Britain’s long-time love affair with the Ford Mondeo is not a secret one, with over 1.4 million units sold there to date, out of 4.5 million in Europe. The large family car (what they call the D segment in shopkeeper land) turns 20 this year, and Ford has released a short film documenting its history.
With Ray Winstone’s distinctive Cockney drawl providing the narration, the video takes you on a journey from the Mondeo’s 1993 inception following a five-year, three billion-pound development programme, to its 1994 Car of the Year accolade, through the coining of the “Mondeo Man” phrase by Tony Blair himself and also to a certain fictional British secret agent. Oh, and a young Clarkson’s in there too.
Now entering its fifth generation, the new Ford Mondeo will have a range of engines including a 1.0 litre three-pot EcoBoost (China gets a new 1.5 litre four-cylinder version) and a petrol-hybrid powertrain when it lands in the UK in late-2014. It will have segment-first adaptive full LED headlamps and Ford’s rear inflatable seat belts.
Our fourth-gen Ford Mondeo’s 2.0 litre four-cylinder EcoBoost received a step up in output to 240 PS and 340 Nm last year, up from 203 PS and 300 Nm previously. Driven+ Magazine pitted it against the Peugeot 508 GT earlier this year – download and read the issue here.
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owh that accent! and clarkson praising a ford? wow…
He used to own a Focus mk1 and praised it to be very reliable, practical, value for money.
He always have good things to say to most Ford. He seemed to really like the Focus Sanitary Towel.
The latest for mondeo looks like baby aston martin rapide, i mean the front grill hihi
Great car but they had to shut down completely the Belgian plant due to poor sales.
For the record, the Ford Mondeo BTCC racecar was the only V6-engined Supertouring car during the heydays of the 2 liter touring car racing, other manufacturers were running 4 cylinder engines..
Happy 20th birthday Mondeo!
One of the most understated but fantastic family cars out there. Looking forward to the Mondeo Mk4. Well done Ford.
The rear combination lamp look like Marserati…
How did i not notice that Bond drove that Mondeo??
Anyways,Congratulations =D
And Happy Birthday!