The Ford Mondeo has quite a nice chassis but that 2.3 litre 4-potter engine doesn’t do it justice – it doesn’t nearly have enough bite as it should, though that 6-speeded does help a little. Enter the new Ford Mondeo powered by Ford’s EcoBoost, featuring a 2.0 litre turbocharged engine producing 203 PS at 5,500 rpm and 300Nm of torque between 1,750rpm to 4,500rpm. This brings the Mondeo’s 0 to 100km/h acceleration time to 7.9 seconds which should be quite fun, and instead of the 6-speed automatic found in the Mondeo sold here in Malaysia, this new engine is mated to a 6-speed wet dual clutch Powershift transmission!
Ford’s press releases compares the new Mondeo with EcoBoost and Powershift to the Mondeo 2.3 and the word “previous” is used with the 2.3 which leads me to believe that the new 2.0 litre turbo has replaced the 2.3 litre. Will Sime Darby Auto ConneXion replace the Mondeo 2.3 here with a Mondeo 2.0 turbo when the time comes? If that really happens they really have to start thinking about adding ESP to the car’s spec list as not many will be used to 300Nm of course accessible so instantaneously across the rev range. They did the same with the Focus TDCi – it has ESP to help cope with the high torque while the petrol Focus does without it.
Ford has also given the Mondeo an updated version of the 2.0 litre Duratorq TDCi turbodiesel engine and it is available in three different stages of tune – 115 PS, 140 PS and 163 PS. The engine gets new solenoid fuel injectors with 8 smaller holes that work at 2,000 bar for improved fuel atomisation, compared with the former six-hole injectors and lower 1,800 bar pressure. A Mondeo TDCi is not available in Malaysia as of now but with Ford selling a Focus TDCi, why not a Mondeo TDCi as well?
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a mondeo with turbo and powershift will make more sense than the present model sold in Malaysia.that would give it a niche market-power and handling with space as well at a relatively affordable price.
What a comeback and its good to see Ford coming out with more efficient
and powerful engines. Looks that their R&D are gaining ground
and will give the VW engines some competition.
Exciting.
Sadly i’ve never seen this car on the road, the only place i’ve seen it is in the show room…
u can see it at KLIA. i think is belongs to the Polis Escort frm Bkt Aman. everytime VVIP frm royal family at KLIA. u will c a blue grey Mondeo part of the entourage.
The price is too high for the not so famous brand in Malaysia.Ford need to put buyers friendly price tag to gain the interest in their brand’s. Maybe it is not Ford’s fault, SDAC need to do something or Ford will continue being ‘cold brand’ in Malaysia.
Great spec car but I doubt Sime Darby will bring this variant in ….
Look at the alfa 159 that they are selling , still the old spec model which hardly does any justice to the brand here.
F.O.R.D. = Fast Only Rolling Downhill
but this Mondeo is superb.
nice!
It look nice from front but hideous from back end. The new engine looks promising, but not nood enough to share accord and camry’s market
bring in Ford Taurus la.. handsome and muscular… sure accord and camry lari tak cukup tanah.!!
just bring in the lite version of mustang (similar look but lower hp, like lancer or wrx), otherwise i don’t think people will bother spend time to look at any ford other than focus, cos at that price range people have much better choicea!
sounds great!!!
bravo FORD~
wow 300Nm of tork
just gotta love those rims!
Lawey…the butt moreless like panamera…hehew
very nice looking car…. but question … can run on Euro 2 ka?
If the diesel fuel in Malaysia still remains Euro2M, that will be a discouragement for bring those advanced Ford TDCi engines, as those engines are Euro IV compliant with DPF (diesel particulate filter) and nitrogen oxide absorber.
Unless SDAC willing to remove them just like BMW Malaysia did to its 5 series 3.0L diesel engine model.
Just plonk the Focus TDCI engine into the Mondeo…the focus tdci’s 320nm torque + 340nm overboost will be suitable wt this heavy Mondeo
EVERY car should come with ESP. ESP is not just traction control, but also prevents a loss of directional stability during evasive steering and lane changing. Most international car safety bodies EURONCAP (European Union) ANCAP (Australia) and NHTSA (USA) all report at least a 30 – 40% reduction of road fatalaties with ESP installed. EURONCAP reports that ESP costs just an extra RM 800 when added during the manufacture of a vehicle. Even Korean cars will have ESP standard across all their cars by 2012 (if i’m not wrong).
Think Ford’s EcoBoost, 203 PS at 5,500 rpm, 6-speed wet dual clutch Powershift transmission in the 2013 Focus! I know people who are already saving money for the next generation Focus. Ford Malaysia take note!