Ford Mondeo facelift

Not news

I'm a Ford convert but this story is really not worth a mention. Unless it's the top end models woth DLR's then 99% of the public will not realise it's a facelift as the updates are woefully subtle!

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By zzjjj89 on 31 December, 2010, 1:24pm

nice attempt

Nice looking car. Just need to remove the blue oval badge from the front of the car.

By feedthesoul on 14 March, 2011, 2:57am

And crush it, crush it with the might of 1000 suns...

This is awful, much like the entire Ford range, surely a sales success in the UK then...

By JamesRiley on 12 April, 2011, 1:06am

It's a Mondeo (fail)

When this body shape first hit the news Ford had Lambo-style tilting doors, loads of style, this, that and the other. All very exciting. What came out of the factory was, erm, another Mondeo. Now we get a news release saying it has "a new shaped back bumper!" Oh Ford, why do you promise so much and deliver so little.

By craiglife on 26 April, 2011, 10:45am

Facelift?This initially had me in stitches...

...for what little facelift there is, seems virtually imperceptible and is therefore a non-story.

But then I started to think about it. Are we being too harsh on Ford and various other "Average Joe" car manufacturers? At least Ford's cars have changed over the longer term. Take BMW and Mercedes for example - someone waking up from a coma which they went into in 1980 would have little difficulty picking out the present day versions even if the badges were missing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they are sleeker and edgier yada, yada, yada, but they still have that same "look".

You can't say the same about Ford... or Renault, or Toyota, or a host of others, which have been the subject of revolution rather than evolution.

"BMW", "Mercedes", and "old rope" seem suitable bedfellows in this instance.

By FloatingVoter on 8 May, 2011, 10:29am

peter diet

VW have been doing "woefully subtle" changes to their cars for years this can only enhance their resale values.
I've got one of these facelifts and a pre facelift model, there's quite a few changes including a EURO 5 engine on the diesel

By araldite on 9 June, 2011, 8:40am

Save Your Money

and buy the cheaper and much better looking Kia Optima....
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/firstdrives/259852/kia_optima.html.

By armac31 on 6 July, 2011, 9:33pm

Save Your Money

and buy the cheaper and much better looking Kia Optima....
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/firstdrives/259852/kia_optima.html.

By armac31 on 6 July, 2011, 9:38pm

it's a Ford???

and one of the best cars on the road!
Nothing at all wrong with the cars Ford build, maybe because Ford for so long has been the dominant Force in Britain and needs a bit of a image change to freshen it up.. I would love to see the Mondeo with a big oval exhaust smack in the middle, it would just balance the back beautiful and look right!

By liverpool on 19 July, 2011, 9:11pm

Mondeo sinks into oblivion

Uglier than a Prius.

Uncohesive design

By Investeast on 25 August, 2011, 8:35am

Have never liked the Mk 3. The Mk 1 to me was a classic, the Mk 2 boring and the Mk3 ugly.

By Ian2861 on 29 September, 2011, 8:42pm

do you buy brands rather than decent motors?

SO MANY folks here give the impression they know absolutely nothing about cars and know about brand image - Shame, its a pretty decent motor
(My BMW diesel broke down more often than it was filled with diesel :(
My Focus is brilliant compared with it and the choice of real coffee and a dealer principle who threatened me or the boring old blue badge?I know what I'll have!

By Teifion2 on 13 October, 2011, 3:10pm

@ Teifion2 - My brother in law has spent nearly 3000 the year fixing multiple problems on his 65k mile mondeo and he is driving a hire car for almost 2 weeks now because the mondeo is off the road again. The dealership has told him to basically get lost and refuse the even take the car back as a trade in.

So what's your point?

By macsuibhne on 10 November, 2011, 9:28am

reliability

I've been using mk4 Mondeo diesel estates in my fleet since they came out in 2008 , there isn't a car out there that can compare with their initial cost , reliability , size, economy and practicality.
The Mondeos will do lots of miles without fuss , whereas "prestige" marques are all right if you want to play about and drive up the golf club to show off

By araldite on 24 November, 2011, 9:59am

Why is it that british people ( mondeo/focus/fiesta) drivers can't be a bit more spontaneous and choose something else other than a very dull/boring ford. Choosing a mondeo is a narrow minded choice.

By NeilR on 22 January, 2012, 7:22pm