of suspension of production, and there is news speculation that it is expected to stop production within this year or 2023.
As we all know, the new generation of Mondeo was developed and designed by Ford China after the announcement of the discontinuation of the model in North America, which means that the new generation Taurus will also be produced by Changan Ford and then sold overseas.
Looking back at the appearance of the new generation of Mondeo (new Taurus), the front face of the new car has been replaced by the latest generation of design language of the Ford family, with a slim LED strip with a split light set and a "big mouth" air intake grille, making the new car more avant-garde.
From the side, the new car has been replaced with hidden door handles, and adopts a color separation roof design, its length, width and height dimensions are 4935 * 1875 * 1500mm, wheelbase is 2945mm, although positioning B-class models, but the performance has reached B+ models, and the current Taurus (long 5018mm, wheelbase 2949mm) performance is very close.
In terms of interior, the new car basically continues the design language of the new generation of Mondeo, with a joint screen design with a three-spoke steering wheel, so that the new car maintains a sense of sport and technology.
Interestingly, the overseas version does not use the new generation of domestic Mondeo high-ended through-line large screen, but adopts the Mondeo entry-level dual screen design.
In terms of power, the new domestic Ford Mondeo is equipped with a 2.0T turbocharged engine, which means that the overseas version will also continue this power, matching the 8-speed manual transmission, with a maximum torque of 238 horses and a maximum torque of 376 Nm.
It is not excluded that the new car will be aimed at overseas market models, equipped with the current Taurus 2.7T V6 twin-turbo engine, with a maximum horsepower of 329 horses and a maximum torque of 475 Nm.
Judging from the current Taurus (228,900-288,900 yuan) B+ positioning, its competitors are mainly Toyota Asian Dragon, Buick LaCrosse and Citroen C6 models, but its competitors in overseas markets are still some mainstream B-class models.
Toyota Asian Dragon
Guidance price: 19.98-28.98 million yuan
Buick LaCrosse
Guidance price: 21.98-28.98 million yuan
Citroen C6
Guidance price: 18.99-27.59 million yuan
Since Ford Motor officially announced the suspension of many car models such as Mondeo and Taurus, it means that the vast majority of car companies in overseas markets are no longer optimistic about the car market, so that the new Mondeo can only be sold overseas through domestic production, which will also greatly reduce the research and development costs of various car companies.
According to the data, the current Ford Taurus is the seventh generation of models, the first generation was put into production in 1986, and it was not until 2015 that Changan Ford realized the introduction of the seventh generation model.
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