The CD391 Ford Mondeo is set to make its official debut in Malaysia soon, and provisional specifications mentioned for the fifth-generation sedan include adaptive LED headlamps, adaptive cruise control, dual-zone auto climate control, SYNC 2 infotainment with an 8.0-inch touchscreen, reverse camera and MyKey.
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Over in Australia, Ford has announced the initial specifications for the new D-segment sedan, which is of course known as the Fusion in North America, and the specs provide a good indicator of what to expect for our car, though of course variations are to be expected given that Australia will sell three trim levels of the Mondeo.
Based on what has been revealed so far in its teaser elements on the Ford Malaysia website, the Malaysian-spec Mondeo will contain a cross mix of features seen on the high-spec Titanium and mid-spec Trend versions due to be introduced Down Under (somewhat similar to that on the Ford Kuga in the initial stages – the later local-spec Special Edition is the equivalent of the Oz-spec Titanium).
Adaptive Cruise Control is available from Trend, while the adaptive LED headlamps are seen on the Titanium, as is Lane Keeping Aid + Assist – the presence of LKA should see lane departure warning, blind spot information system and drive impairment monitor being included in the MY-spec car.
There’s no mention of Active City Stop, enhanced Active Park Assist or Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection, which are found on the higher-spec Oz cars, for our car, so we might not see these here.
The Malaysian car will have what constitutes the usual fit of seven airbags (front, thorax, curtain and driver knee), but will omit the inflatable rear seatbelts found on the Australian cars (which makes for a total of nine airbags on that one). Otherwise, traction control, DSC and hill launch assist should be on for the count.
The SYNC 2 infotainment system will offer USB/SD inputs as well as natural language Voice Control for phone, music, climate and navigation controls. Australia gets DAB+ and satellite navigation – we definitely won’t get the former, and chances are the latter won’t be seen as well.
Though it hasn’t been mentioned, general kit we can expect on the local cars will include auto headlamps, auto high beam, rain-sensing wipers, 10-way powered front seats and partial leather seats. It remains to be seen if our Mondeo will be fitted with 17-inch (Trend) or 18-inch wheel options (Titanium, along with a bodykit).
Australia is set to get two engines, the 2.0 litre EcoBoost and a 180 PS 2.0 TDCi. The EcoBoost is available in two output tunes – the base Ambiente version gets a 203 PS version, while the Trend and Titanium features the 240 PS, the same as seen on the outgoing fourth-gen CD 345 Mondeo. We’ll be getting the 240 PS tune, of course.
Of note is the change in transmission – the PowerShift from the outgoing car (which was launched here in 2011) has been replaced by the six-speed 6F35 SelectShift automatic transmission, a conventional torque converter unit as seen on the Ford Kuga.
Eight colours will be available for the Mondeo in Australia – Magnetic, Ruby Red, Blazer Blue, White Platinum Tri-Coat, Frozen White, Deep Impact Blue, Moondust Silver and Panther Black. Suffice to say the local car’s colour palette won’t be as wide ranging, but we’ll know what the shades are soon enough.
Test drives for the new Mondeo have been scheduled ahead of its introduction in Malaysia, with the first set to take place at Bangsar Shopping Centre on April 1-5. We’ll have more details about the local-specification cars when that happens, so stay tuned.
UPDATE: We’ve been informed that test drives for the Ford Mondeo will kick off at Bangsar Shopping Centre on April 1-5. However, the Publika event will run on March 11-15 as usual.
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The most powerful D segment car !
Most handsome too..
a winning combination. all that remains to be seen is the price.
after 2 years?? naaaah/.. i wont bother with this.. waiting for passat instead
should i laugh or what hehe
Very unlikely they will bring it in without Active City Stop considering the cheaper Focus has it.
