New Mondeo spied

Hopefully

Hopefully the back dosnt look like a baboons arse this time...

By Leonidas on 3 September, 2011, 5:15pm

Hopefully

Ford, if possible, don't call it a MONDEO, I hear that name and can't help but think of a fat, balding chav with an England top, tats and a cheap gold necklace, bring back the Sierra name plate, it has (slightly) more prestige!

By JFalck on 3 September, 2011, 11:18pm

Well I'll see it first When unveiled. Then I say more.

By deviras on 4 September, 2011, 9:31am

Sorry JFalck, but imo the Sierra name fits the bill of the person you are describing. Never really liked the Sierra, always seemed to have that 'banger status' and prefered the Cavalier over it. Only Sierra I liked was the saloons or the Cosworth version.

By hotredman on 4 September, 2011, 2:20pm

Yep

I was wrong about the 'bring back the sierra' name tag, insomnia or something! I still think that the Mondeo name has run its course, this new model looks very promising, and deserves a new name.

By JFalck on 6 September, 2011, 8:47am

What?

In whose imagination does this car in any way resemble the Evos? It looks like a current mondeo with a load of stuff stuck to it. Who on earth employs the shoddy journalists that seem to write every article on here these days? It's getting worse all the time and you just know that whatever is said in an AE article will be so far from reality as to make it pointless reading the article.

By JamesRiley on 6 September, 2011, 11:00am

Let's hope!

Let us hope that Ford can rediscover some design flair after the hideous new C Max, the old fashioned looking Mondeo, anonymous Ka, and worst of all the utterly hideous new Focus. I hoped the Focus might look better on the road than in pics, but actually it looks worse! Did they shoot the guy who made quite a good job of the S Max, because everything else has been a visual disaster!

By pajbse on 6 September, 2011, 11:35am

Ah, the old bottom-feeding fish look

Major shock: the new Mondeo looks NOTHING like the Evos. Instead, Ford have produced another boring rep-box with which to clutter the roads. No doubt the motoring press will laud the driving dynamics while largely ignoring the fact that the depreciation wouldn't be much greater if you drove it straight out of the showroom and off Beachy Head.
No private owner will buy it new unless they intend to keep it for 10 years, and the fleet buyers will demand a hefty discount to offset the future value.
It will, however, be comfortable, practical and reasonably well-equipped - but completely lacking desirability.

By snappyuk on 6 September, 2011, 12:21pm

Xray Vision ?

WoW you guys are great at comments . You can tell all that from a pic of a car covered in black sticky cloth !!
Well I bet its just great when it hits the showrooms .

By bjbchelsea on 6 September, 2011, 4:21pm

blind AE

What EVOS or ha Mondeo......think the journalists are making jokes ine here or they thing the readers are total morons.what on earth or what kind of eye can see evos and this spy shot has equal style or drawing.................the omdeo is still the same and will come out the same.may be on the date 2015 will be a different car but no called evos. And also with that kind of pricing many will buy audi-vw or bmw...ford is flying without wings by cheap materialed cockpits on earth.

By perperek on 9 September, 2011, 5:33pm

Bring back the Cortina son

BMW, Mercedes, Audi, VW every man and his dog is outselling the Mondeo these days.

Bring back the god ole British made RWD Cortina UK No1 forever whilst it was in production, get rid of this boring Belgium made junk no one wants.

By Richie767 on 10 September, 2011, 8:24am

Cortina

The mk1 Mondeo was called so because it was meant to be a world car. Monde being French for world. While the mk1 and round grille facelift was sold in the US and the mk2 in China, I think the latest one is fairly European with some markets like S.America and Australia.

The problem with the Cortina name is that it is associated with RWD saloons. Ford do not sell any saloon in any form in the UK whatsoever. RWD is the preserve of saloons with expensive branding. (not 'exclusive' or 'premium', it's all marketing)

The current Mondeo probably most resembles the mk3 Granada in shape and size, but the Granada name in the UK is associated again with large RWD saloons and in Europe it was called a Scorpio, a name associated with that bug eyed 90s Granada replacement.

Why not bring back the name Taunus?
It ties in with the American Taurus, and as it was the name for the German equivalent of the Cortina, everybody nowadays seems to be unhealthily obsessed with German cars, it will be a huge seller.

By sirwiggum on 14 September, 2011, 12:02pm

Cortina v Mondeo UK sales numbers where did it go wrong at Ford?

Ford Cortina's last few year as it faced the axe sale obversely would drop a bit on the news, but they were still magnificent .

