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The end of the Ford Mondeo

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    #92
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,923 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116699472#Comment_116699472

    When they replaced the Sierra with the Mondeo and the Escort with the Focus, it was part of ford's focus on having a worldwide nameplates for their bread and butter cars. I mean, Mondeo clearly took its name from "monde". And yet, they have the Fusion in NA which is essentially a Mondeo, though they sell the Mondeo as well alongside it and the Fusion we know in Europe which was a beefed up Festy.

    Sometimes car companies just can't get out of their own way I find.



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    #93
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,923 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116937999#Comment_116937999

    So far, only Honda has managed to build a dash (on the E) that can pass muster for me. It's a wonderful marriage of tech and essential buttons. I hate those big screens plonked in the middle. That said, the Evos dash is better than most around.



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    #94
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,845 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    The Evos will be tweaked and sold in Europe, no doubt about it. Its just a Mach-E anyway, bit lower and more understated.

    Citroën have a lovely PHEV coming out soon called the C5X that will have proprietary architecture to be a full EV and will aim to satisfy outgoing saloon and estate drivers with lower slung proportions with SUV levels of space. Ic it proves popular, there is definitely room for an Evos/Mondeo

    99-citroen-c5x-official-reveal-images-tracking-front.jpg
    98-citroen-c5x-official-reveal-images-tracking-rear.jpg




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    #95
    BonnieSituation
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    That's gorgeous.



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    #96
    Buddy Bubs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Buddy Bubs


    Speaking of saloons, the audi A6 is almost dead as a saloon now, the a6 etron is more like an a7 than an a6. And the eqe Mercedes is kind of a hatchback thing too. Will merc and audi persist with the regular a6 and e class? Doubt it. And no idea yet what bmw have in store for the 5 series.



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    #97
    bazz26
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    Another big Citroen saloon/hatchback that hardly anyone outside of patriotic France will buy. I really don't understand why the likes of French car manufacturers persist with launching these type cars when other manufacturers who sold way more saloons than the likes of Citroen will every sell, are abandoning this segment due to declining sales.



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    #98
    bazz26
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118431581#Comment_118431581

    The current 5 Series still sells very well, I see alot more of them on the road than the current A6. The next 5 Series will be available in petrol/diesel and full electric. Not sure if they will bother with a PHEV. They will all be on the same platform with the electric version wearing the i5 badge. Similar to what they have done with the 4 Series/i4 and forthcoming 7 Series/i7.



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    #99
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,845 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118431713#Comment_118431713

    The sheer heft that Stellantis are bringing to the table are causing really excellent sales of new, distinctive and attractive models, especially from Peugeot and Opel/Vauxhall.

    This new Citroën is going to occupy a distinctive niche in the Stellantis line-up, yet the platform will underpin quite a number of long wheelbase models like the next Insignia, 508, DS7 and so on. So, even if C5X doesn't sell like hotcakes itself, the sunk costs on an individual basis, are low.

    Besides, it's not all that huge, being smaller than a Superb and much less ungainly than a Santa Fe or a Highlander.

    I absolutely love it. If its as comfortable as a Rolls, like they say, and if the price is right (including PCP resale values) I'll seriously consider replacing my Volvo wagon with a brand new one.



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    #100
    GeneHunt
    Registered Users Posts: 844 ✭✭✭GeneHunt


    Apparently Ford has confirmed that the the next Mondeo is not coming to Europe.

    https://www.motor1.com/news/561416/2022-ford-mondeo-not-coming-europe/




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    #101
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,615 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118431713#Comment_118431713

    Firmly aimed at China mot Europe. Already for sale there



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    #102
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,845 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118494236#Comment_118494236

    It's already for sale here too, though deliveries haven't commences AFAIK

    Shame that Mondeo sedan/hatch won't come to Europe, its the best looking one since the 2007.

    You'd think a big market would still exist in rentals, company cars, police vehicles etc. But if Ford are convinced it would lose money for them, so be it.



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    #103
    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,666 ✭✭✭mondeo


    The current Mondeo looks too much like a Jag Xf, or maybe it's the same car underneath except RWD.



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    #104
    Flinty997
    Registered Users Posts: 11,648 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116695904#Comment_116695904

    ? How has the SUV not killed the Saloon.

    Less interior space, more expensive, less economical, far worse to drive. Far heavier. What not to love about a SUV.



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    #105
    Flinty997
    Registered Users Posts: 11,648 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116704331#Comment_116704331


    This is it exactly.



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