The next Mondeo is set to follow the Focus and Fiesta and become Ford’s third world car, sources have revealed to Autocar.
Insiders at the highest level have confirmed that designs for the new Mondeo are now nearing completion and the finished car is expected to hit the showrooms in 2014, when it will replace the European Mondeo and the US market Fusion.
Like the new Focus, previewed at today’s Detroit motor show, it’s also expected to be manufactured in Europe, the US and China.
In a break from tradition though, the new Mondeo is being designed and engineered in the US.
The finished production car though will be sold globally with no design changes to suit local markets, although as with the Focus and Fiesta there will probably be small chassis alterations to suit local driving conditions.
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You are one of the only ones in Europe then Danny. Europe simply does not buy non premium branded big cars, hence no Omega, Vel Satis / Safrane, Granada / Scorpio, 607 etc anymore. That is why Ford bought Volvo and GM Saab, so you would consider a S60 / S80 or a 95 ... instead of the A6, 520, etc.
The US still likes big saloon cars from Ford, Chevy, Toyoto and Honda .... so whilst we will have a 2.2 tdi hatch with a manual in Europe in the US they will have an AWD 3.5 petrol auto .....
Re: New Mondeo will be world car
I have just read today's report on VW plans to build a simplified Passat for the USA, with cheaper suspension and materials. This does not bode well for the Mondeo as there could be pressure to simplify key parts of the existing design to suit the US market at the expense of the Europeans.
I hope it is just a spoiling tactic and Ford are not taken in by it.