Domestic low-end Mondeo, replaced by an overseas version of Taurus! Also said that Changan Ford is not rude?
This year's new Ford Mondeo has been officially listed in the domestic market, and the starting guidance price of the new generation of models has been pulled down to 159,800, which was completely unimaginable before. And even compared to the Notre-Sox XL or Buick Regal GS, which is known for its cheapness, this time Ford Mondeo can be called a price butcher. Cheap is not the end, the new generation of Ford capabilities have a large elongation of the size, has been close to the former Taurus. So after the parameters were announced, I felt that something was wrong at the time, and this car was likely to replace Taurus status.
The results have recently confirmed this conjecture, and in the Middle East market, Ford motor vehicles recently released a new Taurus, and it is reasonable to say that Taurus and Mondeo are not the same model at all. But this time in the Middle East market launched taurus completely copied the design of the domestic Mondeo, to put it more bluntly, the Middle East version of Taurus is simply a domestic Mondeo change its name, changed a different English tail mark.
Judging from the official information currently known, the Middle East version of Ford Taurus is indeed the domestic Mondeo, which will not be put into production in the Middle East, but produced by Changan Ford, and will be introduced to overseas markets through export in the future. Ford Motor is willing to do this, in fact, to distinguish between the Chinese market and overseas markets, for domestic consumers, Ford's approach is obviously very generous.
This time, the Middle Eastern version of Ford Taurus completely inherits a new design language, the sporty atmosphere is much stronger than the original, a larger size of the intake net, a more recognizable matrix daytime light, and a coupe slipback roof and hidden door handles.
However, the interior design of the car is obviously a low-end version of the domestic Ford Mondeo, which only provides an 8-inch digital LCD instrument, with a 13.2-inch central control navigation entertainment large screen. The Chinese version of Ford Mondeo only has the lowest configuration of such a dual screen, the main version of the model provides a more exaggerated full screen, the right 27-inch large screen to achieve 4K resolution, all the way to the co-pilot side, so to sum up the domestic Ford Mondeo technology atmosphere is much stronger than the overseas version of Taurus.
Since this model is put into production by Changan Ford, the power system has not been replaced, using the same 2.0T displacement engine in Mondeo, the maximum output power of this 4-cylinder engine can reach 238 horsepower, with an 8-speed manual transmission, it is expected that the acceleration performance can reach the level of about 7 seconds.
At present, this self-proclaimed Taurus Taurus model has completed a full range of road tests in the Middle East, especially including extreme high temperature road conditions, the parameters are in line with the listing conditions, it is expected that the fastest can appear in the Middle East market for sale within 2022, the United Arab Emirates will be the first to be listed, plus a variety of export taxes and freight, Middle Eastern consumers want to buy this Taurus, I am afraid to pay more than Chinese consumers to buy more money to buy a car.
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