Cortina UK sales as it faced the axe.
1978 197,667
1979 193,748
1980 190,281

Mondeo UK sales the last 10 years have been in decline why?
2001 88,753
2002 75,789
2003 60,584
2004 60,100
2005 57,238
2006 47,609
2007 46,818
2008 43,559
2009 33,817
2010 29,790

According to SMMT the Mondeo has not made the UK top 10 chart this year, and cars like the RWD low volume quality car produce have been in the UK top 10 every month.

Maybe folk prefer the quality RWD system on the BMW 3 Series,as opposed to the Mondeo. Why has the Ford in this class of car fallen from grace?

By Richie767 on 15 September, 2011, 6:57pm

Its 2011 not the 90's

Is anyone actually aware of the economics of the country??

Large family cars have been in deline for years and that has been widely publicised in motoring press!
It is not hard to see that mid sized cars like the Focus and Astra are far more popular now!
It is also clear that although not meeting the once huge sales figures of the past, the Mondeo is still one of the top selling cars of this size.
And with the poor weather we experience here in the UK who wants a RWD car!!

By seamy85 on 21 September, 2011, 1:07pm

Yes! CORTINA

I think the return of the Cortina name would be a logical choice. Even more so if the Capri name is to return as rumoured. It doesn't have to be RWD just because it's called a Cortina but all Fords do need to be a bit cheaper, they are far too overpriced now when you take depreciation into account as well. The only name that shouldn't return is the Escort. That really had run it's course and in my eyes the Escort died with the MKIII FWD anyway. In answer to the comment on RWD vs weather. Only inexperienced drivers worry about RWD and bad weather.

By david_tongue on 22 September, 2011, 1:08pm

AUGUST 2011 BMW 3 Rear-Wheel-Drive No 5 best selling car in UK

Totally useless Mass Produced cheap n' nasty Front-Wheel-Drive Mondeo has not made it into the UK top 10 selling cars in 2011 yet according to SMMT numbers.

seamyB5 better go and tell the Ferrari's, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Aston Martins, Porsche, Jaguars, Rolls Royce and every other quality car maker they are doing it wrong.

Low volume quality producer Rear-Wheel-Drive BMWs 3 Series has not left the UK top ten best selling cars for the whole of 2011.

BMW 3 Series was UK No5 best selling car in last months August most up to date numbers.

Bring back the quality 190,000 UK sales a year RWD Cortina choice of the quality car maker, and put the fun back into motoring again end the worldwide slump, put the RWD fun back into motoring and watch the UK economy boom again.

By Richie767 on 22 September, 2011, 7:21pm

Come on Ford bring back the WINNER, give us something worth buying

Who never fell below No2 in the UK Top 10 Sales chart every year?

RWD Cortina Top 10 UK Sale Chart Position by year.
1965 - No2
1966 - No2
1967 - No1
1968 - No2
1969 - No2
1970 - No2
1971 - No2
1972 - No1
1973 - No1
1974 - No1
1975 - No1
1976 - No2
1977 - No1
1978 - No1
1979 - No1
1980 - No1
1981 - No1

FWD Mondeo Top 10 UK Sale Chart Position by year.
1994 - No2

Euro D Class Segment UK Sales Battle FWD Mondeo v RWD BMW 3 Series

2006 BMW 3 Series 50,246 v Mondeo 47,609
2007 BMW 3 Series 54,544 v Mondeo 46,818
2008 BMW 3 Series 49,384 v Mondeo 43,559
2009 BMW 3 Series 39,024 v Mondeo 33,817
2010 BMW 3 Series 42,022 v Mondeo 29,790

Come on Ford give us what we want a "FUN" RWD Cortina to blast RWD BMW out of the water again, l will be in a very long queue wanting to buy one.

By Richie767 on 23 September, 2011, 11:25am

CORTINA!!

cant see Ford bringing the name back but they should ... CORTINA is hot, it's sexy, it's cool

By liverpool on 29 September, 2011, 10:20pm

In the 60s and 70s the choice was between a Cortina, a Hillman Minx or a Morris Marina. In other words Ford had the market to itself hence the huge sales figures. Today the medium sized family car market is dispersed across a huge range of cars. Compact Execs, SUV's, people carriers. Also Japanese, French and German mainstream brands are now common place. No one car could capture the market the way the Cortina did in todays diverse market.

By hampson10 on 5 October, 2011, 8:13pm

at last

Finally we will get rid of the last ugly generation Mondeo.
What did they have on their mind when they were designing it?
This is Europe, not USA or S.Asia!
The new model seems much better and I hope it will be that way.
Its time now to also get rid of the ugly last 2 generations of Focus!

By kirra1 on 6 October, 2011, 8:55am

The Ford ?

How about 'Esquire' then??

Showing my age now..Zephyr, Consul(tant)...

By Paul407 on 18 October, 2011, 7:32pm