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Old 24-09-2014, 01:31 PM   #1
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I got an email from Ford..The Countdown is on for the New Mondeo.
Specifications are impressive ??
I thought it was released early 2015 ?? if info is out now ? end of year ? doesn't make sense with FGX at same time ?? Unless FGX is the Mondeo !!

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Old 24-09-2014, 01:46 PM   #2
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About time.
I never understood why Ford are taking so long to introduce it everywhere.
They are everywhere in the US (Fusion), seriously, just about every 3rd car is a Fusion, NY cops run them too. Good looking car and should have been out here and everywhere else earlier this year.
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Old 24-09-2014, 02:18 PM   #3
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It's a complete mess from Ford, but they were originally planning to produce it at their Genk factory in Belgium. When it was decided to close Genk, production was shifted to Valencia, Spain. I think there were also delays because of quality testing - hopefully these issues have been sorted, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
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I got an email from Ford..The Countdown is on for the New Mondeo.
Specifications are impressive ??
I thought it was released early 2015 ?? if info is out now ? end of year ? doesn't make sense with FGX at same time ?? Unless FGX is the Mondeo !!
My understanding is that the new Mondeo is due out in the first quarter of next year.

Are you able to post the email? What specs are they saying it will have?
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the email contains to many images to be posted here it has 50+ and we are limited to 40

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It's a complete mess from Ford, but they were originally planning to produce it at their Genk factory in Belgium. When it was decided to close Genk, production was shifted to Valencia, Spain. I think there were also delays because of quality testing - hopefully these issues have been sorted, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Correct, closing Genk and shifting production to Valencia was a pain because everything that Valencia did had to be taken elsewhere. Probably other factors as well though.
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Correct, closing Genk and shifting production to Valencia was a pain because everything that Valencia did had to be taken elsewhere. Probably other factors as well though.
Exactly.....but are you sure there was other factors and not just the simple fact that ford suck and don't know what they're doing in a GLABAL market.....or they don't want to make money!

Some of your guys heads would explode if you had to organize projects of this magnitude. seriously, what's with all the hate all the time.
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From the email : The company that was the first to put seatbelts in passenger vehicles back in 1955 will now take them even further when the all-new Mondeo launches in February 2015. The all-new Mondeo will include many advances in vehicle technology but perhaps most important is the innovation designed to better protect rear passengers – inflatable seatbelts.
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the email contains to many images to be posted here it has 50+ and we are limited to 40

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You must have got a different email mine is only one page!!!!
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It's a great car, I rented the Titanium 2.0 EcoBoost for a huge road trip from Idaho Falls, Vegas, LA, Oregon, Seattle, British Columbia, and back down to Idaho Falls. Averaged about 25 mpg (9.4L/100km). Definitely comfortable and powerful enough. Killer looks too. Would I buy one? No, but I wouldn't buy any car in that segment. It will definitely fit the needs and wants of many.
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Will Australia get the latest version or get the previous version ? I.e Focus interior in the US is heaps better than Australian Focus.
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It'll never sell, the name is MUD over here. Ugly as Bat poo.
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Old 25-09-2014, 06:24 PM   #13
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It'll never sell, the name is MUD over here. Ugly as Bat poo.
Fact is the Mondeo is a great car. I disagree with you on the looks, the new Mondeo/Fusion is a great looking car in the flesh.

We owned an MA Mondeo for 5 years and it was the best Ford we owned to data apart from the wifes new Kuga which we still have.

I hope for Ford that the new Mondeo does sell very well in Australia.
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Love our MA too...so does the mother in law. She owns a FG btw...
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About time.
I never understood why Ford are taking so long to introduce it everywhere.
They are everywhere in the US (Fusion), seriously, just about every 3rd car is a Fusion, NY cops run them too. Good looking car and should have been out here and everywhere else earlier this year.
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Yep took some pics of some NYPD Cop cars while I was there last month ... Check em out ... 2 of them are Fusion/Mondeo .. the last one is god knows what lol.

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Yep took some pics of some NYPD Cop cars while I was there last month ... Check em out ... 2 of them are Fusion/Mondeo .. the last one is god knows what lol.

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Yep exactly what I saw too (you'd probably left when I'd just got there).
In Ontario/Buffalo they had Taurus.
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Yep exactly what I saw too (you'd probably left when I'd just got there).
In Ontario/Buffalo they had Taurus.
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Wrong thread...!!

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... and the hatch. Awesome looking car. I can't wait for it to arrive.

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The ones in post 19 and 20 are nice, very nice, the others are meh IMO. Those square lights on the fusion I think are not pretty.

I just hope there is one decent sporty model. The old ST24 was a nice car with a nice engine, the ST220 also had a nice V6....

Im a massive fan of the Audi A4, looks, performance, feel etc...but price hurts. I think the Mondeo could fill this, but I also agree its time for a name change. I think Fusion could work here.
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Love the estate.

I dont get peoples issue with the name, have i missed something?

Hurry up and get it here.
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Love the estate.

I dont get peoples issue with the name, have i missed something?

Hurry up and get it here.
Similar to the Taurus story here, as soon as its on the nose (for whatever reason) it makes it that much harder to continue the name when its already tarnished.

Im not entirely sure why, other than lack of sales, because mechanically I dont think they have been that bad over the years.
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From : Wikipedia : The Ford Mondeo is a large family car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1992 onwards. The name comes from Latin mundus, meaning "world".[2] The Mondeo was designed to be a "world car"; the North American models were marketed as the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique until 2000, and as the Ford Fusion from 2013 onwards.
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I like the interiors of the ford mondeo vignale.. very nice model. and some what upmarket as well.
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I'm not sure why people think the Mondeo name is mud here, it was only 2 years ago it was out selling Mazda 6 & was 2nd in class to only the Camry. The only thing holding this car back at the moment is the age of the current model.
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I think the only people claiming the mondeo name is mud are staunch falcon supporters, that think the falcon iz the only quality product in the ford showroom.
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Agree. The only issue the car has is low sales, I cannot see how the name is mud based on this because the car itself in the early days may have been bland however mechanically they have had nothing to worry about above and beyond it's competition. It's overdue for an update which has nothing to do with Ford Aust.
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I hope they put a 'normal' wiper stalk in the car, even if it is still on the wrong side!

The current Mondeo is back-to-front in its operation of the wipers (up to turn on, down for a single wipe) and pulling the stalk toward you turns on the rear wiper instead of washing the screen. Why?
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I hope they put a 'normal' wiper stalk in the car, even if it is still on the wrong side!

The current Mondeo is back-to-front in its operation of the wipers (up to turn on, down for a single wipe) and pulling the stalk toward you turns on the rear wiper instead of washing the screen. Why?
Gees thats a bit silly why would they bother changing the wiper stalk to backwards of every other car made?
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