2013 mondeo

digzy

Any ideas if there's a new mondeo out for 2013?


maybe any pics or links please?

Drummerboy08

New model due around July/Aug.

bazz26

Google is your friend:

bazz26

Though if I was in the market for a new one I'd be looking towards this right now:

Plug

Ford have gone down the cat fish mouth route:(

miller50841

Looks very like a jag front grill

digzy

bazz26 wrote: »

Google is your friend:

It's an aston martin!:D

R.O.R

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

New model due around July/Aug.

I heard later in the year than that. Issues in the Ghent factory are delaying it more than expected.

_Kaiser_

miller50841 wrote: »

Looks very like a jag front grill

Maybe it's the colour/angle of that pic but the front end looks very squashed?

The Mazda 6 ain't bad though!

miller50841

The wheels do it for me. If I had the money I so would;)

Supergurrier

<Insert savage eye Joe Duffy "Geeeeaysus">

The Pontiac

Gorgeous car. I bet if it wasn't for the blue oval badge there would be more hype here about it.

Ford still has an imagine problem - they even admitted this themselves when they introduced the 'new edge' design with the Focus back in the day.

This wouldn't be out of place sitting next to an Audi A5. Not bad for a family saloon..

Supergurrier

Tbh in it's normal Guise the MK2 focus hatch looks dissapointing, the ST/RS variants are really nice though, VW Golf in its standard guise looks alot better.

Fords problem is they skimp on the small things, like in my car which had the head unit from a transit and things like the rear passanger storage cubbys which are just cheap as feck tbh, KIA managed to steal a VW interrior engineer why cant ford ?

Then again i don't care about brands i care about individual cars/models

Stallingrad

Ford are taking way too long to get this to market, it is loosing market share in a dwindling sector and the current Mondeo is looking old now. I am not surprised it has been delayed as Ford try to figure out how to beat VW.

The Pontiac

Stallingrad wrote: »

Ford are taking way too long to get this to market, it is loosing market share in a dwindling sector and the current Mondeo is looking old now. I am not surprised it has been delayed as Ford try to figure out how to beat VW.

The old Mondeo came out in late 2007, early 2008, so this is the normal life span of a car. The older Passat has been around since 2005 and was only replaced in 2010.

Even the current Mondeo looks every bit as good as the new Passat. The new Mondeo wipes the floor with new conservative-looking Passat. It will probably drive way better too, being a Ford.

This is the point I was making regarding imagine. VW wins in that department, for reasons that are unknown to me.

Stallingrad

As capable as the current Mondeo is it is simply not desirable, which is what VW is so good at. I suspect that is what Ford is trying to inject at the eleventh hour.

useless

Ford Europe is hae....hem... bleeding money. They've recently decided to close their plant in Genk, where the Mondeo was to have been assembled, and move the production to Valencia in Spain. As a result, the "2013" Mondeo (which is itself essentially a "2012" US-market Fusion) won't be available in Europe until 2014.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/28/us-ford-models-idUSBRE8AR0UO20121128
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/ford/mondeo-2013/

The Pontiac

useless wrote: »

Ford Europe is hae....hem... bleeding money. They've recently decided to close their plant in Genk, where the Mondeo was to have been assembled, and move the production to Valencia in Spain. As a result, the "2013" Mondeo (which is itself essentially a "2012" US-market Fusion) won't be available in Europe until 2014.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/28/us-ford-models-idUSBRE8AR0UO20121128
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/ford/mondeo-2013/

Maybe they should move back to Cork.

Supergurrier

<Ollie> wrote: »

Maybe they should move back to Cork.

Haha surely they have enough problems as it is :pac:

The Pontiac

Supergurrier wrote: »

Haha surely they have enough problems as it is :pac:

Langer.

MuppetCheck

Stallingrad wrote: »

As capable as the current Mondeo is it is simply not desirable, which is what VW is so good at. I suspect that is what Ford is trying to inject at the eleventh hour.

I doubt it tbh. The current car comprehensively thrashed the Passat at the time as a car. The current Passat is a glorified cheap as VW face lift so I'd imagine vw are pretty worried about this car.

I'm sure though the marketing department are working overtime to convince potential customers that they are buying a superior product as always:pac:

beaner88

When it comes to quality and engineering Ford will never come close to VW. They make cheap saloons for the salesman/rental market.

MuppetCheck

beaner88 wrote: »

When it comes to quality and engineering Ford will never come close to VW. They make cheap saloons for the salesman/rental market.

Yeah, the last 15 years have been proven to be great in that regard...

harry21

New Octavia looks good...... sorry I had to say it.:p

The Pontiac

beaner88 wrote: »

When it comes to quality and engineering Ford will never come close to VW. They make cheap saloons for the salesman/rental market.

So the MK4 Golf was better than the MK1 Focus? Reliability, driving qualities and build quality and the Ford killed it.

How about the 2002 model Passat against the 2001 Mondeo? That model Passat was like a heavy-duty agricultural drive-train that was plagued with reliability problems, and drove like a combine harvester. Yes, the doors had the VW(deceiving) slam 'sound effect' alright.

squod

<Ollie> wrote: »

The old Mondeo came out in late 2007, early 2008, so this is the normal life span of a car. The older Passat has been around since 2005 and was only replaced in 2010.

2010 was only a facelift, more or less the same car since 2005. This mondeo is on a new platform AFAIK. Looks nice, will sell bucket loads too probably.