Since the news of the suspension of the ford Mondeo in North America has been reported, the discussion and speculation about the car in the market can be said to be pouring in. Some people think that the car will be replaced by hatchback models, and only the travel version will be available later, and the argument supporting this view is the overseas version of the Mondeo station wagon, which has been being upgraded and sold well.
Overseas Ford Mondeo Travel Edition
Another part of the people think that Mondeo will really leave us, after all, domestic station wagons have always sold badly, and the domestic sedan Mondeo has also fallen to the dismal situation of thousands of units sold per month, and then special supplies will only be thankless.
Originally, the two views were equally divided, but since it was rumored to be a new generation of Mondeo's new Ford car, it has been confirmed as a new medium and large crossover suuv-evos. Yes, it is the "four unlike" new car that is neither like a car and a station wagon, nor like suvs and mpvs, and many netizens who hold the idea of not stopping production have also begun to turn to the saying that there is no Mondeo.
Ford evos
However, just when everyone accepted the end of Mondeo again, the new Mondeo was "resurrected" again. Recently, overseas media have exposed a set of new Ford Mondeo spy photos, as well as the corresponding renderings, that is, a new generation of Ford Mondeo will continue to appear.
Renderings of the new Mondeo
Although the appearance of the new car has a heavy camouflage cover, it can still be seen that the car adopts the latest design of the Ford family, especially the dot matrix mid-net with a blackened front face, which is very similar to the recently unveiled EVOS, in addition, the split headlight group that generally only appears on the SUV model has also appeared on the new car.
New Mondeo overseas spy photos
At first glance, the new Mondeo looks quite futuristic, but if you compare it with the current famous "Martin Face", do you really think it looks better?
The current Ford Mondeo
In the side part, the new car adopts the traditional sedan shape, which is very in line with the needs of the Chinese people. But it should be noted that the new car uses a hatchback shape design, in order to match this design, Ford also made the new Mondeo tail shorter than the traditional car, I don't know if the size has been adjusted, if it is to continue to maintain, everyone should not mind, after all, the current size is still quite good.
Although the rear of the rear of the car is completely covered, the exhaust device can still be clearly seen through the photo, and the new car should be expected to use a bilateral two-out exhaust design like the current model. As for the taillights, the new car should use through-the taillights like the evos, although the styling may vary.
As for the interior, there is currently no spy photo flowing out, and Jiang Ge speculates that the new car will most likely use the set of through-screen design on evos, abandoning the vertical large-screen design of the current Mondeo.
Ford evos interior
The current Mondeo interior
In terms of power, there is also no information flowing out, and some foreign media predict that the new Mondeo will build a plug-in hybrid system from escape/kuga (domestic models are sharp), which is composed of a 1.5t three-cylinder engine and an electric motor, as well as a set of 2.0t turbocharged power.
Sharp Power
Considering that most domestic consumers hate three-cylinder engines, the 1.5t used by the new Mondeo in China should be the same as the current model, with a maximum horsepower of 182 horses and a peak torque of 243 nm. However, some netizens speculated that it would use Changan's Blue Whale 1.5t (maximum horsepower 180 horses, peak torque 300n·m), after all, there was news that Changan Ford planned to use the engine. But given Mondeo's status and status in the Ford family, Ginger felt unlikely.
As for the 2.0t version, it is possible to replace the 2.0t engine equipped with the sharp edge, with a maximum horsepower of 245 horses and a peak torque of 390n·m, and the gearbox may be upgraded from the previous 6at to 8at.
Overall, the new Mondeo has changed a lot. But then again, those joint venture B-class cars that have been beautiful: Chevrolet Maribor XL, Hyundai Sonata, Kia K5, etc., have not succeeded after the replacement. Mondeo, who are in a similar situation to them, really has to change generations?
For this question, perhaps we need to start with ford's current situation. Although from the overall sales data, Ford has come out of the trough of the monthly sales of the whole brand in that year, and has returned to the level of monthly sales of more than 10,000. However, when looking at the specific sales of its models, it can be found that its sales are basically supported by SUVs. Four SUVs, Such as Frontier, Explorer, Ruijie, and Ruiji, have occupied more than 60% of the sales share of the Ford brand.
And Ford's previous prominent popular cars: Fox, Forres, etc., even the top five of the brand can not be squeezed in, in The entire ford sedan camp, the only thing that can play at present is the Mondeo, which sells about a thousand units a month. When this car is close to a total collapse, If Ford wants to make a difference, it must launch a new car to save the city, and Fox, Forres and other cars that have been replaced will be too late to change, so the new Mondeo has become the only choice.
And the Mondeo is also one of the few four-cylinder models in the current Ford sedan (the only other four-cylinder car left is taurus), and its appeal as a B-class car is stronger than that of the three-cylinder Focus and Forres. So If Ford doesn't want its car to be completely cool, it can only introduce a new generation of Mondeo that has changed to save the field.
This year's Changan Ford still maintains a certain warming trend, and Mondeo also has a certain degree of popularity, so the new car can still be expected in the future. As for the suspense in terms of the power and size of the new Mondeo, we can also pay attention to the "car domain without borders", and the Xinjiang Brothers will follow up the latest news for the first time.