A bit sad the inflatable belts got dropped off though, but having said that, its a good thing the navigation is not coming. Unfortunately Sync with Navigation (formerly also known as MyFordTouch) was the worst touchscreen system in a car. Hopelessly buggy and laggy, something we probably won’t be able to keep up with. Plus, tbh satnav built into cars tend to be a bit rubbish, cause they tend to not get updates once the car leaves the dealer (which usually it ends up coming with last year’s maps) and in most cases, doesn’t get updates at all.
The front and the back look somewhat the same as Kia Cerato.
Should bring in also 1.0L Ecoboost.
Gonna undercut all other D-segment, with road tax as cheap as Axia’s.
An Aston Martin-look-alike front grilled is so damn sexy!! 2.0 EcoBoost Engine. However, price is the key point.
this is one of the prettiest D-segment model with powerful turbo engine. Finally ford get rid of the hassle dual clutch. As long as smooth shifting with reasonable quick response, it does not need a dual clutch to aids its power. This monster is already come with 203 or 240 ps and not really matter to use the dual clutch for power.
But 1 thing still need to consider, the cabin space. Ford always come with small cabin space than all its rivals except the Kuga (on par with its rivals). Look at Fiesta and Focus, the space is really small. Focus space is just like Mazda 3 or slightly smaller.
Beside hope the price not more than 180k to make it more competitive D-segment market.
Much awaited car. SD will strip it down to bare minimal, just nice to be competitive enough so that shoot the price as high as possible making a fool out of the customers to pay more giving less !! Damn you SD ! ~~~
Much awaited car. SD will strip it down to bare minimal, just nice to be competitive enough so that they can shoot the price as high as possible making a fool out of the customers to pay more giving less !! Damn you SD ! ~~~
The Mondeo has a pretty exterior that is paired with a bland interior. What a shame.
Cars to avoid buying…..Kia, Hyundai, Naza, Inokom, Peugeot, Ford, Jeep, Citroen, Chevrolet, VW. Car looks great but after 2 yrs, you suffer.
What are you smoking there?
I take it that you have not owned a Ford before. I own a Ford Focus….1 issue in 5 years..aircon problem but Ford replaced the whole head unit for free coz it was under warranty. Will that stop me from getting another Ford? Hell no! i hear more problems with Beemer
i am another ford (kuga) happy owner…. just wonder why so many critics on ford.. perhaps by those who never own it.. or maybe those days ford owner.
The world change already, uncle…now the only brand avoid to buy is Toyota or Lexus or Scion or….
People these days cannot afford they will just condemn la. Dont tell me u tried all before, so many cars u owned ah ? How can u even tell if u dont own them. I believe the car manufacturers as u listed, most of them is pretty good like what my family owned; Ford, Volkswagen and Peugeot. My sister in law drive a Golf GTI no problem also, the car damn fast somemore pickup is crazyyy ~ I drive a Peugeot RCZ for almost 2 years already, handling everything also okay what. Stop condemning others while u don’t own them.
Lol..im a focus owner too for past 5 years. So far only changed sway bar bush and front absorber
Current kilometer 120k. It’s really a robust and reliable car. Only drawback was the resale value, but for me its worth the money since its trouble free till now. Still crusing 160 above on highway with no floating effects all. Next upgrade definetly will be another ford:)
It really looks fantastic!
Give you bit of MUSTANG look. Very nice, this will be the FINAL nail to CAMRY coffin!
No matter advanced tech or nice design from overseas .. once in Msia – if over priced also pointless … only few will be on our road… end up expensive parts and RV also no need to talk about aldy.
I didn’t know the Kuga comes with a standard auto as well. I thought they were all dual-clutches. Am I wrong?
let’s see if our version retain most of safety features, it is sinful taking those features away as if our lives is cheaper than Aussie.
that front grill make it the most sexiest d segment in my opinion. if it priced right compare to nissan teana and mazda 6, then mondeo would be good choice.
Good looking car…now, lets hope that SD price it right! it has some pretty serious competition – New Passat and F30(LCI) comes to mind…
Can we have the engine options for 1.5 ecoboost, 2.0 210ps tdci, SDAC pls?